# The \[i\]Office Space\[/i\] Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 26, 2001, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261 "2001-11-26T09:19:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Whakamole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Whakamole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whakamole)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/41 "2001-11-27T03:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ScottyK \* > \*\*In Superman III Richard Pryor’s character devises a scheme to have a computer program grab all those like fractions of a penny that are genorated through regular company activity… They obviously did the same thing in Office Space. \*\* I’m pretty sure this idea was also used in an episode of Matlock. (Please don’t hurt me.) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/42 "2001-11-27T04:09:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whakamole \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ScottyK \* > > \*\*In Superman III Richard Pryor’s character devises a scheme to have a computer program grab all those like fractions of a penny that are genorated through regular company activity… They obviously did the same thing in Office Space. \*\* > > I’m pretty sure this idea was also used in an episode of Matlock. (Please don’t hurt me.) \*\* This idea seems to be the standard hacker scam anyone who writes a script will go with. I think I remember it used on an episode of the wonderfully creepy but short-lived FOX show “Profit” a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/43 "2001-11-27T04:10:34Z")
_Office Space_ is truly a work of genius. (paraphrased) I’ve got eight different bosses. Eight bosses. That means, when I make a mistake, I’ve got eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That’s my only ambition is not to get hassled. Well, that and not losing my job. I gotta get the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/44 "2001-11-27T04:15:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caveman \* > \*\* > Cavewoman and I do so LOVE this flick! It was filmed here in Austin, and many of the driving scenes seem to be along Metric Blvd. (home of many Dell offices and our former residence!). \*\* Though IMDB does list Austin as well as Dallas as filming locations, I’m pcertain the opening highway section was filmed on I-635, probably somewhere between 75 and the tollway. The first time I saw it I didn’t really laugh too much because I was vaguely disturbed by the similarities between the movie and my life, it wasn’t until repeat viewings that the actual humor really struck home. I love the copy machine beat-down, myself. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/45 "2001-11-27T04:24:42Z")
What the hell am I gonna do with 20,000 subscriptions to _Vibe_ magazine? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/46 "2001-11-27T05:07:22Z")
[snif] I’m so _happy_. I feel like Seven who finally figured out where the other Eight were hiding. “Peek-a-boo!” I stumbled across it by accident on the Two-Fer-A-Dollar Seven-Night Shelves at Family Video, their “oh, yeah, by the way, we’ve got one copy each of _these_ dorky videos, you can take a look, we’ll basically pay you to watch them” shelves. So I’m thankful for the experience, but it means that ever since then, I’ve been working my way through Family Video’s “dorky” stock, hoping to stumble upon yet another gem. It’s been pretty slow going. Did you know there’s an original early 1970s version of _Gone in 60 Seconds_ that makes the Nicholas Cage remake look like a Francis Ford Coppola director’s cut? Word. ---
**Author:** ![Natural-J-Bankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Natural-J-Bankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natural-J-Bankie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/47 "2001-11-27T05:20:12Z")
“You know, the Nazi’s had flair, they made the Jews wear it.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/48 "2001-11-27T05:51:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > \*\*[snif] > > I’m so _happy_. I feel like Seven who finally figured out where the other Eight were hiding. “Peek-a-boo!” > > I stumbled across it by accident on the Two-Fer-A-Dollar Seven-Night Shelves at Family Video, their “oh, yeah, by the way, we’ve got one copy each of _these_ dorky videos, you can take a look, we’ll basically pay you to watch them” shelves. > > So I’m thankful for the experience, but it means that ever since then, I’ve been working my way through Family Video’s “dorky” stock, hoping to stumble upon yet another gem. It’s been pretty slow going. Did you know there’s an original early 1970s version of _Gone in 60 Seconds_ that makes the Nicholas Cage remake look like a Francis Ford Coppola director’s cut? > > Word. \*\* [hijack] Hey, **Duckie** , you know what else? The original version is an independant film, made by a guy who owned either a used car lot or a scrap yard. He was killed making the sequel, _Another 60 Seconds_, in '82, I think. Evidently, the original film’s a big influence in car chase sequences.[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/49 "2001-11-27T06:21:54Z")
I just want to say that “no-talent assclown” is the greatest phrase in the history of the English language. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/50 "2001-11-27T07:18:00Z")
I’d love to post to this thread, but I REALLY gotta get these TPS Reports finished. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/51 "2001-11-27T07:43:46Z")
Aye, tis a fine movie. Remember the Milton cartoon shorts they had on SNL? I’d like to see them on a Office Space DVD. “Well, okay, but I’m going to blow up the building, and destroy the foundation.” ---
**Author:** ![ScottyK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@ScottyK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottyK)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/52 "2001-11-27T11:26:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juniper200 \* > \*\*I just want to say that “no-talent assclown” is the greatest phrase in the history of the English language. > > That is all. \*\* That, and when he screams, "C-ck Gobblers! referring to the Bobs who let him go and promoted Peter. I also love when Samir breakdances after they trash the printer and during the credits :))) ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/53 "2001-11-27T15:09:05Z")
Favorite part: Peter’s voice cracks when he is yelling at Michael for screwing up the decimal point. Wait, that’s not my only favorite part. Shoot. There are too many. -Pucette, who used to be able to see the squirrels when they were merry. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/54 "2001-11-27T15:16:36Z")
You stole my stapler… ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/55 "2001-11-27T15:26:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by caveman \* > > \*\* > > Cavewoman and I do so LOVE this flick! It was filmed here in Austin, and many of the driving scenes seem to be along Metric Blvd. (home of many Dell offices and our former residence!). \*\* > > Though IMDB does list Austin as well as Dallas as filming locations, I’m pcertain the opening highway section was filmed on I-635, probably somewhere between 75 and the tollway. > \*\* And Lawrence mentions that he’s working on a McDonalds in Las Colinas (I think), which is a Dallas suburb. Seems to mean the movie takes place in Dallas. Another fan of the movie chiming in. When Mr. Throatshot and I watched the movie, we were laughing so hard that people were looking at us. It was just so much like our corporate world. ---
**Author:** ![Whakamole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Whakamole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whakamole)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/56 "2001-11-27T17:26:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*This idea seems to be the standard hacker scam anyone who writes a script will go with. I think I remember it used on an episode of the wonderfully creepy but short-lived FOX show “Profit” a few years back. \*\* There must be some belief among the computationally-challenged that this would be something easy to sneak by accounting. Oh well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/57 "2001-11-27T23:59:18Z")
Pucette, I thought it was “I could watch the squirrels, and they were _married_\*, and then they weren’t anymore.” I liked all the great sound effects and mock-Tarantino still shots when the virus was being copied and installed. The mock-Goodfellas sequence when they’re beating up the printer-fax is great, too. **DIE** M-fer, Die M-fer, **DIE!** –Scribble, who is a geek enough that she would probably look up “money laundering” in the dictionary. \*Whether or not they were merry, I have absolutely no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/58 "2001-11-28T01:04:43Z")
I don’t really like talking about my flair. ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/59 "2001-11-28T01:46:13Z")
i would just like to say to **DDG** … > [@](#): > > I’m so happy. I feel like Seven who finally figured out where the other Eight were hiding. “Peek-a-boo!” huh? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261/60 "2001-11-28T02:51:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whakamole \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > > \*\*This idea seems to be the standard hacker scam anyone who writes a script will go with. I think I remember it used on an episode of the wonderfully creepy but short-lived FOX show “Profit” a few years back. \*\* > > There must be some belief among the computationally-challenged that this would be something easy to sneak by accounting. Oh well 🙂 \*\* Isn’t something like this the premise of the big heist in that Zeta-Jones/Connery film I can’t remember the name of? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-office-space-i-appreciation-thread/95261.md?page=4)