Ah, not knowing the formula for the circumference of a circle threw me off.
I dislike comics that make me feel dumb. I think I'll wander around that huge picture that shows the world.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Connie Neil - Mar 11, 2013 6:47:25 am PDT #14360 of 30001
brillig
askye - Mar 11, 2013 6:49:32 am PDT #14361 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I'll go with the theory that some people think women have their weddings all planned out way before they get engaged. Or assume it's a fast process. I don't know.
Tep, can you try saying something like, "We have a date and a location and unfortunately I'm really busy with (work thing)/have to make a call and can't talk about it now."
Or you could just describe the wedding in Steel Magnolias.
Theodosia - Mar 11, 2013 6:51:46 am PDT #14362 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Claim your colors are International Hailing Distress Orange and Paisley. While they're trying to figure that one out, escape.
erikaj - Mar 11, 2013 6:52:57 am PDT #14363 of 30001
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Actually, of course, those are parody "wedding details" but I've eyerolled through enough of these conversations(despite them making me feel like a Teamster on hormone replacement, femininity wise) that I think I've got it. Bonus points if you can find a "cute" way to call Tim a moron and get your way. Or make a "suggestive" reference to all the sex you've not had since you got your rock. I'd better stop. I'm making my own reflux act up.
Steph L. - Mar 11, 2013 6:59:31 am PDT #14364 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Actually, of course, those are parody "wedding details"
That's okay, I'll still go with those. Because then I'm all done.
Connie Neil - Mar 11, 2013 7:09:45 am PDT #14365 of 30001
brillig
"My colors are paisley and plaid." I like it.
People asked me my colors, I kind of blinked at them in confusion, then said "My mother-in-law is doing it." "Don't you care about your own wedding?" "I care that it's legal, beyond that, no." I was given very disappointed looks.
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2013 7:12:07 am PDT #14366 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Achievement unlocked: wedding planned!
Is this basic net nerd lingo now? I keep seeing all these gaming conversations that make no sense, because you couldn't do that in Zork or Tetris, but I think even I get that.
Jessica - Mar 11, 2013 7:23:23 am PDT #14367 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know I'm being curmudgeonly, but I wish people would stop sending emails just to thank me for doing my job. I'm sure to them it seems like it would be rude not to, but it's just one more thing I have to delete!
Consuela - Mar 11, 2013 7:25:53 am PDT #14368 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I wish people would stop sending emails just to thank me for doing my job
And here we have the difference between the private sector and the public. Because I almost never get thanked for anything--certainly very rarely by anyone in management above me.
Widgets, is what we are. We should consider ourselves lucky to be in public service!
flea - Mar 11, 2013 7:27:50 am PDT #14369 of 30001
information libertarian
There was a whole article in the Times this weekend about people who get annoyed by Thank You emails. Different cultures. [link]