You want to meet the real me now?

Mal ,'War Stories'


Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


WindSparrow - Apr 15, 2009 7:01:23 pm PDT #6843 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Say, erin_o, any word on your feline?


Vortex - Apr 15, 2009 7:22:08 pm PDT #6844 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh right! I meant to snark about Twilight, Edward and the sparkly urine, but my head exploded and I couldn't make it work.


Hil R. - Apr 15, 2009 7:25:46 pm PDT #6845 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Gronk. Taking care of drunk people is tiring. But I slept for a while this evening, and now I can't get to sleep again. And I need to get some sleep, because I need to be awake tomorrow so that I can finish the work I should have done today.


DCJensen - Apr 15, 2009 7:43:55 pm PDT #6846 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.

I need Hivemind help.

Towards the end of the day at work some people in the office were joking around while I was on the phone, I got an email where someone had pretended to be one of the new supervisors at the helpdesk and sent a couple of wacky emails "I did not lock my computer, and I love teletubbies" and "I love fish sticks!" variety.

I got off the phone and heard fish sticks mentioned, and punned, "Remember, if you throw it against the wall, fish sticks."

This got a laugh, and a guy from the next department on the other side of the cube wall stood up and yelled at me, "What the FUCK is wrong with you?"

It all seemed a bit overboard, and everyone laughed, and I laughed.

In retrospect, some hours later, it occurs to me that the guys around me may have been making some lewd comments that I did not hear, and that my pun may have been thought of to be part of that conversation, and therefore very wrong.

What can I do to stop the possible repercussions in the morning? I am beside myself to think that I may have inadvertently offended someone deeply enough to get fired over this. What can I do, where can I turn, what do I say?


WindSparrow - Apr 15, 2009 8:03:01 pm PDT #6847 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

Part of me thinks the above statement with a couple of modest edits should be given to one of Daniel's supervisors - but possibly not in written form. And/or that the strategy to take the with guy who said "WTF is wrong with you?" is to very simply say, "A few hours after that convo, it occurred to me that "fish sticks" might have meant something other than the obvious. If so, ew, sorry." But then leave it at that. Because the more you explain yourself, the more it sounds like you are protesting too much.


WindSparrow - Apr 15, 2009 8:17:43 pm PDT #6848 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

The other alternative would be to play innocent of the possible innuendo, and stage a "Christopher Judge finds out about furries" moment. Because making them explain the other guys' crudity could theoretically take the heat off you.


beth b - Apr 15, 2009 8:18:34 pm PDT #6849 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

so DH just had an emergency tooth extraction. yay! I was trying to remember what foods worked for people in the last few days.

And the dentist -- gave Matt the tooth -- eww. He has been instructed to hide it so I don't see it.


WindSparrow - Apr 15, 2009 8:31:21 pm PDT #6850 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.

I got no suggestions, beth. I do hope the pain is under control.


beth b - Apr 15, 2009 8:38:41 pm PDT #6851 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

He is way better now. It was really quick. we left the house 845 and we were home by 1015 -- tis included a stop at the pharmacy on the way home.


beth b - Apr 15, 2009 8:42:25 pm PDT #6852 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

and some one will have suggestions -- 2 or 3 people have had extractions lately -- so I told Matt he was just being fashionable