Unless there was clear reason for it to be otherwise, I always figured by saying "I need this by COB", it meant "send it to me before you leave work, which may be after I leave work, so that I will have it first thing in the morning to work on". Or something.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
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.
meara - Aug 15, 2007 11:47:51 am PDT #4853 of 10001
shrift - Aug 15, 2007 11:49:30 am PDT #4854 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I usually see EOB. Although if I see an acronym I don't know, I Google.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2007 11:50:33 am PDT #4855 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I always figured by saying "I need this by COB", it meant "send it to me before you leave work
I always assume "by COB" means wrapped around ears of corn.
OK, I've never actually seen the abbreviation "COB" before.
Daisy Jane - Aug 15, 2007 11:53:00 am PDT #4856 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Photos of ceramic figurines in the middle of being destroyed
I love the hummingbird one. It looks as if they just decided to fly away.
I have had a few people ask me why I sent them an email with only EOM. I usually just tell them it's "End of Message" though I really want to say, "It's short for 'I don't fucking have time to figure out pleasantries to write you when all I really needed to say was in the subject line and could you just review the attachment already!?! GOD!"
sumi - Aug 15, 2007 11:53:29 am PDT #4857 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I get that it's "close of business" but here COB means College of Business.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2007 11:57:25 am PDT #4858 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"It's short for 'I don't fucking have time to figure out pleasantries to write you when all I really needed to say was in the subject line and could you just review the attachment already!?! GOD!"
SERIOUSLY.
And it continues. I just got the most obnoxious response EVAR, "clarifying" what she's looking for.
I'm seriously about to cry.
Daisy Jane - Aug 15, 2007 11:59:12 am PDT #4859 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And it continues. I just got the most obnoxious response EVAR, "clarifying" what she's looking for.
I'm seriously about to cry.
Come have a smoke with me Jesse.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2007 12:05:12 pm PDT #4860 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I would love to! Instead I am going to hold out until I leave here, which will be VERY shortly.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 15, 2007 12:06:45 pm PDT #4861 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
[link] That made me laugh.
Aimee, I think that is the funniest thing I have seen in FOREVER. I can't stop laughing!
Aims - Aug 15, 2007 12:11:55 pm PDT #4862 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimee, I think that is the funniest thing I have seen in FOREVER. I can't stop laughing!
What made me laugh even more was the person that posted in response to it "What the hell is this? Is this a joke? This is why I don't post here anymore. You people are crazy!"