Well, you see, we have two options: either tdn was being serious, in which case** Bongmaster** is correct. And, I see nothing whatsoever to show that **tdn **wasn’t being serious. I don’t see, for example, a long space then the word “whoosh!” or something.
Or, tdn was going for a “whoosh” in which case, he’s an asshole. Or "“assshOOOOOOoooooolllle” if you prefer. After all, we are here to *fight *ignorance, not spread it.
So, either tdn was being an idiot or an asshole. Not much of a choice.
No, it was pretty obviously a joke. He was parodying Snowboarder Bo’s earlier comment that the OP was probably an alcoholic because he denied being an alcoholic. That’s a pretty stupid thing to say, I think we agree, and he was mocking Bo by turning his own words around on him.
Erm, I don’t think you quite understand what a whoosh is. A whoosh is when you make an obvious joke and someone takes it seriously. It’s not something you can “go for,” as it relies entirely on the other person not understanding the subtext. I don’t think tdn meant anyone to take his statement at face value. He meant it as a clear jab at Bo’s earlier ridiculous statement. You can argue, I suppose, that he wasn’t as clear as he should have been (although most people seemed to have gotten it), but that doesn’t make him an asshole, it just makes him not as funny as he thought he was.
Yeah, no sarcasm on The Straight Dope. We should take after our Perfect Master, Cecil, who would never utter a sarcastic or condescending remark. Especially here in the Pit, where sarcastic or ambiguous remarks clearly meant as jokes should result not just in a banning, but in a removal from the human race, or a prison rape. Take your choice.
“AssshOOOOOOoooooolllle”, I guess, is all in the eyes of the beholder.
Or DrDeth was born with the unfortunate birth defect known as a lack of humor.
Even once a week? Zheesh. I’m glad I don’t work for such people.
Granted, I almost never drink at lunch these days, but six or seven years ago, I used to have a beer with every single lunch I’ve had. Sometimes two. Never thought a thing of it. Neither did my employer, thankfully. Two beers doesn’t even get me close to the “buzzed” zone.
As long as it doesn’t affect your performance, who gives a shit?
Except I never said that. Never. Not once did I say that anyone here was an alcholic. Never. You tell lies.
You strongly implied it.
Where’s your root element?? Huh??? Or were you so drunk that you forgot it?
Okie dokie. How about clarifying what you were getting at in this post.
Ok, ok…I didn’t read the whole post, my fault. That said I really wish you people would pick a more original slam than the one above, its so cliche’ and we’ve all heard it a million times.
His job is not the same as yours.
Let’s go on the assumption that a joke is no longer funny when you announce that it’s a joke.
If you need to be told that it’s a joke in order to get it, I suggest that you restrict your video store shopping to the drama section.
Being that I take great delight in whooshing morons who don’t get jokes that are bloody obvious in-your-face jokes that a two-year-old would get, I’m going for asshole. 
So why did you introduce that subject at all, it had nothing valid to do with this thread. It heavily implied you were saying the Op was in Denial.
Jim
First he says it and then he denies saying it. Sounds like he has a problem. 
Yes but we are probably both being AssshOOOOOOoooooolllles.
Jim
Probably, because you didn’t type “whoosh” underneath that.
Hey, BongMaster, is that your head leaking or did a joke just whiz by?
This thread is not being kind to the humor-impaired.
You named yourself Bongmaster. You’re going to hear a zillion pothead jokes. Every single time you typo, half the people reading…well, a third…will think ‘probably too stoned to see straight’. I’m all in favor of shooting lame jokes myself, but this request, she is not reasonable.
As for snitches, the only time it’s right to snitch is when somebody’s actually getting hurt. As for drinking at lunch, I’ve known a lot of people in the tech industry, and they all did, if they drank at all. Every one of them. I can’t count the number of times I sat in some bar waiting for my buddy to come back from fixing amazon.com or whatever.
That said, OP, invest in breath strips.
I used to be a programmer, and I used to manage programmers. When tattletales came to me with childish whining like the OP describes, I told them to mind their own business and worry about their own work. Obviously, this wouldn’t have applied to reporting an employee for stealing computers, but it applied to “Bob’s making personal calls on company time” or “Sue had two wine coolers at lunch.”
I have no problem with my employees having a drink at lunch if it doesn’t affect the quality of their work. There are people who can’t deal with one glass of wine. Others (with a full meal) can slurp down three martinis and produce clean code.
I did have to fire one employee for drinking. The second time he showed up snockered after lunch, I recommended that he join AA immediately and told him the company would pay half the cost. I even arranged for someone to drive him to the meetings. I then told him that if he showed up blitzed and useless again, he would be terminated. He ended up going out for lunch one day, calling me at 3:00, and telling me he didn’t want to come to work drunk so he was going home. I fired him the next morning.
This is only required when you’re doing something wrong. If dmatsch is putting in more than his share of work time, and wasn’t impaired after a couple of drinks with lunch, he did nothing wrong and shouldn’t have to hide it.