toynbee

Wait, were the yeerks hats all along?

My optometrist said not to worry unless I see a "shower of them" suddenly.

I dislike the self censorship, but I don't mind that it's half assed. Given that it's apparently enough to defeat OCR and not meant to demonstrate the morals of the poster, I see no need for the whole ass to get involved.

However, I do appreciate your efforts to reverse the damage.

I briefly worked at a small phone repair shop that didn't see much foot traffic or get many calls, but we also had a mandatory line to say when answering the phone. I don't remember the line, but it was a little more than "thanks for calling X, how can I help you?"

Anyway, once I was very tired on shift and got a call, but totally butchered the line, messing it up immediately, then correcting myself with plenty of "uhm" and "sorry, I mean ... " added. Eventually I realized there was no recovering, gave up and just stopped talking. After that there was a long silence, followed by the sound of someone laughing their ass off.

Turns out I was fortunate - it was my then-girlfriend calling, rather than a customer or manager or something. When she stopped laughing she said "do you want to try that again?"

I have the same question as your first, but as for the second: probably whatever he's dropping isn't the first thing he dropped and other foodstuff has combined to dye the water.

Unless you're looking to get your steps in.

TIL why Dean Winters says "brick" to a basketball player in a car insurance commercial.

It took a very long time to find out that "five by five" means "all is well." In fact, until I looked it up just now to confirm my memory, I didn't know it was derived from aviation.

For me it was Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

Hmm, perhaps. Thank you.

Interesting. I could extrapolate the meaning, but I'm a bit older than your description of "outdated" and have never heard it in that context before. Perhaps I was just too unpopular to hear it.

Thanks for the edification!

edit: j to I.

Today I watched a YouTube video in which two people played a game, one person jumped, and the other said "whoa, you've got hops!"

At the time I took it literally, but now I see you saying the same thing and am forced to wonder: is that a thing? I ask sincerely, not with derision.

edit: Removed extra word.