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Overheard...
Sep. 19th, 2007 01:19 pm"He had the Midas touch. Everything he touched turned into a muffler. I mean, hey, some of them were those nice stainless steel ones..."
Tasteless Humor
Jul. 25th, 2007 01:38 pmParting-shot advice to departing manager on way to doctor appointment:
E1: "Don't take any wooden tongue depressors!"
E2: "At least they hurt less than the barbed wire tongue depressors."
E3: "Why would you want your tongue depressed and how would you be able to tell if it was depressed?"
E1: "Hey, did you know taste buds only live for 10 days?"
E3: "How do you know what things taste like?"
E1: "It's stored in memory."
E4: "It's passed down as an oral tradition."
E3: "You'd still think the individual taste buds would react differently and things would taste different after a while."
E4: "Well, that's why everything tastes like chicken."
E1: "Don't take any wooden tongue depressors!"
E2: "At least they hurt less than the barbed wire tongue depressors."
E3: "Why would you want your tongue depressed and how would you be able to tell if it was depressed?"
E1: "Hey, did you know taste buds only live for 10 days?"
E3: "How do you know what things taste like?"
E1: "It's stored in memory."
E4: "It's passed down as an oral tradition."
E3: "You'd still think the individual taste buds would react differently and things would taste different after a while."
E4: "Well, that's why everything tastes like chicken."
On Bats and Migration
Dec. 5th, 2006 10:14 amSnippets of insightful discussion regarding the migration of bats overheard:
"What, do they follow the geese, then?"
"Only some of them migrate. It depends upon age - the older ones go south to Florida."
"I still can't see them flying south."
"They only fly at night, so you can't see them."
"I can see them, but they just fly in circles."
"Well, they turn into their vampire form and take the train."
"Amtrak runs bat specials for them."
"No, they take the red eye flight."
"What, do they follow the geese, then?"
"Only some of them migrate. It depends upon age - the older ones go south to Florida."
"I still can't see them flying south."
"They only fly at night, so you can't see them."
"I can see them, but they just fly in circles."
"Well, they turn into their vampire form and take the train."
"Amtrak runs bat specials for them."
"No, they take the red eye flight."
The Ringing of Bells...
Nov. 14th, 2006 10:59 am:: jingle, jangle ::
Voice from Cube, stage right: Everytime I hear that ringing, it makes me want to meditate... ommmmmm
:: jingle, jangle ::
Me: Or toss spare change.
:: jingle, jangle ::
Another Voice, far right: Everytime a bell rings, a programmer is hired in India.
Laughter, from cubes near and far...
Voice from Cube, stage right: Everytime I hear that ringing, it makes me want to meditate... ommmmmm
:: jingle, jangle ::
Me: Or toss spare change.
:: jingle, jangle ::
Another Voice, far right: Everytime a bell rings, a programmer is hired in India.
Laughter, from cubes near and far...
A New Business Venture
Oct. 27th, 2006 10:26 amScotches and Skeins - a knitting bar.
The guy one cube over asked a co-worker on the other side of the wall if she had gone to the knitting bar yet - turns out it was a knitting cafe (that didn't serve any coffee or pastries or anything but yarn...) but we, erm, latched on to the idea of a knitting bar.
I can just see it now - sitting on a stool in a dark, smokey bar, the game playing on the TV behind the bar... and everyone sitting there knitting. Bar fights would be very dangerous: "Knit 1!" "No, it was purl 2!" ::stabbity stab::
Then Ted said he could just see everyone sitting there with their scotches and skeins, and I proclaimed that the name of the place.
The guy one cube over asked a co-worker on the other side of the wall if she had gone to the knitting bar yet - turns out it was a knitting cafe (that didn't serve any coffee or pastries or anything but yarn...) but we, erm, latched on to the idea of a knitting bar.
I can just see it now - sitting on a stool in a dark, smokey bar, the game playing on the TV behind the bar... and everyone sitting there knitting. Bar fights would be very dangerous: "Knit 1!" "No, it was purl 2!" ::stabbity stab::
Then Ted said he could just see everyone sitting there with their scotches and skeins, and I proclaimed that the name of the place.
Overheard...
Oct. 26th, 2006 02:33 pm"You had me at your beck and call, and you still didn't use me!"
Later, in the same phone conversation:
"Oh, so it's Mr. Programmer now, I don't even have a last name? Guy?"
Later, in the same phone conversation:
"Oh, so it's Mr. Programmer now, I don't even have a last name? Guy?"
New Racing Series!
Sep. 11th, 2006 01:55 pmSo the guy next cube over came up with an idea for the ultimate in a new racing series... Vintage Mini racing seems to do so well, despite the fact that it involves the British equivalent of the VW Beetle, but he came up with something so much bettererTM.
I added several tweaks of my own and it's ready to go to the Test Marketing phase... we think it will do well on account of the absurdly high frequency of crashes and the Keystone Kops atmosphere on pit row...
... anywho, we bring you: NASVAN - Vintage Minivan Racing
The race is restricted to minivans manufactured prior to 1990. Plenty of room on the van for *lots* of sponsorship stickers. Rolling(sometimes -over) billboards. Some models (specifically a few from GM) will require a restrictor plate to compensate for their more aerodynamic design. Full - and we mean full - roll cages will be required. The pit crew will ride in the van and be required to get out and back in the van before the van can roll again.
So, what do you think? =)
I added several tweaks of my own and it's ready to go to the Test Marketing phase... we think it will do well on account of the absurdly high frequency of crashes and the Keystone Kops atmosphere on pit row...
... anywho, we bring you: NASVAN - Vintage Minivan Racing
The race is restricted to minivans manufactured prior to 1990. Plenty of room on the van for *lots* of sponsorship stickers. Rolling(sometimes -over) billboards. Some models (specifically a few from GM) will require a restrictor plate to compensate for their more aerodynamic design. Full - and we mean full - roll cages will be required. The pit crew will ride in the van and be required to get out and back in the van before the van can roll again.
So, what do you think? =)
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Jun. 6th, 2006 01:27 pmWe were discussing the locations for team lunch, and how some people have recently requested places that nobody - not even the requester - has gone too...
In keeping with this spirit, TT came up with the suggestion of a place on the waterfront in San Francisco. I countered with Legal Sea Foods (of course, there are probably a few other places I would go to first, but that's the only one I could be sure this crowd would identify with Boston...)
Discussion turned to taking the (non-existent) private jet of DB, and I tossed out "Air B-----", to which DB replied "Air B------- is me sitting in my cube and going 'Irrrrrrrrrrrrr'" and I countered that that's probably more than some airlines can do these days.
DF offered up another name: "Air Irrrr"...
In keeping with this spirit, TT came up with the suggestion of a place on the waterfront in San Francisco. I countered with Legal Sea Foods (of course, there are probably a few other places I would go to first, but that's the only one I could be sure this crowd would identify with Boston...)
Discussion turned to taking the (non-existent) private jet of DB, and I tossed out "Air B-----", to which DB replied "Air B------- is me sitting in my cube and going 'Irrrrrrrrrrrrr'" and I countered that that's probably more than some airlines can do these days.
DF offered up another name: "Air Irrrr"...
