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- From: hillman@carina.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
- Subject: Re: Burnt Popcorn Peeve
- Message-ID: <9tnq-r-@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 21:48:04 GMT
- Organization: Holy Order of Quadra 950 Lust
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- In article <lgo4vcINNdl1@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> geoffm@purplehaze.Corp.Sun.COM (Geoff Miller) writes:
- >
- >Have you ever noticed that whenever you burn microwave popcorn at the
- >office, people come from miles around to comment on it?
-
- That's because (a) they don't have enough work to do, or; (b) they
- do not fear for their jobs. Both of these states can be altered.
-
- >It hasn't been five minutes, and already five
- >passersby have stuck their heads into my office to joke about it.
-
- See above.
-
- >I wonder why it is that people feel this is a significant enough event,
- >in the greater scheme of things, that they must not only devote
- >valuable cogitation time to it, but verbal comment as well?
-
- This illness is closely related to the one in which the victim must
- make comments about the weather, e.g., "Hot enough for you?," "Cold
- enough for you?," or, my personal fave rave, "It's really raining
- out there, huh?"
-
- >People will
- >materialize out of the woodwork like wraiths, when the building seemed
- >virtually empty shortly before.
-
- They're not really your office "workers," Geoff. They're supernatural
- spectator entities. See Ray Bradbury's short story "The Crowd."
-
- >It reminds me of the equally peevesome
- >way that people feel compelled to jokingly ask, "Hey, wanna do mine next?"
- >whenever they see someone washing his car.
-
- <blush> I confess, I did this *once* when my landlord was washing his car.
- The cool thing was that he said "sure." The guy actually *liked*
- to wash cars. He even *waxed* the thing! Sheesh.
-
- Dan
- --
- Shirl giggled and handed me something. "A Beretta P92SB," she said. "Ain't
- it cute? Holds fifteen rounds, shoots jacketed hollow-points. This week we
- tell them they're not in touch with their feelings, next week we blow their
- fucking heads off. More coffee cake?" -- Cynthia Heimel
-