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  • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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    Aqua Letifer
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    I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

    I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

    18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

    I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

    But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

    Please love yourself.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

      I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

      I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

      18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

      I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

      But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

      George KG Offline
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      George K
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      @Aqua-Letifer said in Today's Anecdote:

      I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

      18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

      Geezus F Christ.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

        I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

        18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

        I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

        But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

        JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
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        @Aqua-Letifer said in Today's Anecdote:

        I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

        I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

        18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

        I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

        But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

        R.E.M. song or the Dan Rather attack?

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Today's Anecdote:

          I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

          I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

          18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

          I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

          But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

          R.E.M. song or the Dan Rather attack?

          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua LetiferA Offline
          Aqua Letifer
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          @Jolly said in Today's Anecdote:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Today's Anecdote:

          I was in a meeting that ran 28 minutes over. Basically the meeting was to legitimize massive scope creep for a current project. Anyway, the project manager asked near the end if there were any questions about the work, or just generally since we covered a lot of topics.

          I unmuted myself and said, "Kenneth, what's the frequency? What's the frequency, Kenneth. C'mon, what is the frequency?"

          18 meeting attendees and not a single damn person got the reference. These folks were all at least as old as me or older, too.

          I fully believe that, had I the temperament or personality to have actually applied myself to learning anything of consequence growing up, I could have probably at the least become a doctor.

          But no, instead of the Krebs cycle, I know exactly who Betty the Blonde Bomber is and what she wants for breakfast.

          R.E.M. song or the Dan Rather attack?

          Take your pick! No to both. ☹️

          Please love yourself.

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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
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            Old Dominion has an online PhD in English.

            You could be Dr. Aqua Letifer, kinda like Dr. Jill. 😊

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              Old Dominion has an online PhD in English.

              You could be Dr. Aqua Letifer, kinda like Dr. Jill. 😊

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              Aqua Letifer
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              @Jolly said in Today's Anecdote:

              Old Dominion has an online PhD in English.

              You could be Dr. Aqua Letifer, kinda like Dr. Jill. 😊

              You know as well as I do what you find in the Humanities departments of today. I wouldn't make it a week.

              Please love yourself.

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                Jolly
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                But Lordy, what a week!

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  Jolly
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                  Look, the coolest English prof I had lived in a log cabin, had a PhD from Heidelberg, looked like a leprechaun and once jumped flat-footed onto his desk and acted out the Fool's Soliloquy from memory.

                  You could be another cool dude...

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    Look, the coolest English prof I had lived in a log cabin, had a PhD from Heidelberg, looked like a leprechaun and once jumped flat-footed onto his desk and acted out the Fool's Soliloquy from memory.

                    You could be another cool dude...

                    Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                    Aqua Letifer
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                    @Jolly said in Today's Anecdote:

                    Look, the coolest English prof I had lived in a log cabin, had a PhD from Heidelberg, looked like a leprechaun and once jumped flat-footed onto his desk and acted out the Fool's Soliloquy from memory.

                    You could be another cool dude...

                    I suppose. 😄

                    I likely don't meet the racial, equitable or political qualifications for such a program. But hey, maybe. I have thought about it.

                    Please love yourself.

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