Zamfir

Originally Posted by oldivor *turns into Mac user* *kills self* No, you may not. x2

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man But I must say, you people were the ones that I was offering the phallic sandwich to. Because my gift has been met with reprimand, I shall bid you all good day. No, you may not.

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man My parents told me no all the time when I was doing something wrong, and it hurt my feelings. I couldn't possibly do that to my children. Sure, just pack dick sandwiches into their lunchbox. This will go over well and make their confidence stronger!

BONOMAN, GET YOUR LAZY ASS BACK IN HERE AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR HONEYMOON

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man My feelings are hurt. Appologize please. For denying you a dick sandwich? You should thank me! I just don't want you kids to have to grow up and struggle the way I did... ...or something.

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man ...a dick sandwich.... Please. and ^^^^ No, you may not.

Originally Posted by niomosy Actually, speaking of kids stories. One that gets me... My girl was playing with a toy. A boy came over and asked if he could play with the toy. She wanted it still so she said, "no you may not." This, from a 3 year old (well, almost 4). The boy started whimpering. His mom starts asking him, "well what could she say instead." Instead!? INSTEAD!? What the holy hell do you want out of a 3 year old?! What I've noticed is that people seem to think the use of "may" is too strong. Had she just said, "no." That probably would have been fine. "You may not," just seems to be something strongly worded for too many people. Then there was another time where the mom wanted an apology because her kid's feelings were hurt. My wife went along with it because she had done something wrong but.... I told her we don't correct or admonish on feelings hurt. We do it when our daughter does something wrong. I agree. If my daughter was a budding Church Lady, I would encourage the hell out of it!!

Originally Posted by niomosy A story as a daddy? Well, she's already strong willed and not taking crap from other kids for the most part (she used to get bullied around by this one boy in the group my wife was in within the local mom's club... and I think she got sick of it). But then there's stories like my mom kicking a guy in the balls in high school because he kept... I forget if it was kicking her shins or what but he was bugging the hell out of her and she'd had enough Well, shucks. I was hoping there was much mirth to be had in a story of the niomosy family lining up for jimmy-kicks on, well, niomosy.

Originally Posted by Thumper Ever hear of multi-tasking? + the 1. I hate to say it, but, thread over.

Originally Posted by niomosy Takes all the fun out of a good smack-down, doesn't it? Besides, I'll leave that to my daughter. If she's anything like most of the females in both mine and my wife's families, she'll learn to do that pretty quick Hm. Daddy have a story for us?

Originally Posted by Hearafter 100 posts in the tk. Well... there's time well spent... Originally Posted by Thumper 463 here, which places me in the Top Ten... 464 now dammit

*peers carefully at 82Daion to assess sobriety*

Originally Posted by Bonoman I'm sure if I wasn't so exhausted I could figure out a joke about tachyons to work in here since I just watched Land of the Lost (cute, but not a must-see movie), but I'm so tired I'm just going to go to sleep instead... You and me both. I've had an inhuman amount of stuff to do at work or related to work. Right now, stuff is just sliding until our current all-hands-on-deck task is done. *insert asleep smiley here*

Originally Posted by niomosy Naa, it saw both of back and went on a drinking binge to ease the pain No, that was HCBF, not the universe...

Originally Posted by niomosy I think of it more as restoring balance to the universe Nah, it's just another sign the universe has gas...that's why it's doubled over...

B-man AND niomosy back? I think the universe is folding in on itself...

Originally Posted by niomosy Ahhh. I've had high speed since.... '98 or so. I don't even remember Napster on dial-up. I remember dial-up and Napster in 2000. Had to kick people off my library constantly when I needed something.

Originally Posted by infralife "Originally Posted by infralife That's just was I wasn't thinking. ...too much eggnog? In other news, I'm enjoying a Radeberger after aikido training." Zamfir, I totally respect your aikido training. If we were civilized, big sticks would rule. When big sticks are outlawed only criminals will have big sticks. I seriously carry one in some situations. Sorry about the flippant "trying to top 100" posts. Thanks for your reply. Your work situation "herding cats" resonates with me. Project management is tough when you are charged with herding cats, but worse, when you are to make eagles perch in a row on a calendar. Befriend the strongest cat, who will bring the others in line much to their inconvience. Keep treats in sight and dispense along the way when you must. My reply was actually flippant... Post-whoring in TK is frequent, and thus not serious... As for the strongest cat...that person is my biggest obstacle, mentioned above, who saddled us with a hell of a problem... I have no idea how to neutralize that person, or even if they can be.

Oh, and you remember the senior person whom I traded a bit of tense barbs with a month or so ago? They made me chairman of the board of the support association, because no one else would step up (and I hesitated to...). Then, as soon as the new officers were elected, said senior person dropped a huge bomb in our laps involving closing down a large chunk of our association's operations that affects around a dozen jobs. That decision was made by power centers totally outside the Board's control, but on whom we depend for our charter, including the influence of said senior person with whom I have differences. Now I'm herding cats, many of whom are pissed off (including me), while I bite my tongue trying to be the voice of moderation. And I'm not paid for any of this crap, although it cuts into my work time heavily. And my stress level just zoomed upwards from the "Zamfir, your normal life is not exactly stress-healthy" point. Gah. [/vent]

Originally Posted by infralife That's just was I wasn't thinking. ...too much eggnog? In other news, I'm enjoying a Radeberger after aikido training.

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man ... And its not even the annoyance (I can deal with that) its just the stupidity of my family vs in-laws More reason to drink over the holidays... Full disclosure requires me to point out that I pretty much dislike eggnog. I like it for being a funny word, though.

Originally Posted by oldivor Sometimes I'm shocked that you're a government worker. Normally their heads aren't on as straight. Dood. I get to call people on their {censored} all day long. And another thing. I's tired of people raggin' on the gubmint. I blame that asshole Reagan.

Originally Posted by Super_Donut_Man Ah yes, every year around this time I am reminded, via family drama, how much I loathe the "holiday" times. Its not in full force yet, but today is going to be a giant leap towards it. For the most part I try to stay out of it and someway or another I get dragged into it. It sure as hell is really f*cking annoying. Halloween (and the parties revolving around it) on the other hand are fantastic. Ask for more eggnog every time somebody annoying in your family talks to you. "So Super Donut Man, what'd you get me for Christmas?" "...got any more eggnog?" "It's so nice you could come down this year..." "Yeah, it is. Got any more eggnog?" "Can't you come sit out here with us and be with the rest of the family?" "Sure, on one condition." "What's that?" "Got any more eggnog?" "You be nice to your sister!!" "Ok. That's gonna require a {censored}load of eggnog...."

Don't you hate when you're too lazy to upload photos from your cameras for four months, then decide it's time to do it, and it takes you 3 hours to sort through them plus consider which ones to pass on to folks?