# I'm going to start forwarding my co-worker random e-mails

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 23, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510 "2010-03-23T18:09:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510/41 "2010-03-25T00:27:24Z")

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> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> And why is walking over to him a bad and unfunny idea? Don’t you feel stuck in your soul-crushing job? Do you want to grow old (well, older, I guess you already are old according to your poster name) without ever having had an adventure?

Oh, I say I’ve had enough adventure for the year.

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> I suggest you try this. For the next 7 days, I want you to say “Yes” to any question people ask you or any proposal you get. You are not allowed to say No to anything. See what happens! (It worked very well for Jim Carrey).

You don’t want to know the kinds of people I know, and how this would likely see me jailed, sued, fired, or killed.

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**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510/42 "2010-03-25T00:59:15Z")

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> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#):
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> And why is walking over to him a bad and unfunny idea?

Psst. Arnold? She said ‘several states apart’. Now, I always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, but I don’t think doing it is _funny_.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-start-forwarding-my-co-worker-random-e-mails/533510/43 "2010-03-25T01:04:01Z")

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> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> There’s really no downside to this. It makes me laugh, and he won’t get mad because he thinks I’m the cat’s pajamas. As much as it may seem I hate him, I don’t, but goddamn he annoys me with that FYI business. Now it’ll amuse me. Best case scenario, of course, is he’ll get the hint and stop.

Yeah, he’s totally playing you. 🙂

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