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LuckyCharms

(23,026 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:44 PM Apr 24

Put a cork in it. [View all]

That's what my spouse said to me today.

That's her way of telling me to shut the fuck up.

Can you imagine being spoken to in that manner?

Put a cork in it.

So of course, once I was insulted like that, in such a rude manner, I started beating the dead horse even more.

I get frustrated easily...like when I can't get a package open. Or when the kid nextdoor is bonking his sister over the head with a whiffle ball bat FOR 2 FUCKING HOURS right outside my window. BONK BONK BONK BONK.

When I get frustrated, apparently and involuntarily, I tend to say "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem." I don't even know I'm saying it anymore, it just comes out.

So, I couldn't get a package opened today, while simultaneously hearing BONK BONK BONK BONK BONK, So I said under my breath "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem".

So she started mocking me...bad move on her part. "Do you know you say that about 500 times a day"?

"No, I didn't know that".

That's when she told me to put a cork in it.

So, in response to her ruthless and totally uncalled for comment, I responded thusly by quietly saying "Jesus Christ, everything's a fucking problem" to whatever she said to me.

All day. Several hundred times.

When I do this, she pretends she's mad, and she turns her head, but I can still see her shaking from laughter...she just doesn't want me to see her laughing.

Put a cork in it.

PUT A CORK IN IT.

I know this post is rambling on. I had to eat a gummy to try to calm myself down and heal my emotions after being insulted so viciously.

Put a cork in it.

So now she's trying to negate her rude insult by telling me I smell good.

It's too late.

I can't forgive.

Because everything is a problem.

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Put a cork in it. [View all] LuckyCharms Apr 24 OP
What was the item in the package that you couldn't get open? Niagara Apr 24 #1
A package of cheese. LuckyCharms Apr 24 #2
Cheese! Like a Cabot cheese block? Niagara Apr 24 #3
It was Wegman's sliced deli cheese... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #6
New packaging means adult proof Niagara Apr 24 #10
All kidding aside... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #12
Cheeses Christ on a cracker! True Dough Apr 24 #5
PUT A CORK IN IT! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #8
Sounds crunchy Niagara Apr 24 #9
You gotta watch out True Dough Apr 24 #11
Frustrated ? Here's what I do ... dweller Apr 24 #4
Holy shit that's cracking me up! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #7
Sometimes... 2naSalit Apr 24 #13
I'll tell you then! LuckyCharms Apr 24 #14
Thanks... 2naSalit Apr 24 #15
Trust me... LuckyCharms Apr 24 #16
Winter. Icey roads. Slipping & sliding. Wife back seat driving from shotgun seat. I said, "Shut the fuck up!" Norrrm Apr 24 #17
She was being kind to you because you don't smell good. You smell like cheese. Marie Marie Apr 24 #18
What kind of cheese, Marie? LuckyCharms Apr 24 #19
It's a handy phrase, "put a cork in it". LudwigPastorius Apr 25 #20
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