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by **KKBlue** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:16 pm

I will bite that dangling carrot!
Satisfaction Guaranteed

by **AWS260** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:41 pm

And the 2012 Name of the Year award goes to...

Dr. Taco B.M. Monster! Congratulations, Dr. Monster!

by **LordMortis** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:43 pm

AWS260 wrote:And the 2012 Name of the Year award goes to...

Dr. Taco B.M. Monster! Congratulations, Dr. Monster!

My mother didn't name my Brian Michael because she didn't want my initials to be BM.

by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:59 pm

We had a medical building on the south side of Lubbock when I lived there. I got all sorts of enjoyment out of the Cornerstone Urology clinic, and was bummed out when they moved out. Until they were replaced by Polk Eye Associates.

I remember training in Cingular when the trainer was pulling up customer accounts. To this day, I'm still bummed that I couldn't name my Rock Band band Jesus Cappuccino.

by **LordMortis** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:28 pm

If every one who does x is entered into a drawing to win y and if you figure you actually have to have a drawing do you have to give y away if you don't spell out in devil of the details? For that matter could someone assign the odds as 1 in Brazillion without explicitly stating it and then when like three hundred people do x could offer maker dude make their aggregate odds of winning only be 300 in a Gajillion.

Edit: Fed need not speculate.

by **Isgrimnur** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:31 pm

I'm pretty sure you'd need to either lay out the odds of winning or specify that it varies based on number of entries received. Otherwise, you would be looking at fraud.

by **Remus West** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:45 pm

KKBlue wrote:I will bite that dangling carrot!
Satisfaction Guaranteed

That might not be the mental image you were trying to put forth (and I have not even clicked the link).

by **KKBlue** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:04 pm

Ha, Remus... well, you will never know unless you click :twisted:

by **Remus West** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:10 pm

KKBlue wrote:Ha, Remus... well, you will never know unless you click

Oh I clicked later. It still did not remove the original mental image that looked more like this. :twisted:

by **WPD** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:55 pm

Yesterday I spilled coffee all over myself. Today when I was driving home during a fabulous April snowstorm I played bumper cars with the car in front of me. What can I do accidentally tomorrow?

by **Jaymon** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:20 am

WPD wrote:Yesterday I spilled coffee all over myself. Today when I was driving home during a fabulous April snowstorm I played bumper cars with the car in front of me. What can I do accidentally tomorrow?

If you find yourself in the possession of a black hole, please do your best not to drop it.

by **GreenGoo** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:17 pm

Co-worker (we're a small team, we're fairly close as far as co-workers go) was hit by a bus last night. He's actually on my wife's ward at the hospital with head injuries.

Bad. News.

by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:48 pm

So sorry to hear, GG. I assume this is the story?

by **GreenGoo** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:29 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:So sorry to hear, GG. I assume this is the story?

That's the one. I cross that intersection with him about 2-4 times a month, as our schedules are different but occasionally match up and he lives in my neighbourhood so he gives me a lift home. He was crossing to the park and ride where he parks his car before taking the bus downtown and vice versa.

No word yet. My wife says she's gotten a decent to good vibe from the people she's spoken to (there are ethical issues about medical information, of course) so I'm hoping for the best. She works tomorrow so I'll see it in her eyes one way or the other.

I will say that intersection is a death trap, but if I'm truthful, it's due to erratic pedestrian behaviour at a crowded bus station right beside a college.

by **Jag** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:50 pm

Reason #324234 to proof your emails before they go out:

"Since we are shifting the broadcast forwards, we will amend the payment schedule to reflect this shit."

Thankfully I caught it before I hit send :oops:

by **tjg_marantz** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:30 pm

Jag wrote:Reason #324234 to proof your emails before they go out:

"Since we are shifting the broadcast forwards, we will amend the payment schedule to reflect this shit."

Thankfully I caught it before I hit send

The corrected form being shiznit, yes?

by **Jag** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:42 pm

by **Exodor** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:49 pm

Today's fortune from Panda Express

You will have a happy life with your spouse

Oh, just Fuck the hell off Panda Express.

by **Brian** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:50 pm

Ouch. That makes me wanna cry all over again.

by **Exodor** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:57 pm

Brian wrote:Ouch. That makes me wanna cry all over again.

At least the food wasn't bad. :wink:

by **KKBlue** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:22 pm

Maybe think of it as your wife saying hello? Would that "fortune" be along the lines of her sense of humor?

Incase you don't consider it a sign, may I echo,

Oh, just Fuck the hell off Panda Express.

by **Remus West** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:35 pm

This thread has become depressing.

by **Jaymon** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:42 pm

May is bike to work month, although in my case it more like try and avoid a heart attack to work month.
Good thing, I have a month to get my ass in shape so I don't keel over in the first few miles.

by **dbt1949** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:15 pm

In Arkansas May is also run over a bicyclist month.

by **redrun** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:21 am

dbt1949 wrote:In Arkansas May is also run over a bicyclist month.

Arkansas limits it to a single month? Most states have open season all summer.

by **Default** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:54 am

Jaymon wrote:May is bike to work month, although in my case it more like try and avoid a heart attack to work month.
Good thing, I have a month to get my ass in shape so I don't keel over in the first few miles.

Also, June is "Shapely Ass Month", so you might want to pick out some bike shorts to wear around the office.

by **dbt1949** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:29 am

It's always worked for me.

by **Default** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:33 am

Also, once you've had Panda, you'll never go back. ;-)

by **WarPig** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:14 pm

The parking lot at work is more empty on Friday mornings and yet I, the lone IT guy, have the busiest day of the week. Do Fridays make people tech-tarded?

by **KKBlue** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:01 pm

WarPig, I think most people just go too damn fast. Not thinking first because someone will help them out is another problem for the majority or at least the majority of the ones that piss us off.

My husband just got through loading something on my computer. I was making an attempt to go slow and click appropriately while maneuvering decisively. Even with him sitting next to me and guiding me, I still managed to click wrong

try as I do, the whole computer gig is hexed, wink.

You IT fellas, don't get paid enough.

by **Default** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:33 am

Gah, another week, another huge argument. Need to get a credit report and see how many cc's have my name on it.
Need a vacation, but Belgium fell through. Maybe I could take a couple of days off, but I don't want to go anywhere or do anything. There's not a cloud in the sky, but the sun never came up for me today.

Move along, move along, nothing to see here...

by **Smoove_B** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:50 pm

In case you're wondering, half a bottle of hand lotion (scented like cocoa butter) will absolutely clog a bathroom sink if your six year old decides to "experiment" and see what will happen when you rinse it down the drain. It will also look like alien snot when said snake retrieves it from the depths of plumbing hell.

For those with young children, invest in a small drain snake now. I have no idea why or when I originally purchased mine, but it just paid for itself.

CLEAR CLOGGED DRAIN - ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED

by **dbt1949** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:51 pm

I've fired off about 500 rounds of 22 today. Those last couple I almost hit the target with too!

by **Kraken** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:56 pm

Our once-in-a-decade spring cleaning is underway, spurred by the arrival of a new Dyson vacuum cleaner (replacing a 25-year-old bottom-of-the-line Hoover). We put on dust masks and I used the leaf blower to blast out all the radiators, corners, and under immovable furniture. I kicked up enough dust to affect global climate.

Now taking a short break from cleaning it all up.

by **KKBlue** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:29 pm

Tell me you are kidding with the leaf lower? The Dyson's motor is so strong you just needed the hose and brush/broom thing. I don't care for the bag less ness but it's a good unit.

by **Kraken** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:11 pm

No vacuum cleaner attachment can get between the ribs of a radiator and between the radiator and the wall. The leaf blower really does the job. I'm going to try to remember to blast them every 2-3 years from now on.

I'm very pleased with the Dyson's debut performance. The old Hoover's motor was still going strong but the hose and attachments had so many leaks that it was next to useless. It was a pleasure to use a full-strength vacuum cleaner again, inasmuch as vacuuming can ever be a pleasure.

by **Isgrimnur** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:19 pm

I think PeteRock has a few resources for you for your new-found vacuum love.

by **Isgrimnur** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:38 am

And now, I'm going to sit here and irrationally panic that all the work I've done today is going to be completely ignored because there's no one conscious at this hour to actually see it. :ninja:

by **dbt1949** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 4:02 am

Oh crap! I've forgotten the way to San Jose.

by **Jaymon** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:58 pm

dbt1949 wrote:Oh crap! I've forgotten the way to San Jose.

I see what you did there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsHwVRL06R8

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