Oh, I skimmed it the first time I read it (over on Crooks and Liars I think) and got it in my head that Bush said it.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
askye - Aug 15, 2007 10:41:48 am PDT #4847 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Aug 15, 2007 10:47:17 am PDT #4848 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
OMG, I already have a headache, but I am totally getting why microwave popcorn is a migraine trigger for ita. Somebody in a cubicle near me is eating some and the smell is hitting me right in the frontal lobes.
Yeah, it hits me the same way ever since I accidentally burnt some in a microwave five years ago.
Jessica - Aug 15, 2007 11:15:51 am PDT #4849 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Do I have to respond to an email that I just got (unrelated to earlier meetings) that said, "I was just wondering when you'd get that stuff to me!" The last email I sent her said "I will get that to you by COB on Wednesday." What the fuck time does she think COB is?
Ignore it until 5 and then say "Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner, I was too busy working to finish X by COB today."
Jesse - Aug 15, 2007 11:19:36 am PDT #4850 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A coworker mentioned to me that she forgets that COB = Close of Business. Also, the original emailer is someone who once emailed me at like 8pm for information that she needed "today." So who knows what she thinks.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 11:23:00 am PDT #4851 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Photos of ceramic figurines in the middle of being destroyed
I was surprised at how evocative these are. The figurines themselves are mostly of people engaged in activity, and the way the figurines are breaking it looks as if the figurines are causing their own destruction.
Aims - Aug 15, 2007 11:33:41 am PDT #4852 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
[link] That made me laugh.
meara - Aug 15, 2007 11:47:51 am PDT #4853 of 10001
Unless there was clear reason for it to be otherwise, I always figured by saying "I need this by COB", it meant "send it to me before you leave work, which may be after I leave work, so that I will have it first thing in the morning to work on". Or something.
shrift - Aug 15, 2007 11:49:30 am PDT #4854 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I usually see EOB. Although if I see an acronym I don't know, I Google.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 11:50:33 am PDT #4855 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I always figured by saying "I need this by COB", it meant "send it to me before you leave work
I always assume "by COB" means wrapped around ears of corn.
OK, I've never actually seen the abbreviation "COB" before.
Daisy Jane - Aug 15, 2007 11:53:00 am PDT #4856 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Photos of ceramic figurines in the middle of being destroyed
I love the hummingbird one. It looks as if they just decided to fly away.
I have had a few people ask me why I sent them an email with only EOM. I usually just tell them it's "End of Message" though I really want to say, "It's short for 'I don't fucking have time to figure out pleasantries to write you when all I really needed to say was in the subject line and could you just review the attachment already!?! GOD!"