Random thought thread!

RichVR · 2011-12-13T18:13:37.000Z

Creole Ned:

These ones:

Though I at least did not go as far as my partner, who opined after eating one that they needed whipped cream.

Whipped cream? Yuck. Pop-Tarts and Cool-Whip.

Midnight_Son · 2011-12-14T04:53:25.000Z

I Used To Be An Adventurer Like You, Then I Took An Arrow In The Knee.

hong · 2011-12-14T05:18:06.000Z

Creole Ned:

These ones:

Though I at least did not go as far as my partner, who opined after eating one that they needed whipped cream.

Did you give him any cream?

Nellie · 2011-12-14T08:32:27.000Z

Dave Perkins:

But if you got the job, you’re pretty sure you’d love it, right?

I think if I was banned from ever working in an IT related field again and told to design my perfect, realistic job that would be pretty close to it.

Nixxter · 2011-12-14T08:38:26.000Z

Are there others who are more qualified who will be applying, Nellie? Not that I know much about this, but I think it would be great for you to go through the application process for a number of reasons.

One, there might not be anyone who is more qualified, and you can grow into the job (learning and getting the experience you don’t have now, on the job!). Or, they may have others who meet their qualifications to a greater degree, but like you the most, and want to help you develop. Lastly, surely you would learn more about the quals you need to focus on and interviewing itself to go through the process…

Cuz, if you could have your dream job, that would be the bees knees, wouldn’t it? (sorry, couldn’t help it, and it’s a cool saying that is not used very much)

Dave_Perkins · 2011-12-14T09:37:32.000Z

What Nixxter said! Minus the sweet pun.

kerzain · 2011-12-14T11:28:29.000Z

Being notified that an order placed for a Christmas gift a week ago was unceremoniously canceled due to lack of stock, awesome. Finding out it’s going to take 2 weeks to process the refund, even more awesome. being unable to speak to an English-speaking-human about it, the awesomest.

Omniscia · 2011-12-15T07:14:11.000Z

Oh, my God, Grim Fandango runs perfectly on my netbook.

Take that, 14-hour flight to Korea (followed by a 4.5 hour flight to Vietnam)!

Omniscia · 2011-12-15T07:15:33.000Z

And take that, inadvertent double-post!

Scotch_Lufkin · 2011-12-15T19:39:04.000Z

I really hate the “meh” girl on the ads that have been on the right hand side of PvPonline.com for awhile now. She looks like a mentally challenged, heavier version of Steven Tyler.

Scrax · 2011-12-15T20:32:32.000Z

I don’t know where to put this.

Motherfuckin’ bacon lube.

http://baconlube.com/

We’ve gotta be honest here - this one started as an elaborate April Fool’s joke. The premise: with Bacon Lip Balm, bacon has made the jump from food product to personal care product. Thus the world’s first bacon-flavored personal lubricant and massage oil, baconlubeTM. Right from the jump we were inundated with emails sent to keepitsizzlin@baconsalt.com, and you all have some very interesting and occasionally sick fantasies. Keep them coming, by the way. Regardless, we believe in giving people what they want, and apparently, they want to bring bacon into the bedroom. So here you go… you asked for it, you got it, world.

ZekeDMS · 2011-12-15T20:36:24.000Z

Someone still reads PVP?

Midnight_Son · 2011-12-16T04:26:51.000Z

I’ve heard of you and your honeyed words.

Bahimiron · 2011-12-16T05:39:27.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

I really hate the “meh” girl on the ads that have been on the right hand side of PvPonline.com for awhile now. She looks like a mentally challenged, heavier version of Steven Tyler.

Agreed. Also, while I’m usually not averse to ladies in their panties just hanging out, A) I’m not keen on having them hang out on my monitor while I’m at work and B) the particular lady in question is really weird looking. I’m not sure I’d go with ‘mentally challenged, heavier version of Steven Tyler’, but she’s definitely odd.

Though if you go there today you’ll see that she’s been cycled out for a hipster from ModCloth.com advertising fabulous frocks who appears to have gotten dressed grabbing whatever she could find in the aftermath of a tornado that destroyed a bongo commune.

shift6 · 2011-12-16T08:48:35.000Z

Scrax:

I don’t know where to put this.

Motherfuckin’ bacon lube.

http://baconlube.com/

I’m guessing most of the jokes referencing sausages, going hogging, or “porking” have already been taken.

Omniscia · 2011-12-16T09:00:20.000Z

shift6:

I’m guessing most of the jokes referencing sausages, going hogging, or “porking” have already been taken.

Don’t be a pig.

kerzain · 2011-12-16T21:42:23.000Z

Chill, he’s just hamming it up.

hong · 2011-12-16T22:08:30.000Z

How do you deal with a boss who says he doesn’t need data to fit a model?

Sidd_Budd · 2011-12-16T22:35:06.000Z

hong:

How do you deal with a boss who says he doesn’t need data to fit a model?

Couple things come to mind:

a) Praise him as a visionary transformative leader who thinks outside the box, while mentally picturing a scene from Blazing Saddles, “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges,” except replacing the word “badges” with “data”

b) Call him a patriot, wave the the Australian flag, and hum either the national anthem, or the most popular hymn of the largest Australian religious denomination.

c) EDIT: Buy him bacon lube

In America at least, any of the three has a decent chance of getting you a promotion. Your company might fail, of course, but that’s only if you keep thinking in a limited “reality-based” paradigm.

Aeon221 · 2011-12-16T22:42:54.000Z

Sidd_Budd:

Couple things come to mind:

a) Praise him as a visionary transformative leader who thinks outside the box, while mentally picturing a scene from Blazing Saddles, “Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges,” except replacing the word “badges” with “data”

b) Call him a patriot, wave the the Australian flag, and hum either the national anthem, or the most popular hymn of the largest Australian religious denomination.

c) EDIT: Buy him bacon lube

In America at least, any of the three has a decent chance of getting you a promotion. Your company might fail, of course, but that’s only if you keep thinking in a limited “reality-based” paradigm.

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