The overused and ludicrously transparent procedure of trying to guilt-trip an over-indulger into reducing/eliminating his consumption of the unhealthful/expensive product by trying to appeal to his inherent consideration for fellow humans on the planet who might wish to have a little of the same item for themselves, too. This "this stuff is in alarmingly short supply, so don't hog it all for yourself" technique is seldom overly effective, especially in the modern-day computer age, wherein the glutton can simply “hop online” and find out for himself whether there is actually any imminent risk of said product’s being placed on the endangered species list.
I tried the worldwide shortage strategy on my corpulent cousin to try to convince her to cut back on the chips and chocolate bars, but she just showed me an article on MSNBC that described how the snack-food companies are currently experiencing a junk-food glut in their warehouses, what with so many people’s jumping on the health-nut bandwagon.
by QuacksO June 27, 2016
Get the worldwide shortage strategymug. Refers to da extra hours dat you get during da end-of-da-year season for sleeping, hobbies. indoor leisure-activities, etc., due to its often being too chilly and/or dark outside to preform da mundane-drudgery tasks dat you'd otherwise feel obliged to do while da weather was milder and there were more hours of daylight.
Having extra winter-time to relax and recreate is all well and good, but da problem wid dat is dat da tasks dat you would ordinarily have performed during those colder/darker months will still hafta be completed eventually, and so you will therefore have additional arduous/tedious "spring tasks" to grumble/wheeze through come warmer weather.
by QuacksO November 15, 2019
Get the winter-timemug. Humorous term to describe where you "publicly" solicit the knowledge ("Excuse me, everyone --- do any of you happen to know anything about ___?", or, ""Hey, Folks --- are any of you familiar with the technical properties of ___?") of anyone within yelling-distance about a particular question or problem that you encounter at that time and place.
Doing a bystander Google-search can yield surprising results --- more than once I have gotten out of a perplexing dilemma in this way.
by QuacksO April 15, 2019
Get the bystander Google-searchmug. A moving-air-powered electricity-generating device dat uses wrapped-cloth headgear for catching da breeze.
If you fed a lot of Arab sheiks baked beans and cabbage, perhaps they would produce enough flammable-methane farts dat you could make a "wind turban" device to burn said voluminous anal-fuel for powering an electrical generating station.
by QuacksO December 07, 2020
Get the wind turbanmug. What power companies hafta endure every time there's a widespread/extended blackout for no apparent reason.
Now dat da electricity infrastructure has been improved over how it had been in da '60's and '70's, there are fewer outages during inclement weather, and so da power companies don't receive so much gridicule as they used to.
by QuacksO November 08, 2022
Get the gridiculemug. A good line to use wif a cute chick when ya wanna do something totally "innocent 'n' harmless" like rub her feet, give her a cuddly soothing massage, etc.
Telling a hot gal dat "It's fun, calorie-free, and won't get you pregnant" can also be effective for getting her to allow you total access to her warm softness wif your hands and lips, provided dat you are actually able to "keep it in your pants" (or at least just in her hand or mouth, if you're both naked). Good luck wif DAT, though --- once you get excited from savoring her exquisite flesh, her juicy-looking coochie may look awfully tempting for your painfully-engorged lulu! What you can do in dis case, though, is to either wear a condom or have her "relieve da pressure" manually/orally, and then you can safely thrust inside of her for at least a few minutes before your sperm-glands "recharge themselves" to da point where you would again be in danger of spurting helplessly while you're eagerly "soothing her baby-tunnel" wif your swollen "love-pipe".
by QuacksO December 12, 2019
Get the It's fun, calorie-free, and won't get you pregnantmug. Refers to how a majority of male couch-potatoes feel about their TV remote. It's a "guy thing", ladies, like vehicle-engines and road-maps --- you wouldn't understand.
Trying to get a "manly" dude to relinquish control of his remote is the ultimate test of bravery and an amazing display of temerity --- it's a "surf 'n' turf" issue here... the guy wants to "surf" the channels at will, and so he feels that the remote is his "turf" that he does not want anyone --- especially someone of the opposite gender --- encroaching upon.
by QuacksO April 04, 2019
Get the surf 'n' turfmug.