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[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Amy wrote: "Lobstergirl - are you from or living in Illinois? I grew up there, so I was just curious."

I'm not from Illinois, but I do live here.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Cam wrote: "Lobstergirl: You seem to be "politically minded". Whatever that means I don't know - just sounded good to me. Those calls bug me because I hate answering the phone to begin with."

I don't answer the phone. I let it go to voicemail and only pick up if it's a call I want to take.

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

I never answer my home phone. If someone needs me they will call my cell.

[Cam]

Lobstergirl: Great Idea! I will start this practice (first I will turn up the voicemail volume--that was fun--the volume sound plays do, ra, mi, fi, so). I felt like I was listening to the "Sound of Music" - the hills are alive with the Sound of Music...

[Phil]

Paula wrote: "OOOH! or when people say
"it is what is it"... that means NOTHING!"

"It is what is it?" I haven't heard that one.

Oh well, it is what it is.

[Félix]

But is it, really?

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

*snerk* I used that phrase just today and thought of this thread and laughed. Sometimes I say it because I'm so sick of people asking me how I'm doing and really I do mean nothing.

"It is what it is" does mean "I'm doing nothing." Or "I'm alive..." LOL

[Cam]

I think "it is what it is" means you can't change something.

[Félix]

Where I work, the most commonly heard phrases, in response to "How are you doing?" are, "Just living the dream" and "Another day in paradise."

I am sick of hearing both of them.

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

I like that Cam! And it is so very true for me.

Felix I imagine you are but there is nothing like "I'm alive" that stops people in their tracks.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Félix wrote: "Where I work, the most commonly heard phrases, in response to "How are you doing?" are, "Just living the dream" and "Another day in paradise.""

??

Yuck. Sounds like you have a lot of weirdos over by you.

[Félix]

People stuck in a cultural/conversational rut. I imagine that the fist person who ever said these things thought he or she was super clever. It gives me the creepy crawlies.

[Félix]

I'm also prone to telling people that I'm not from here, I just live here.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

The other day someone in my neighborhood stopped me to ask directions. She said, "Do you know this area well?" I don't know why, but instead of saying "better than my own arm, which I spend hours staring at," I said, "Yes, a little bit." It's like I have this need to deny that I'm here. I'm just passing through, don't expect to see me tomorrow morning.

But then after I'd given her directions I realized I told her the wrong cross street, so really I was telling the truth when I said "a little bit."

[Emily]

Félix wrote: "Where I work, the most commonly heard phrases, in response to "How are you doing?" are, "Just living the dream" and "Another day in paradise."

I am sick of hearing both of them."

Just a little Stepford...

P.S. I ignore the home phone (unless it's a planned international call), if I know them then they'll have my mobile, and I'm on the 'do not call register' just in case.

P.P.S "It is what it is..."
'So be it!' :D

[Jammies]

Félix, pleeeeeeeeease ask me how I am? *flutters eyelashes*

[RandomAnthony]

Paula wrote: "ok. i live in NYC... and i hate to say this.. but tourists bug me. So much so that I wrote a small article on Kindle about it (Guide to fitting in in NYC) http://www.amazon.com/Visit-New-York-...-..."

I live in a town with a decent tourism industry...the driving tourists bug me the most. They're 1) either stop right in the middle of the street, unsure of where to go, and/or 2) blow off crosswalks.

[Paula]

RandomAnthony - YES! THAT TOO (she says, while running a stoplight and looking at her map)... I am a full hypocrite when it comes to tourism... but yet i love tourists! When they dont run me or my little dog down on the sidewalk..

[Paula]

janine wrote: "Welcome to TC, Paula!"
thank sguys!

[Paula]

Phil wrote: "Paula wrote: "OOOH! or when people say
"it is what is it"... that means NOTHING!"

"It is what is it?" I haven't heard that one.

Oh well, it is what it is."
i used to be a gossip columnist and celebrities (esp ones that have bee pr-ified like Tom Cruise) used to say it ALL THE TIME. Tom Cruise could talk for an hour and literally say nothing. was amazing

[RandomAnthony]

Tom Cruise could talk for an hour and literally say nothing. was amazing

If this makes one a celebrity then TC should be famous:)

[Cheri]

We have a State Assemblyman (representative) that spent a ton of (tax) money sending an inquiry to ask what *one bill* he should sponser next session. News travels fast and overwhelmingly the response was 'stop political robo calls'. He didn't sponsor any legislation that year and hasn't sent another inquiry asking for input.

[Phil]

Paula wrote: "i used to be a gossip columnist and celebrities (esp ones that have bee pr-ified like Tom Cruise) used to say it ALL THE TIME."

Yes, I hear it too. My comment was on your typo in msg #951, but nobody seems to have caught that. ::sighs::

"It is what is it ."

[Jammies]

I got it, Phil!

[Phil]

Well, zombies are always smarter because they eat so many brains.

[Félix]

HOW ARE YOU JAMMIES?

[Jammies]

AB MINIMUS NON ARDEO, FÉLIX!

[[deleted user]]

Why are people shouting?

[Félix]

Bueno, Jammies.

Sorry, Gail.

[Jammies]

Sorry, Beta.

And Larry, that's what one of our law clerks used to say instead of any of the cliché things--at least I'm not on fire. :D

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

Oh I like that!! Gonna use that next time. Hehehe...

[Cheri]

*Worse things happen at sea* or *It's not arms and legs* or, a favorite: *She's neither use nor ornament* covers most any situation.

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

*makes notes* Those are good too.

[Jammies]

Hey, kogi, speaking of things that bug you, when is the update?

*giggles and runs away*

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

*thhpppp*

Probably tomorrow.

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

Okay, I should not be bugged by this but I want to thump someone, possibly many someones.

Last class of the week and my class is over and I am doing my best to finish things up to leave when one of my students comes up to me because someone was "SO MEAN" to her. She is in tears and I am feeling pretty good about just standing. I could care less, you are adults, deal with it!

Then I get home and the tree that has stood like a 50 foot skeleton for years over my neighborhood is finally coming down and I cannot nap due to the chainsaws. *headdesk*

And I have to go back to work in an hour. *bash bash bash*

[Jammies]

*hugs* kogibutt, I hope you have today off with no chainsaws and lots of peace. *more hugs*

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

No chainsaws but firing the salt kiln so I an on duty till 8 or so tonight (from 3pm yesterday.) Takes so damn long to fire. >.<

[Phil]

Have Trump do it.

"Kiln, you're FIRED!"

[kogijiki (covered in mud)]

Ahaha!! Thanks Phil, I needed that.

[Allison]

Angie wrote: "OK it bugs the crap out of me when a guy leaves the toilet seat up. I know it shouldn't but when I have asked you to please put it down (just cause it looks like crap) and even put a SIGN that you ..."

My friend growing up had a festive holiday toilet seat cover than when it was down showed Santa saying, "Ho Ho Ho!" And when it was up, he was on the inside of the lid holding his nose saying, "Oh, oh oh!"

Not sure why this reminded me of that.....

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm not a fan of faces inside the toilet watching me.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Flatware with big handles bugs me. Flatware should stack nicely and neatly in your flatware drawer. This stuff doesn't stack. It takes up lots of space.

[Scout]

I agree. I have some flatware from Crate and Barrel, and the forks and spoons (the eating ends, too) are too big and thick to suit me, so I bought a set at Big Lots. They're not pretty, but they're the ones I use for everyday.

[Scout]

Have we talked about Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving? I don't want to see them!

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I prefer child-sized flatware, or the kind you used to get on foreign airlines. (Which I stole some of, yes.)

[Scout]

Even less expensive than Big Lots:)

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I hate it when reporters don't know how to structure a sentence.

Hailed by prosecutors as a "wake-up call," Antoin Rezko was sentenced to 10½ years in prison today for extorting millions of dollars

No, no. Antoin Rezko was not hailed as a wake-up call. His sentence was. Antoin Rezko is the subject of that sentence. His sentence is not the subject of that sentence.

[RandomAnthony]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Flatware with big handles bugs me. Flatware should stack nicely and neatly in your flatware drawer. This stuff doesn't stack. It takes up lots of space.

"

This flatware confuses me. Why does it have fancy handles?

People who have to talk in every meeting annoy me. Also, people who never talk in meetings bug me. Everyone in the meeting should talk no more and no less than me.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

RandomAnthony wrote: "This flatware confuses me. Why does it have fancy handles?"

Because it can. I don't know why. Maybe they're made for people who have a red-themed kitchen and want everything to match? Also, they're not fancy, they're actually cheaper and more casual than a solid piece of stainless steel.