Just got the following email from the person who sits in the next cube to me.
Switch to Sweet Zombie Jesus.
Thank you for the reminder, ita! I just Twittered about it.
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Dec 15, 2010 10:00:54 am PST #11307 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
bon bon - Dec 15, 2010 10:01:57 am PST #11308 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Good God.
Speaking of crazy importuning emails, here is one that just came to my husband!
Dear Professor,
I know it is really obnoxious to ask this-- but can I please have an A? I realize now that zooming through exams in order to be finished so we could have as much time as possible to discuss philosophy might not have been the smartest method of test-taking. but, looking back at everything, can I have an A because I do, in fact, know the information, and I showed up every day, and participated, plus, I am pretty damn cool.
Regardless, how does one go about swapping majors? Also, what classes do you teach next semester?
He was not joking.
beth b - Dec 15, 2010 10:04:32 am PST #11309 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
The first email was odd. ( because -- just ask. forget all t he extra stuff) but that one ... somehow he/she should have found a philosophical reason.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2010 10:05:35 am PST #11310 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I get that person's urges to not hear that (I'm a workplace pearl-clutcher after all). Shattering? Shaking and crying.
Consuela - Dec 15, 2010 10:08:11 am PST #11311 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
plus, I am pretty damn cool
Well, I'm sold.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2010 10:08:21 am PST #11312 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
He was not joking.
Again I say: Holy shit. Dag.
Zenkitty - Dec 15, 2010 10:09:33 am PST #11313 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Aw, now, it upsets her! You don't wanna give us atheists/heathens/pagans a bad reputation of being heartless and liking to stamp on the delicate hearts of the faithful, now, do you? I've tried to find substitutes for "Jesus Christ!" and "God (etc.)" because I really don't want to upset anyone. Offend, sure, but some people are genuinely upset, and that just about shatters my heart, to think I caused such pain. *ahem* May I suggest "Zeus!"? His name has a similar sound, and is short enough to be an effective expletive, and those I've encountered who claim Zeus as their deity don't seem to give a shit if someone swears by him.
Zenkitty - Dec 15, 2010 10:12:04 am PST #11314 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Really, I've never understood why, all things considered, "Judas Iscariot" never caught on as a swear word. It's got a nice rhythm, especially if you draw it out.
Jessica - Dec 15, 2010 10:12:47 am PST #11315 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know it is really obnoxious to ask this-- but can I please have an A?
Hey, if you don't ask, you don't get!
beth b - Dec 15, 2010 10:14:23 am PST #11316 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Being someone that doesn't swear much -- I get that people don't want to hear things. But If you can't just ask, but have to make a production over it then I tend to lose sympathy.
I like Zeus. -- Of course , Frak has become my word of choice