What amused you today?

[GH]

[Quailman]

I received an e-mail about Medicaid payment processing, and one of the fees charged is a "2.5% TLA". A couple of us were wondering what the extra surcharge is for and I suggested that perhaps it just stands for "three-letter abbreviation."

[Mackay]

I got a kickboxer to mop the floor for me. It was just about the cutest thing I've seen so far this year. =)

(The kickboxer is a co-worker, by the way, I didn't just get some random muscly dude to do my cleaning)



*has a sudden idea* Plus, the sight of a pair of strong, manly arms doing householdy chores is sooooooo sexy.

Am I right, girls?

[Beartalon]

What about the men getting a lean chick kick-boxer to do their chores?

I'm amused by the knowledge that it's Friday, payday, I am not on pager as soon as I had it over to my colleague and another colleague who annoyed everyone all week isn't in today.

It's most amusing because all this good stuff is happening on Friday the 13th. Oooh.

[Mackay]

[Beartalon]

[Neo]

I got banned from all campus computer labs today. My crime? I filled the paper tray in a printer.

I happened to be passing by, when one of the freshman physics majors recognized me and asked if I could find the Lab Assistant for him. I told him that it was unlikely, as the LA's in the science building had a habit of disappearing while they were supposed to be working, but I'd try to help. All he needed was more paper in the printer, which I promptly found and took care of. I had just slid the door shut on the paper tray when the LA returned and asked me what I was doing. I answered. I was told that it was against the rules to do anything like that, because only LA's "had the technical know-how" to do such things. I remarked that it was a pretty dumb rule (exact words) and next thing I know, I'm told I'm banned from all campus labs, and later received an email to that effect.

I don't really use the labs at all, so I don't care, but now I plan on not adhering to this banning at all
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[Jedo the Jedi]

Sounds like a Neo thing. I'm glad that they have now given you sufficient opportunity to be rebellious. Stick it to the man, dude. *chuckles*

[wordcross]

you should deliberately go into the labs and empty the paper trays while they're not looking. The LA's will get so fed up they'll stop making it a rule that only LA's can refill them
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[Courk]

How are they going to ban you from them? Will they pass around fliers with your face on them?

[Courk]

Some of you may remember this post of mine from a while back in the "Your most bizarre brainfart" thread:

[Lauritz Melchior]

Hehe. That's amazing. Your family rocks!
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[Neo]

[Lauritz Melchior]

Yesterday I spoke with a friend of mine whom I went to highschool with (him a senior, me a freshmen). He now works as a soccer coach at that highschool, but also does random teaching assistant jobs during the school day. He said that subbing for the Middle School band was "like herding cats".


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Edited to avoid double posting.

Tonight I've suffered from insomnia and boredom so I've been half-heartedly reading over old threads, posts, etc. I came upon a post in my first thread ("Where are all of the old mafia games?", or something of that nature), where I used the word "fustigate" in attempt to sound smart and make an impression on GL people. Reading it, it just sounds incredibly pretentious, but amusingly so. I can't think of anything amusing to say, and writing this seems to have made me tired (oh the xhaustino!) so I'll probably go to bed. Iv''e just been starting t the screen for the past five minutes.
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[Courk]

There was a commercial I saw a little while ago that showed famous plays, but with alternate, less memorable outcomes. I noticed that a lot of these famous plays were against a Cleveland team, which I found funny. Today I was browsing through wikipedia and came across The Drive, by John Elway against Cleveland. That was January 11, 1987. It linked to The Fumble (again, Broncos vs. Browns), which took place on January 17, 1988 -- almost exactly a year later. Then I looked up The Shot (Bulls vs. Cavs) -- May 7, 1989.

That seems a bit disproportionate and clustered to me, but I was amused.

[Quailman]

[Courk]

And you were probably happy with the outcome. *glares*

[Jedo the Jedi]

I think the Broncos could pull it out. They need to up their game a little bit, but they could potentially make it to the Super Bowl and win it. If it isn't them, I think it will be the Steelers.

(That's related to this topic becuase of the Broncos' stuff.)

[Samadhi]

Denver might be able to beat Pittsburgh but they'd lose to the Seahawks (or Carolina).
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[The Ragin' South Asian]

[Samadhi]

Agreed.
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[Jedo the Jedi]

Are the Seahawks going to have Alexander by then?

[Quailman]

[Neo]

I raided the four labs in the science building once already today. The Physics department is now four reams of paper richer!

I also helped a random student with a minor windows problem. Unfortunatly, now LA's showed up before I had to leave for class, so I left of my own accord.

I'm such a jackass.
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[GH]

I imagine you helping people in the lab the same way Mr. Incredible helped the old lady get her insurance claim straightened out. "I want to help you but I can't. For example, I want to tell you to right-click the image, select Properties, and choose Save As..., but i can't. I'm also not allowed to show you how to use the Tools -> Options dialogue to delete your temporary files and give you enough room to cache the image before you save it. I'm sorry, I'd like to help, but my hands are tied."

[Neo]

[Courk]

Oh, you need to report every detail of thoe encounters.

[Kd]

*seconded*

Hee. Dad and me trying to make a DVD player work:

[worm]

another ta was telling me how great the coffee maker she got for christmas is. then she asks me, "do you drink coffee?" after taking a swig from the coffee cup i've been holding the entire time, "uh, no"

[Kd]

[Dread Pirate Westley]

[Samadhi]

I was reading an article by Ann Coulter (she's so extreme she's funny) and she said this about one of Hillary Clinton's comments the other day.

[Mackay]

It's official: I am evil.

My niece's birthday is tomorrow. My sister made her a cake shaped like her favourite nursery rhyme/Play School (possibly Aussie) character, Humpty Dumpty:


They took the cake in to day care for the kiddies to have a little celebration with her.

They just got home now, and she was inconsolable. "Waaaahhhhh! WAAAAAHHHHH!" I went over to her and said, "What's wrong, Emmy?"

"Waahhhhhhhh! HUUUUUUUUMPTYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

I cannot stop laughing.

At my niece crying because her friend got eaten. Yep, I'm evil.


My sister is making her another Humpty cake for her 'proper' birthday party tomorrow... I was just telling Tally this story, and she came out with: "at least she's have developed coping strategies that will hopefully get her through the trauma slightly easier tomorrow"

*is still laughing*

[MatthewV]

But he falls off a wall (cut into pieces) and put back together (re baked) by all the king's horses and men (Mackay) only to fall again (cut into pieces). Isn't that how the story goes?

My typo..."to get her" instead of "together".

[The Ragin' South Asian]

No, they never succeeded in putting him back together.

[The Ragin' South Asian]

So obviously the solution is to steal all the eggs in the house, so the cake will be dry and crumbly.

[Talitha]

My grammar's has developed so excellent!

[Jack_Ian]

All the King's horses and all the King's men
Had scrambled eggs for tea again

[Samadhi]

How It's Made on the science channel typically has the announcer saying measurements in metric, with subtitles giving the US customary equivalent. Such as "the plywood sheets are then heated to 100 degrees celcius" Subtitle: That's 212 fahrenheit.

They apparently redubbed it with the US customary amounts, but didn't take out the subtitles. So the announcer says "the plywood sheets are then heated to 212 degrees fahrenheit"
Subtitle: That's 212 fahrenheit.
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And he lived happily ever after. Except for the dieing at the end and the heartbreak in between.

[GH]