I'm with Fred and ita - I see it as more of a "ball's in your court" thing. So, there is an element of washing-my-hands-of-the-decision-making, but not really P-A as such.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
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.
brenda m - Jul 30, 2008 11:37:49 am PDT #511 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Toddson - Jul 30, 2008 11:41:36 am PDT #512 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I use it as a "ball's in your court" thing as well - kind of a, well I've done MY part indication.
amych - Jul 30, 2008 11:50:47 am PDT #513 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Another vote for ball/court. It's sort of "here's my bit, now it's your call" rather than anything necessarily passive/aggressive.
Trudy Booth - Jul 30, 2008 11:53:08 am PDT #514 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I'm a ball/court gal myself.
And we'd better keep Cass away from that car.
lunda - Jul 30, 2008 11:53:55 am PDT #515 of 10003
Sometimes evil drives a minivan.
Is Yahoo!Mail making anyone else login every five seconds, or am I just special?
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.
tommyrot - Jul 30, 2008 11:58:27 am PDT #516 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, LexisNexis people, is this funny? Slashdot has it under Comedy:
"The politicization of Bush's Justice Department, which this week was officially determined to be illegal, has a funny side too. Sometime in 2005-2006, White House Liaison Jan Williams attended a seminar on LexisNexis searches, and wrote one herself. When she left, she passed it on to her successor Monica Goodling in an email. Justin Mason, author of SpamAssassin, is skeptical about its accuracy:
[First name of a candidate]! and pre/2 [last name of a candidate] w/7 bush or gore or republican! or democrat! or charg! or accus! or criticiz! or blam! or defend! or iran contra or clinton or spotted owl or florida recount or sex! or controvers! or racis! or fraud! or investigat! or bankrupt! or layoff! or downsiz! or PNTR or NAFTA or outsourc! or indict! or enron or kerry or iraq or wmd! or arrest! or intox! or fired or sex! or racis! or intox! or slur! or arrest! or fired or controvers! or abortion! or gay! or homosexual! or gun! or firearm!
Needless to say, when asked about it, Williams first said she didn't remember ever seeing it, then said she'd used an edited version just once. LexisNexis records show she used it, as shown, 25 times."
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Laura - Jul 30, 2008 11:59:00 am PDT #517 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Whenever I get "please advise", it usually means a disdainful "something's broken/not working and it's ALL YOUR FAULT."
I get these, but often spelled "please advice" - always makes me read it a couple times. Then I offer my advice.
shrift - Jul 30, 2008 12:01:29 pm PDT #518 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
It has been making me do it and has been driving me crazy all day.
I'm not glad to hear it, exactly, but I am now reassured that it's Yahoo being stupid. I'm familiar with that.
And hey, you guys don't have to agree with me that "please advise" is passive aggressive. Unfortunately, that's all the context I have for it as a person in tech support.
Toddson - Jul 30, 2008 12:07:05 pm PDT #519 of 10003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I sometimes use "advice please" to indicate that I'm not sure how to handle something (i.e., someone wants a huge amount of information RIGHT NOW ... and they aren't members or anyone I've had dealings with, but my boss may have offered them info).
Daisy Jane - Jul 30, 2008 12:07:09 pm PDT #520 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
What was the free jewelry site?