Grinds My Gears: Stick it down your ass?
jesse
@ June 14, 2009


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You know what really grinds my gears? When people refer to places that are north of your current location as down. As in, "We're going down to Kingwood for the weekend," or "Santa went back down to the North Pole." Is Australia called Up Over? No, it is down under! BECAUSE SOUTH IS DOWN.

Here's a map.

map-of-houston.jpgSee the A? That's Kingwood. See the B? That's Houston. Which direction is Kingwood? WHICH DIRECTION IS KINGWOOD, SUZI?!?!? HUH? WHICH IS IT, KEVIN? THAT. IS. UP. GODDAMMIT.

Here's how you can justify down to Kingwood.

map-of-houston-upside-down.jpgYou can hold the map upside down. Except now you live in notsuoH, you're going down to doowgniK, and people say, "Hey, retard, you've got that map upside down."

I'll allow the following exceptions: If you are on top of a mountain, and the bottom of the mountain is north of you, then yes, you can go down to the valley. That is it. And last I checked, Houston was not on top of Mount fucking Everest.

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joem @ June 14, 2009 10:40 PM

I'm on Kevin and Suzi's side with this one. You can "go down" to anywhere. The English language is amazing. The going down part refers more to sentiment than direction.

daytrader @ June 15, 2009 9:25 AM

I totally agree with Jesse on this one. Rose does the same thing and it most certainly grinds my gears.

However there is a way that Suzi, Kevin, and Joe are correct. All you need is to be wearing a T-shirt that says "Kingwood" and and under that a big arrow pointing down. Then ask them if they want to go down and check out the REAL Kingwood.

Mother Craft @ June 17, 2009 9:58 PM


No you cannot "go down" to anywhere. The English language is amazing but only when it's used correctly. If you're in Texas you're not "going down" to New York. You're "going up" to New York. If you're in New York you're "going down" to Texas. End of story.

I can't believe that Rose gets this confused. Tell me it's not so. I have to have a long talk with that girl.

joem @ June 18, 2009 3:23 AM

Rose, don't listen to your mother. She wants to fill your head with lies!

yaworm @ June 20, 2009 8:54 PM

Well, i'm glad you are on the right side of this issue, Jesse.

While we're at it, let's point out that you also can't wait "on line" for something, like a grocery checkout or a movie ticket (unless of course you're buying your ticket through the Interwebs). Sorry, buddy, you're waiting "in line". Thanks.

баня @ May 19, 2011 1:33 PM

We absolutely must think more in that way and see what i can do about this.

Dean Krieg @ September 26, 2011 5:12 AM

I also thought again about my last statement. I am at a disadvantage in my job by not knowing enough about economic levers of power. So it makes sense that if I were a national level advocate for policy as an organization, I would want to know something about those levers and how they worked. Same-same for military levers.

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