I’m working an unpaid internship at a local broadcasting company because, due to the lack of competance at the Courthouse, I’m not working for the DA. Now, I know that the unpaid interns are the botton of the heap, the lowest of the low,and I was expecting to have to do really mind-numbing work. But I did not expect this.
I am actually imputting data into a computer and stuffing envelopes and really screwing up company profiles. But, my main job is the data imput. My wrists are killing me, my eyes are bugging out and I’ve just stolen a few precious moments to access Internet Explorer and type this plee out to all of you.
I am so bored, that I have been watching for the past half hour (as my fingers stumble stupidly across the keyboard as names and addresses fly by) at a box of Unsalted Saltines. Why, you ask? Because someone left them here, they’re more interesting than what I’m doing, and I’m hungry.
But I still just don’t get it. My mother has a box of these at home, which got me thinking. What’s the purpose of an UNsalted SALTine? Isn’t that an oxy moron, or something? I’ve been pondering this little crackers for almost an hour now (Yes, it’s taken me that long to type this) and I really need help.
Please. Anyone out there, brighten my day just a little by sharing your work horror stories with me? Or, if you’re bored too, post why. I’m starving for human contact outside of the people here who seem to be brainwashed into really, REALLY cheesy good-y two shoes annoyances.
I’ll give y’all something for your efforts, I promise…! You like crackers?
Some people have to watch their salt intake, thus unsalted saltines. I, myself, am a salt addict. Salt on everything, yes, Ike, even on watermelon, cantaloupe, and most of the edible things in life.
I have control of most areas of life, except salt. I guess we all have our downfalls.
Continue on with your bored day and may tomorrow be brighter.
Though I fell into GQ for a moment - yup, it’s the intake. I love crackers with my soup, and canned soup (easy to prepare at work) has a helluva lot of sodium. Why add more?
Anyway, you could spice up your life by bringing in a bag of oyster crackers and pontificate on:
[li] Why are they called oyster crackers? There’s nothing inside but more cracker, no pearl or special surprise.[/li]
[li] Why are oyster crackers sold in bags? Cheez-its and other cracker-y type snacks are sold in boxes. (I personally have never seen oyster crackers sold in boxes. Could be a regional thing, but I’ve been in a lot of regions and haven’t seen a box of oyster crackers yet.)[/li]
[li] How do they make oyster crackers? They have a seam where they split easily, whereas other crackers do not have a seam and merely crumble.[/li]
I’m not bored, IO have a heckua lot of work, but thought I’d share some thoughts to help keep your mind sharp.
You can get oyster crackers in boxes, screech-owl. Around here anyway. Keebler (I think)has boxed crackers. Skyline (from the chili chain) I know boxes their crackers.
The split down the middle is what makes the oyster crackers “oyster-y”. It also make 'em more fun too eat. To balance them between your upper and lower teeth and split them in half.
Back to the OP. Why are unsalted saltines still called saltines? Hmmm… It’s one of those disgruntled/gruntled, uncooth/cooth thingies.
-Rue.
So what exactly is a ‘cracker-box house’? Certainly doesn’t look like a cracker-box to me. Why aren’t aren’t there any ‘breadbox houses’?
And would the kitchen police go after you for keeping crackers in the breadbox instead of in the cracker box? Would it be okay if the ‘crackers in a breadbox’ was in a cracker-box house?
Secret word, Deiket: strong coffee. Gets the mind going in many directions.
I think I’ll pick up some oyster crackers. Haven’t had them in a long time.
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I’d guess that the name “Saltines” applies to the ingredients of the dough which is baked into the taste-free little morsel. Compared to other forms of bread these are really high in salt. You’ll have to do your own research on the origin of the word to confirm.
The “Salted” and “Unsalted” refer to what goes ontop of the brittle quadrahedrons.
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