OK, here's another topic: Why would you throw someone a surprise going-away party? If my boss hadn't just told me, I would have started to think that there wasn't going to be one! And I want a going-away party!
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 11:30:31 am PDT #10760 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Sep 24, 2009 11:33:21 am PDT #10761 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
dude, your office, as a culture, is lacking in social skills.
tommyrot - Sep 24, 2009 11:34:51 am PDT #10762 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's just her office telling her, "Dude, nobody likes you. Surprise! We do like you!"
Aims - Sep 24, 2009 11:35:27 am PDT #10763 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Word of warning - don't let anyone bring in a John Deere.
Stephanie - Sep 24, 2009 11:36:16 am PDT #10764 of 30001
Trust my rage
I suspect this opinion is shared by many here, but I really dislike surprise parties
Jesse - Sep 24, 2009 11:38:24 am PDT #10765 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They do this shit all the time here, and I just think it's bizarre. It's not like it's a surprise that I'm leaving!
Calli - Sep 24, 2009 11:40:35 am PDT #10766 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
It's not like it's a surprise that I'm leaving!
If it's supposed to be a surprise that they care, it's probably just as well you're going.
Laura - Sep 24, 2009 11:41:24 am PDT #10767 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I don't think I have ever had a surprise party. If all of you are at my house some day when I get home, it's all good. I did throw DH a surprise party for his 40th. It was particularly insane since he scheduled us to leave town the next day because he didn't know.
Kathy A - Sep 24, 2009 11:41:36 am PDT #10768 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I had a surprise party once that was a blast--soon after I'd gotten the lead in a play in high school, my best friend asked if I wanted to come over for a sleepover, just the two of us hanging out for the evening, something we'd do every once in a while. I didn't think anything about it, said sure. That night, she led me down to the basement and out popped a few other friends of ours who were also staying the night, and they gave me a "Congrats" cake and everything. Very fun!
Calli - Sep 24, 2009 11:44:58 am PDT #10769 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Totally unrelated to anything we're currently discussing, I'm being freaked out by crows. Normally I'm a fan of corvids—smart, interesting roles in multiple mythologies, etc. But I'm on the top floor of my office building, and I think some crows have a nest on the roof just to my right and behind me. I keep seeing these great, black feathered shapes swooping at me out of the corner of my eye, and then they zoom up and out of sight. It's very distracting. Sort of a type, click, type, click, OMG-death-from-above!, type, click, type, click situation.