"On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me ONE DELICIOUS COOOOKIE."
"What kind of jive present is that, man?"
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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.
smonster - Dec 18, 2009 8:59:08 am PST #26032 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Toddson - Dec 18, 2009 8:59:16 am PST #26033 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Someone wrote in to one of the advice columnists about gifting at work. She was young, in her first job, and living paycheck to paycheck. In her office they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss and then, for a "Holiday Party" went out to a very expensive restaurant, at each individual's expense.
She couldn't afford it and the columnist advised her to just say no.
§ ita § - Dec 18, 2009 9:01:58 am PST #26034 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss
Boss must be getting severely underpaid. I mean, if I got just one gift worth $75, I consider myself ahead of the game.
Glamcookie - Dec 18, 2009 9:04:46 am PST #26035 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
In her office they routinely collected $75 from each person for a gift for the boss and then, for a "Holiday Party" went out to a very expensive restaurant, at each individual's expense.
That is insanity. Hell no.
sumi - Dec 18, 2009 9:05:43 am PST #26036 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Just got back from lunch - it is snowing giant wet snowflakes. Very decorative.
But - if only I hadn't lost my hat.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 18, 2009 9:06:14 am PST #26037 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
What the hell were they getting the boss? That seems crazy, unless maybe the boss is an underpaid social worker whose supervisees were all volunteers with trust funds or something.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 9:07:30 am PST #26038 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Holy shit, $75??? That's bananas. I don't spend that much on relatives.
Kathy A - Dec 18, 2009 9:08:07 am PST #26039 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My parents are lucky if I spend that much each on them--I sure as hell wouldn't spend that much on anyone else in my life.
Jesse - Dec 18, 2009 9:10:32 am PST #26040 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm making my parents a Christmas mix, and wondering if it's weird to have two versions of the same song, in different styles?
SuziQ - Dec 18, 2009 9:10:38 am PST #26041 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Huh. Just found out a guy I kinda sorta but not really work with was laid off yesterday. I always wondered what he really did here and I guess they couldn't keep him busy, so his job was eliminated.
I'm not sure if it is better to be laid off right before or after a holiday. Before, you have a sucky holiday but after you probably wish you could have changed what you spent on the holiday. Either way, it sucks.
When we were told this morning, our little group was at least told that our jobs aren't in danger of elimination. At least at the moment.