How is it possible to answer an e-mail that consists almost entirely of questions, without actually answering any of the questions?
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Nov 07, 2005 9:52:28 am PST #1920 of 10006
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
sarameg - Nov 07, 2005 9:52:52 am PST #1921 of 10006
True. She'd also have to contend with the utter lack of cathair on every goddamn item of clothing, even the one you haven't brought inside for the first time yet. (Discovered something pulled a sweater off the hanger and nested in it this morning...)
Liese S. - Nov 07, 2005 9:53:04 am PST #1922 of 10006
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Just use all the words in the questions in a declarative manner.
eta: Err, this won't do anything about the cathair, though.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2005 9:53:20 am PST #1923 of 10006
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
why do you ask?
Dana - Nov 07, 2005 9:56:42 am PST #1924 of 10006
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
why do you ask?
Because it's a better option than flying to Chicago and bludgeoning the people I'm working with.
In this case, by the way, I am the original e-mailer, futilely seeking information. You would think, since I am producing something for them, they might be interested in answering my questions. You would be tragically wrong.
Jesse - Nov 07, 2005 9:57:08 am PST #1925 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I've been banking on the fact that the people who RSVPed three weeks ago for this event tonight wouldn't actually come. Yeah, too bad I've heard from three of the first 5 RSVPers today. Wish me not-too-many-people. Because they all have my name now, so I'm askeered.
msbelle - Nov 07, 2005 9:59:21 am PST #1926 of 10006
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dana, kill 'em.
Jesse - why don't you want people to show up?
Jesse - Nov 07, 2005 10:00:36 am PST #1927 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Killing seems like a good plan to me.
why don't you want people to show up?
We have 200 chairs in the room, I believe, and and 280 "confirmed" attendees plus an extra 30 on a wait list. So I want many of them to show up, just not ALL of them.
Nutty - Nov 07, 2005 10:01:04 am PST #1928 of 10006
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dana, I have a fun habit of forwarding the original email, with a bolded note at the top: Please answer these questions by [date]. Failure to answer these questions will result in delays. And evil use of the CC function.
I am a bold abuser of bolds and underlines, when the situation warrants.
Is it bureaucracy we need to worry about? I figure they can already get semi-legit access to my sensitive data anyway. It's Joe Blow that worries me.
Bureaucracies employ a lot of Joe Blows, is what I mean. The more employees, the more opportunities for any gven Joe Blow to be a bad guy and steal your information. That goes double when fully half the employees make a profession out of being bored.
Cashmere - Nov 07, 2005 10:02:43 am PST #1929 of 10006
Now tagless for your comfort.
Oh, that's great! So you had to take that nasty examination with all the sugar drinking?
Oh, yes. There were two rounds. The first one, I failed. The second one involved an early, fasting blood draw followed by drinking even MORE sugary stuff and then by a blood draw every three hours. I have HUGE bruises in the crook of both arms but I'm thankfully FREE of the GD.
Which means, of course, I still need to be reasonable about what I eat but I don't have to militantly ban all the good stuff (i.e. Krispy Kreme) from my diet.