I swear to god, my husband is on the phone with me, talking about a situation that has arisen with his work. The topic involves preferential voting.
I can't start shrieking, because he won't understand.
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
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Dana - Mar 31, 2003 2:17:47 pm PST #9005 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2003 2:52:42 pm PST #9006 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Is it ok if I giggle?
Sophia Brooks - Mar 31, 2003 2:54:29 pm PST #9007 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I almost lost it as I read that while answering the telephone....
Dana - Mar 31, 2003 2:55:16 pm PST #9008 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I almost pulled out, "Well, you know it's how the Australians do it." Almost.
P.M. Marc - Mar 31, 2003 3:01:11 pm PST #9009 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dana, a social group here at the office tried to pull out that stuff a couple weeks ago, in the thick of the argument here.
To decide where we should eat lunch.
I screamed (in a cute non-serious way). Jilli got it.
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2003 3:02:24 pm PST #9010 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
They couldn't just get a consensus?
Dana - Mar 31, 2003 3:03:52 pm PST #9011 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It would have only been a false consensus.
Jess M. - Mar 31, 2003 3:04:52 pm PST #9012 of 10001
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
Bureaucracy 2: Searching for the plural of consensus
Daisy Jane - Mar 31, 2003 3:05:36 pm PST #9013 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I was going to say "They couldn't get a bullshit consensus?" But I didn't want to hit any raw nerves. I would've only meant it as a gentle tease.
Jon B. - Mar 31, 2003 3:15:33 pm PST #9014 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
To decide where we should eat lunch.
Even I agree that's incredibly insane.