Mrs. Buff and I are Non-Essential--As the Shutdown Looms
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I think we found a recession-proof occupation--Merry Making!
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Ponderosa wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:Dead Fern wrote:
Where's your snoring cousin? I've been awake for 24 hours now and need the sleep (That afternoon nap never happened.....)
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What? I give you indigestion or something?
No, the problem was I actually slept a full 8 hours Thursday night. I need to maintain a wacky sleep schedule to maintain any sense of normalcy....
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minimetoo26 wrote:I think we found a recession-proof occupation--Merry Making!
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:I think we found a recession-proof occupation--Merry Making!
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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We're taxing enough as it is. Taxing everyone's patience. Taxing the server storage....
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minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:I think we found a recession-proof occupation--Merry Making!
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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We're taxing enough as it is. Taxing everyone's patience. Taxing the server storage....
We're a speck of dandruff in the vast universe of server space. Let's just hope nobody has any Head & Shoulders.....
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Re: Mrs. Buff and I are Non-Essential--As the Shutdown Looms
Who knows WHAT they put in me...littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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We're taxing enough as it is. Taxing everyone's patience. Taxing the server storage....
We're a speck of dandruff in the vast universe of server space. Let's just hope nobody has any Head & Shoulders.....
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You got lice? I might can do lice...littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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We're taxing enough as it is. Taxing everyone's patience. Taxing the server storage....
We're a speck of dandruff in the vast universe of server space. Let's just hope nobody has any Head & Shoulders.....
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Downy Ball wrote:Who knows WHAT they put in me...littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:
We're taxing enough as it is. Taxing everyone's patience. Taxing the server storage....
We're a speck of dandruff in the vast universe of server space. Let's just hope nobody has any Head & Shoulders.....
lb13
You mean what they cram you in?
My chemicals aisles got separated from my papers aisles while I was off, and are now on opposite ends of the store. And you're now a homeless vagabond like everything else on my shelves, so hope you can fend for yourself.....
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I'm staying home Monday anyway. I've got a cough....Jeemie wrote:OK, you MMs...the government isn't shutting down...now quit your clowning around at the computer and get back to work!
Oh...wait...you're GOVERNMENT employees...this is what you do...
Does anyone have a Ricola?
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Riiiicola! wrote:I'm staying home Monday anyway. I've got a cough....Jeemie wrote:OK, you MMs...the government isn't shutting down...now quit your clowning around at the computer and get back to work!
Oh...wait...you're GOVERNMENT employees...this is what you do...
Is National Big Honking Horn Day a federal holiday?
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littlebeast13 wrote:Downy Ball wrote:Who knows WHAT they put in me...littlebeast13 wrote:
We're a speck of dandruff in the vast universe of server space. Let's just hope nobody has any Head & Shoulders.....
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You mean what they cram you in?
My chemicals aisles got separated from my papers aisles while I was off, and are now on opposite ends of the store. And you're now a homeless vagabond like everything else on my shelves, so hope you can fend for yourself.....
lb13
See what happens when you leave Ethelbert in charge?.....
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minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:Downy Ball wrote:
Who knows WHAT they put in me...
You mean what they cram you in?
My chemicals aisles got separated from my papers aisles while I was off, and are now on opposite ends of the store. And you're now a homeless vagabond like everything else on my shelves, so hope you can fend for yourself.....
lb13
See what happens when you leave Ethelbert in charge?.....
They don't let him in my area anymore, I have new flunkies who aren't as cool......
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littlebeast13 wrote:Riiiicola! wrote:I'm staying home Monday anyway. I've got a cough....Jeemie wrote:OK, you MMs...the government isn't shutting down...now quit your clowning around at the computer and get back to work!
Oh...wait...you're GOVERNMENT employees...this is what you do...
Is National Big Honking Horn Day a federal holiday?
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littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
You mean what they cram you in?
My chemicals aisles got separated from my papers aisles while I was off, and are now on opposite ends of the store. And you're now a homeless vagabond like everything else on my shelves, so hope you can fend for yourself.....
lb13
See what happens when you leave Ethelbert in charge?.....
They don't let him in my area anymore, I have new flunkies who aren't as cool......
lb13
Free Ethelbert!!!!!!!!
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This guy has the proper response for you...Vuvuzela wrote:BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Everybody's a music critic.Estonut wrote:This guy has the proper response for you...Vuvuzela wrote:BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Spoiler
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Don't you actually have to get paid for a job before they can tax it?littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:I think we found a recession-proof occupation--Merry Making!
Let's just hope they don't start taxing it.........
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No...it got furloughed.littlebeast13 wrote:Riiiicola! wrote:I'm staying home Monday anyway. I've got a cough....Jeemie wrote:OK, you MMs...the government isn't shutting down...now quit your clowning around at the computer and get back to work!
Oh...wait...you're GOVERNMENT employees...this is what you do...
Is National Big Honking Horn Day a federal holiday?
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minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:
See what happens when you leave Ethelbert in charge?.....
They don't let him in my area anymore, I have new flunkies who aren't as cool......
lb13
Free Ethelbert!!!!!!!!
Your plea must have been heard.... guess who was my helper tonight.....
Of course, since we had to split up to attack my split up department, we didn't actually work much with each other. But I was quite surprised he was put with me for the first time in months....
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littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
They don't let him in my area anymore, I have new flunkies who aren't as cool......
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Free Ethelbert!!!!!!!!
Your plea must have been heard.... guess who was my helper tonight.....
Of course, since we had to split up to attack my split up department, we didn't actually work much with each other. But I was quite surprised he was put with me for the first time in months....
lb13
Yay!!! Now I need to work on which pleas get heard...
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minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:
Free Ethelbert!!!!!!!!
Your plea must have been heard.... guess who was my helper tonight.....
Of course, since we had to split up to attack my split up department, we didn't actually work much with each other. But I was quite surprised he was put with me for the first time in months....
lb13
Yay!!! Now I need to work on which pleas get heard...
Your next plea will be to get me a paid leave of absence until this #^@&*( remodel is done......
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Well, at least you're posting that in the proper thread....littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:
Your plea must have been heard.... guess who was my helper tonight.....
Of course, since we had to split up to attack my split up department, we didn't actually work much with each other. But I was quite surprised he was put with me for the first time in months....
lb13
Yay!!! Now I need to work on which pleas get heard...
Your next plea will be to get me a paid leave of absence until this #^@&*( remodel is done......
lb13
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minimetoo26 wrote:Well, at least you're posting that in the proper thread....littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:
Yay!!! Now I need to work on which pleas get heard...
Your next plea will be to get me a paid leave of absence until this #^@&*( remodel is done......
lb13
Uh oh.... I won't get banned for that, will I!?!?!?
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littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:Well, at least you're posting that in the proper thread....littlebeast13 wrote:
Your next plea will be to get me a paid leave of absence until this #^@&*( remodel is done......
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Uh oh.... I won't get banned for that, will I!?!?!?
lb13
Just furloughed. Merry Man Local 1326 is always on the lookout for non-essential personnel!!!
You were expecting Captain Sparrow, perhaps?
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Hi, Jack! wrote:littlebeast13 wrote:minimetoo26 wrote:
Well, at least you're posting that in the proper thread....
Uh oh.... I won't get banned for that, will I!?!?!?
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Just furloughed. Merry Man Local 1326 is always on the lookout for non-essential personnel!!!
Going over all my MM's, I actually have a lot of MM's who are already out of work, or dead, which is pretty much the same thing.....
You can't furlough the unemployed.....
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