Thursday November 20, 2008

Overheard at work

I just overheard part of a conversation between two coworkers:

Coworker 1: (something or other) Wondertwins? Do we need our rings?
Coworker 2: Right, "form of, a packet sniffer!"
Coworker 1: [laughs]
Coworker 2: "form of, Text Editor! With Vi-like keybindings!"

That's gotta be about the geekiest damn thing I've ever heard. ( Nov 20 2008, 02:52:51 PM ) Humor? Permalink
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Saturday March 18, 2006

2nd Annual "Empty Post Day" Except, of course, that this isn't empty. The next one will be!
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Thursday July 14, 2005

Traffic Cone Mating Season

This gave me a giggle:

...This may explain why there are so many of the damn things all over London.[plasticbag.org]

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Wednesday June 15, 2005

Re: Squirrel Liquor Decanter

I like squirrels, honest. They are cute little mammals with bushy tails and twitchy whiskers, what's not to like?

I still thought the Squirrel Liquor Decanter was too funny for words.
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Monday June 06, 2005

Pessimist vs. Optimist

Last night Kare 11 (local NBC affiliate) ran a fluff piece at the end of the 10-o'clock news about two people getting married atop Mt. Everest. Afterwards the sports guy said "It's all downhill from here", to which the weather gal said "but today they're on top of the world".

Sad humor, I know. But one of the reasons I watch that particular channel for the news is due to the personal relationships between the people. They really seem to like each other. One of the other channels tried to emulate this friendly cuddly atmosphere, and it was just sickening, they all looked like they were brown-nosing the senior anchor.

Anyway, the little banter 'tween Sports Guy and Weather Gal put the whole pessimist vs. optimist idea into my head; glass half-empty vs. glass half-full. The next thing I thought was "My glass was half-full until somebody drank the rest of it!"

Okay, my wife didn't think it was funny either.
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Thursday April 07, 2005

LYKFIP You, like, ya know, fucking, like, figure it out, ya know?
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Wednesday March 16, 2005

What Polyhedral Are You?

You are the rare, the overlooked, yet incredibly useful dodecahedron: the d12. You are a creative, romantic soul. You often act without thinking, but make up for your lack of plans with plenty of heart. You easily solve problems that stump others, but your answers tend to put you into even deeper trouble. You write long, detailed backgrounds for all your characters, and are most likely to dress up as one or get involved in cos-play. You can be silly at times and are easily distracted by your own day dreams, but are at the end of the day you're someone who can be depended on.

Take the quiz at dicepool.com
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Friday March 11, 2005

They talk by flapping their meat at each other

This is one of the funniest sci-fi stories I've read in some time!
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