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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 1, 2020 10:23:28 GMT -5
The temptation to play cruel April Fools corona virus pranks is only slightly outweighed by my determination to stay employed.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Apr 1, 2020 14:22:10 GMT -5
And what kind of April Fool's gag could possibly even get anyone's attention after the last 3 months?
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Post by Deeky on Apr 1, 2020 14:44:49 GMT -5
The temptation to play cruel April Fools corona virus pranks is only slightly outweighed by my determination to stay employed. Yeah, don't be a dick. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 1, 2020 22:54:14 GMT -5
And what kind of April Fool's gag could possibly even get anyone's attention after the last 3 months?
Oh, something along the order of: "Did you hear? We're going to be under martial law!" or something along those lines. As it happens, the joke was on me, as the news broke a half hour prior to my arriving at work that the governor ordered everyone to shelter-in-place (which of course sent everyone into a frantic rush on the store all day).
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 1, 2020 22:54:57 GMT -5
The temptation to play cruel April Fools corona virus pranks is only slightly outweighed by my determination to stay employed. Yeah, don't be a dick.
I thought you liked dicks.  |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Apr 2, 2020 10:25:04 GMT -5
So, it turns out that 'Murica upside down looks like an angry opossum.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 20, 2020 22:41:44 GMT -5
Anybody remember that cryptic, middle-of-the-night tweet that DFIT made back in 2017? "Covfefe"? Supposedly, it was a mistype of "coverage", but it's not far from "covid", either. Just sayin'.
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Post by Deeky on May 20, 2020 22:46:36 GMT -5
How stoned are you right now?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on May 20, 2020 23:24:13 GMT -5
Right now? A pleasant "Friday night" high for me*. But when that realization came to me, I was still at work earlier tonight.
*I have Thursdays and Fridays off, so Wednesday is my "Friday night" in terms of my so-called weekend at work.
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Post by Marxo Grouch on May 21, 2020 4:48:27 GMT -5
The similarity had occurred to me as well; it's just one of those wonderful little details we'll share about the weerd times when we get out of them, if such a thing is possible. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Oct 3, 2020 17:41:37 GMT -5
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Oct 13, 2020 10:05:25 GMT -5
It's International Skeptics Day, but I kind of doubt it. |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Oct 13, 2020 11:35:38 GMT -5
It's International Skeptics Day, but I kind of doubt it. Can you back this up with any kind of scientific evidence? |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Oct 14, 2020 4:54:28 GMT -5
It's International Skeptics Day, but I kind of doubt it. Can you back this up with any kind of scientific evidence? Seems unlikely. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Oct 15, 2020 21:04:02 GMT -5
Can you back this up with any kind of scientific evidence? Seems unlikely. I can't believe you mooks would even discuss this with straight faces. Chumps! |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Nov 29, 2020 12:03:29 GMT -5
After Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's, my niece made mention of an axe murderer in our family line. First I'd heard of it, so my sister brought out my father's notes on that inglorious affair and more. Apparently an uncle in his 70's had himself committed. Then, after a spell, he decided he didn't like it, but by then they agreed that he had good reason to be there. Well, he found a chance to grab an axe from one of the groundskeeper's sheds and murdered his doctor.
I guess due to the lowbrow movies I watch, fam thought I'd find all this fascinating, but what really caught my attention were my Dad's notes. He wrote about all these family episodes and entanglements in pen with nary a mistake or misspelling. His command of the language was astounding. I mean, he was a head of the Navy's library program for years, and as part of his responsibilities brought home stacks of books (and galleys for soon-to-be-published books) which he seemed to effortlessly plow through. He was exceedingly well-read, but I'd rarely ever had the chance to actually read much that he'd written down for posterity.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Nov 29, 2020 20:47:21 GMT -5
After Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's, my niece made mention of an axe murderer in our family line. First I'd heard of it, so my sister brought out my father's notes on that inglorious affair and more. Apparently an uncle in his 70's had himself committed. Then, after a spell, he decided he didn't like it, but by then they agreed that he had good reason to be there. Well, he found a chance to grab an axe from one of the groundskeeper's sheds and murdered his doctor.
I guess due to the lowbrow movies I watch, fam thought I'd find all this fascinating, but what really caught my attention were my Dad's notes. He wrote about all these family episodes and entanglements in pen with nary a mistake or misspelling. His command of the language was astounding. I mean, he was a head of the Navy's library program for years, and as part of his responsibilities brought home stacks of books (and galleys for soon-to-be-published books) which he seemed to effortlessly plow through. He was exceedingly well-read, but I'd rarely ever had the chance to actually read much that he'd written down for posterity.
OMG, I hope this made all the papers. What was his name? And the doctor's? And was either of them wearing a rabbit suit at the time of the murder? |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Dec 1, 2020 23:41:38 GMT -5
After Thanksgiving dinner at my sister's, my niece made mention of an axe murderer in our family line. First I'd heard of it, so my sister brought out my father's notes on that inglorious affair and more. Apparently an uncle in his 70's had himself committed. Then, after a spell, he decided he didn't like it, but by then they agreed that he had good reason to be there. Well, he found a chance to grab an axe from one of the groundskeeper's sheds and murdered his doctor.
I guess due to the lowbrow movies I watch, fam thought I'd find all this fascinating, but what really caught my attention were my Dad's notes. He wrote about all these family episodes and entanglements in pen with nary a mistake or misspelling. His command of the language was astounding. I mean, he was a head of the Navy's library program for years, and as part of his responsibilities brought home stacks of books (and galleys for soon-to-be-published books) which he seemed to effortlessly plow through. He was exceedingly well-read, but I'd rarely ever had the chance to actually read much that he'd written down for posterity.
OMG, I hope this made all the papers. What was his name? And the doctor's? And was either of them wearing a rabbit suit at the time of the murder?
Ha Ha! I should have known that bit of Kobb lore would whet your true-crime-buff chops. Sorry, my concentration was divided (it being Thanksgiving Day after-feast and all). I was trying to follow along as my sister read it aloud to several of us at one end of the table. She has the tiniest voice, I was just trying my best to pay attention, without paying much attention to specifics. I'm sure I could borrow Dad's notes from her sometime and get a better look at them.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Dec 2, 2020 12:35:19 GMT -5
And was either of them wearing a rabbit suit at the time of the murder?
You rang?
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Dec 2, 2020 18:40:18 GMT -5
OMG, I hope this made all the papers. What was his name? And the doctor's? And was either of them wearing a rabbit suit at the time of the murder?
Ha Ha! I should have known that bit of Kobb lore would whet your true-crime-buff chops. Sorry, my concentration was divided (it being Thanksgiving Day after-feast and all). I was trying to follow along as my sister read it aloud to several of us at one end of the table. She has the tiniest voice, I was just trying my best to pay attention, without paying much attention to specifics. I'm sure I could borrow Dad's notes from her sometime and get a better look at them.
I would be fascinated to hear all about it. That sort of discussion at the Thanksgiving feast makes me suspect we are closely related genetically. |
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