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- From: donb@igor.tamri.com (Don Baldwin)
- Subject: Holiday peeves
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.184505.15873@igor.tamri.com>
- Organization: TOSHIBA America MRI, South San Francisco, CA
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 18:45:05 GMT
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- Peeve #1: On Monday the 21st, the start of what was supposed to be a
- relaxing vacation, my Geo Metro had a flat tire as I was on my
- way to complete my Christmas shopping. I had to stop in the
- fast lane and change a tire, with cars whizzing by my head at
- 70+ mph. My peeve is that I did not experience the complete
- enlightenment which is supposed to accompany such proximity
- to instant, violent death.
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- Peeve #2: One of my best friends ever just married the totally cool woman
- he's been seeing for well over a year; also, they're expecting a
- baby anytime now. My peeve is that my friend's happiness was
- severely offset by his father's death, which occured on Christmas
- Eve. The weird part is, his mother also died at this time of
- year, about 15 years ago.
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- Peeve #3: Toshiba puts out a calendar for all employees every year. In
- the past years, they've done well when selecting a topic: one
- year, it included photos of the most beautiful places in the
- world; last year, it had some decent photos of paintings. Well,
- this year, they completely spazzed and selected Ann of Green
- Gables as their topic. What kind of Engineering Department
- do they think this is?
-
- don
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- "If it ain't life-affirming, it ain't shit." -- Rejected corporate motto,
- Touchstone Pictures.
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- Don Baldwin - Software Engineer - e-mail to: donb@tamri.com
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