OFFTOP 10.13.08 Garfield Edition
I'm not usually one for a case of the Mondays, but it's only 8.49am and I'm already set to climb back into bed and hide from the world. I couldn't wake up with my first alarm and then the second did not sing at the appropriate time. My shuffle was dead, forcing me to listen to thumping baselines as I scooted along. Water from residents oversoaking their balcony plants drenched me as I rode through the French Quarter. Upon opening my scooter seat, I found that red beans and rice had leaked all over my bag (including my new 80-count box of tea). As I hustled to make the six block walk, a cop stopped me to lecture me about riding on the sidewalk, causing me to clutch my dripping bag to my almost-new fleece, which will cause me to smell like chipotle for the rest of the day. And then, upon checking my email, yay--two new job rejections!
Please, give me some good news, or at least tell me of your worst Monday horror stories.
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Not only is it Monday, which is bad in and of itself...
it is also Columbus Day doubling the shittiness.
All I can say is that, not unlike Janette Rankin who famously chimed “I love my country but I cannot vote for war”, I myself love my Phillies but I cannot root for Joe Blanton.
Cuba Si! Yanqi No!
by Patrick517 on
Oct 13, 2008 12:29 PM PDT
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I don't have any Monday stories...
everyday is the same to me. Most of the time I don’t know what day of the week it is until I check LL and see the OFFTOP. I haven’t figured out if this is awesome or sad.
by brayden04 on Oct 13, 2008 7:53 AM PDT 0 recs
Sometimes it sucks
Like today when I read the Sunday train schedule and got on the wrong train for 30 minutes. I was busy reading a book I had just bought. Luckily my teammate says, “I can’t believe we’re still underground.” Then I realized it wasn’t Sunday :(
by brayden04 on
Oct 13, 2008 8:01 AM PDT
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I would like to live in a world in which Mondays do not matter.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 8:06 AM PDT
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Eh. It's all relative.
The reason they don’t matter is because I don’t have weekends off.
by brayden04 on
Oct 13, 2008 8:08 AM PDT
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Uhhhhh...good news?
I don’t have any BAD news, but I’m afraid I can’t offer much good news – except to offer the quite possibly naïve assertion that the worst may, in fact, be behind you; that you’ve front-loaded all the crap from today into one hour and now it’s smooth sailing.
And honestly, job rejections are OK – at least you heard something. In my last bout with unemployment, I sent out about two to three resumes a day for about four weeks, and got exactly ONE response – the rest just vanished.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 7:57 AM PDT 0 recs
Did you know that Garfield is funnier without Garfield?
It’s the Garfield comic, and all that’s done is Garfield is completely taken out. It’s hilarious.
Other kids may be sayin' hi-ho, but The Gooch just says yo.
by whobob on Oct 13, 2008 8:02 AM PDT 0 recs
Wow that was really strange.
The nostalgia was very enjoyable.
by Double06 on
Oct 13, 2008 9:17 AM PDT
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Does your sock pupped understand you too, John?
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 10:16 AM PDT
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My sock pupped 6 little ankle socks... it was the miracle of life
but I wish she hadn’t done it on my bed… now there’s blood and placenta stains on my sheets.
by johnbai on
Oct 13, 2008 10:25 AM PDT
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The tea has been saved.
Inside the box were eight individually wrapped cellophane packages.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 13, 2008 8:10 AM PDT 0 recs
See? The worst is probably over.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:11 AM PDT
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oh and by the way nola
nice color scheme.
(I don’t really know what color scheme you’re referring to but I like to obey the tags when possible)
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:16 AM PDT 0 recs
It goes with the sc tag.
But thank you for obeying the tags.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 8:19 AM PDT
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I do what I can to make the world a better place
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:20 AM PDT
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I'm sick, it sucks
except the part where I’m in the OTFPOTD from my bed
by seattlebruin on
Oct 13, 2008 10:52 AM PDT
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Somehow, I have no tea at home
I just realized this about ten minutes ago
by seattlebruin on
Oct 13, 2008 11:01 AM PDT
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Sucks.
My box at work is a little stale-ish, but I’m just finishing T2, and about to grab T3 before lunch. Seems to be de-fogging my brain a little bit…
This signature space for rent.
by PositivePaul on
Oct 13, 2008 11:08 AM PDT
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but oddly doesn't taste good steeped in hot water.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 11:09 AM PDT
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You know what's incredibly annoying
is riding your bike to work and forgetting to pack work socks. So now I’ve got the dress shirt, black trousers, black shoes, and white socks combo going. sah-weeeeeeeet.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:21 AM PDT 0 recs
And I would judge you harshly for this, also.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 8:22 AM PDT
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As well you should.
Macy’s opens in a half hour, and I will be there when the doors open. This is unacceptable.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:25 AM PDT
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The realization that I forgot socks hit me halfway to work
but since “halfway to work” means “at the bottom of a really big damn hill that I don’t want to ride up again” I just kept going.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:30 AM PDT
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In this instance, I'd go without socks, and just take a sharpie to your ankles.
by johnbai on
Oct 13, 2008 10:17 AM PDT
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Too much work
both in the application and in the removal.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 10:19 AM PDT
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It's the look of Elvis Costello
but he never did it with dress trousers and wing tips. He was more of a jeans/docs kinda guy.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:29 AM PDT
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Great googly moogly, that DOES sound like a shitty morning. Sorry NOLA.
by royalcurve on Oct 13, 2008 8:37 AM PDT 0 recs
So that Poltergeist DirecTV commercial
has the funniest disclaimer ever. At the bottom of the screen, when all the crazy ghost rays start flying out of the TV, in small print it says “NOT INTENDED TO DEPICT ACTUAL VIEWING EXPERIENCE”.
Which is disappointing, because I really thought DirecTV would be my source for supernatural portals; now I gotta find another one.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Oct 13, 2008 8:47 AM PDT 0 recs
I'm sick of how often it's getting shown.
Companies need to learn that after about 10 viewings of the same ad within a 2-day period, I will hate whatever they are selling. Geico does a brilliant job of mixing it up.
by Matthew on
Oct 13, 2008 9:44 AM PDT
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I'm pretty tired of it too
The concept is great, but rotate them around a bit. The Geico ads are just unbelievably odd.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 9:45 AM PDT
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wow too large
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 8:51 AM PDT
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I never said I like Garfield.
I wish for this
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 8:54 AM PDT
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I do; it's Calvin and Hobbes.
Or do you just not know what that looks like?
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 11:04 AM PDT
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I don't see an image either
and I know what C&H look like.
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 11:05 AM PDT
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Your face is upside down too
Unless you’re portraying an angry schnauser.
by johnbai on
Oct 13, 2008 12:07 PM PDT
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Frenchman.
Mon ostie de saint-sacrament de câlice de crisse!
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 12:09 PM PDT
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I know how it goes
Here is what cheered me up :)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3640890
by Robert on Oct 13, 2008 9:00 AM PDT 0 recs
I've never been so happy after the process of crushing my hopes and dreams was complete
by Robert on
Oct 13, 2008 9:04 AM PDT
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I can only hope something like this happens to me today.
Well not the broken pinky. But an uncrushing.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 9:10 AM PDT
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I can't understand how anyone can watch the NBA but not give the NFL a chance
by JI on
Oct 13, 2008 11:06 AM PDT
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because the NFL is stupid
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on
Oct 13, 2008 11:07 AM PDT
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Be that as it may it's still fun live.
I don’t actually sit and watch a game on tv.
by NOLAmarinergirl on
Oct 13, 2008 11:10 AM PDT
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