Noah! How is the little man this morning?
Any more poop explosions? I think he did that just to make me look incompetent.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Allyson - Jul 27, 2007 8:51:49 am PDT #594 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
sarameg - Jul 27, 2007 8:55:31 am PDT #595 of 10001
I like Kat's plan.
I think the rude speakerphoners are related to the guy who uses the intercom feature to call officemate's phone and ask "Are you there? Bob? If you are there, pick up. [pause] Bob?" after calling a couple times regularly where no one picks up. And yes, he knows someone else shares the office. One of these days I'm going to tell him Bob's gone to the darkside and never to call again.
Of course, he's also the guy who came in here and sat at the other desk to have a private cell conversation with his girlfriend while I glared at him, so there may be no hope.
Sue - Jul 27, 2007 9:05:58 am PDT #596 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Someone came into the bathroom at work today talking on their cellphone. I mean really, can you stop working long enough to pee? She walked out when someone flushed.
Steph L. - Jul 27, 2007 9:10:03 am PDT #597 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Two people who normally yell over the cube walls at each other just had a phone conversation with each other.
On speakerphone. It's like they're looking for ways to be more annoying and less considerate.
My co-workers APPLAUD whenever someone walks in their area.
I win.
Or, actually, lose.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2007 9:12:49 am PDT #598 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph, you do lose. I'm not sure how I'd take that. We have a fair dose of irony-awareness and sarcasm here, so at the very least I'd have someone to bitch with.
I think I'm going to go deliver cake to the krav centre on my lunch break. It's way too sweet for me to be able to eat on my own.
It cracks me up and chaps my ass when the loud people act annoyed at other noises.
Just got dressed down (v. calmly) by my boss for not working tomorrow. In my defense a) I don't want to (okay, I didn't say that) b) I'm dog tired and getting by by a thread (didn't say that either) and c) I committed to leading a class tomorrow on the understanding that I was being covered at work.
::sigh::
Kat - Jul 27, 2007 9:15:32 am PDT #599 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Isn't tomorrow saturday?
Tom Scola - Jul 27, 2007 9:15:40 am PDT #600 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Steph: [link]
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2007 9:18:53 am PDT #601 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't tomorrow saturday?
Ayup.
Steph L. - Jul 27, 2007 9:20:52 am PDT #602 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Steph: [link]
Tom, I dunno -- it doesn't say that they *don't* applaud....
askye - Jul 27, 2007 9:24:33 am PDT #603 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I'm still baffled about the appluading thing, that's just so weird.
Random stupidity sighting (From the anonymous one liner section of the newspaper) "Want to lower health care costs? Make alcohol and tobacco illegal."
@@ Because that was so successful last time.