I had to make a call today. The call was to the president of Emglo Air Compressors (“The Authentic Blue,” mind you), which I am currently doing an article on.
Now, the call started innocently enough, with me talking to an operator, asking to be connected to the pres. At this point, I learned the dangers of talking on the phone whilst having the SDMB up on the monitor in front of you.
The president’s name? John Dean.
The person I asked for?
Jack Dean Tyler. :o
Now, this wasn’t the end of my troubles. After the operator gave the understandable answer of “Huh?”, I realized what I’d done, and promptly began laughing like an idiot in her ear. Finally composing myself enough to correct the mistake, I was connected to the president, who quickly informed me that the company that I’ve been researching for the past week was just bought by Black & Decker, leaving me with no story whatsoever.
Just thought I’d tell everybody that the Straight Dope seems to have taken a firm grasp of my brain. Congrats.
Aw, hon…there are WORSE things that could have taken ahold of your brain.
And for me? Well…
I had lunch yesterday with a friend. We went to a Deli where you place your order at the counter, and when your meal is ready they call your name and you go up there to get it.
So we were about halfway through lunch, chatting, when some guy named Scotty’s food was ready. They called his name, I stood up and actually took a few steps toward the counter before I realized what I was doing.
At my job, my supervisor is called my coordinator. At least once a week, I’ll call him my moderator.
I also try to sign on my work computer with my SD password all the time. And I never realize right away why I can’t get on Duh.
Rose
Well I have found that about half of my storoies I tell my husband when we get home from work are either about work or the straight dope. He thinks I am getting socially distanced from “real” people. Then we get into fights that you guys are real people! :mad:
it’s normally minor things about me thinking of Medeas Child every time my networking teacher talks about networking media; and stuff like that- but lately I’ve been notiving myself turning anytime I hear my math teacher say something about addition (now Ad these two) it’s kinds scary…
I’m still waiting for a dream with you guys in it…
Oh, Jester. That is the funniest thing I’ve seen on the board yet. I actually laughed for about ten minutes on that one.
It seems especially funny to me after you told me in person that JDT is “just an idiot.”
Mind if I use this story for my sig?
SDMB hasn’t affected my life much. I’m always addicted to one message board or another. Slashdot was the last one. That was quite a harrowing experience, I might add.
Oh Spienne. You are the living end.
Simpsons ref, doncha know.
But I thought of another way they affected me.
Whenever I want to know or learn something, instead of finding out the normal way, I’m too lazy. I make a thread. Need a new screen name? I could think of it myself…nope, IMHO thread! How do I finish this French report…thread! See what I mean?
I saw sunlight today. It was scary. I had to get away from the window and back to my computer. One of these days, I’m going to have to get over to the bathroom to empty the bottles of urine. I’m just happy I don’t have any friends in the real world, because they’d probably keep me away from the boards.
Relax, Jester, you’re still in the normal range–or as normal as we get around here.
Last week I was signing off on time sheets. Too bad I signed them “Veb” instead of my real name. It’s also a really, really bad idea to skim the boards to kill time while you’re on phone hold. At least twice I’ve been laughing, hooting and honking like a loon when someone finally answered.
THEM: “Hello? Hello? Who is this?”
ME: “Bwaahaaahaaa…! ::giggle, choke, howl::”
There is a lawyer in town whose name is Brian Cunha. His TV commercials run about every 20 minutes or so during the day. I was home sick all week, so I saw it about 500 times. Every single time I hear ‘Brian Cunha and Associates’ I want to say ‘Iampunha and Associates’.
I had a dream about reading to SDMB a few weeks ago. I think I must have been in GQ; all the threads were about one of three topics: Jesus, power tools, and unfortunatly I can’t remember the third. I think it might have been the colour black.
The only person that really calls me Andy IRL is quietgirl. However, I’m so used to the name that I answer to it… causing confusion to the world who knows me as Kristen.
Also, I recently called someone a trollfelch. Go figure.
Duh.