just a beef

I want to know who in the hell decided area rugs should be so expensive.  I've never purchased a big rug before--- we're moving into a new place and the whole thing is hardwood.  I would think that a rug like I'm looking for should cost around $80... not. even. close.  Not sure what I was thinking, but SHEESH!  Rugs and printer ink, I guess.

We Have Renter's Insurance

... which is a good thing.  Tonight, someone whose name rhymes with "cat", let a ripe one rip.  The stench was so offensive, I yelled for him to run and get the matches, which he did.  In the whirlwind of stink and hurry, a lit match came flying onto me and then onto the chair.  A childish scream was released (by "cat").  The flame was swiftly and expertly extinguished.  The flamer lives on.