Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[Andy]

is the Project Manager a contractor?  If so, you should listen to him and thank him for his advice. He's only trying to help.

[gravy boat]

One for the parents.

I hate that childrens' toys now come with about 30 yards of piano wire that you need to cut to release said toy from packaging, and as a side effect, the kids just want to play with the wire cutters that you are obviously trying to keep from them because they must be fun.

[Steve of Bloomington]

One for the parents.

I hate that childrens' toys now come with about 30 yards of piano wire that you need to cut to release said toy from packaging, and as a side effect, the kids just want to play with the wire cutters that you are obviously trying to keep from them because they must be fun.

That is miserable. I usually un-twist the wires, which takes longer but I keep the wire cutters out of the picture.

[erika]

Fuck the snow!!! Fuck this winter where I had a friend die, my husband herniated two disks in his back and now our honeymoon is threatened by yet another huge snow storm! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!

When life gives you snow, make snowcones!

What flavor do I make them when snow gives me a canceled flight?

Bourbon.

I was thinking Valium...

[thecramedog]

One for the parents.

I hate that childrens' toys now come with about 30 yards of piano wire that you need to cut to release said toy from packaging, and as a side effect, the kids just want to play with the wire cutters that you are obviously trying to keep from them because they must be fun.

That is miserable. I usually un-twist the wires, which takes longer but I keep the wire cutters out of the picture.

The anticipation a 3 year old has when you're opening a new toy for him can be enormous.  My boy knows he's not allowed to touch the wire cutters, but he just begins playing with all the WIRES that come off these toys while I continue to hack away at the packaging.  He's so desperate to play that he's willing to just play with whatever falls off the packaging.

[Martin]

Erika, I really hope you guys get to Amsterdam. Keeping my fingers crossed until you actually arrive at Schiphol.

[Mark in Helsinki]

Fuck the snow!!! Fuck this winter where I had a friend die, my husband herniated two disks in his back and now our honeymoon is threatened by yet another huge snow storm! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!

When life gives you snow, make snowcones!

What flavor do I make them when snow gives me a canceled flight?

Bourbon.

I was thinking Valium...

Yeah, probably a safer bet while at airports.

When you get there, Amsterdam will sort you out any which way you pleeeze.

What?

[erika]

It's cool. Or as cool as it can be... We're at this hotel til Thursday night now and then we have GOT to get out at that point, right? I WON'T GIVE UP. At least we're stuck at the airport where we need to be instead of on our street in the city that never gets plowed. This is nuts.

[Steve of Bloomington]

is the Project Manager a contractor?  If so, you should listen to him and thank him for his advice. He's only trying to help.

Then if things don't work out, it's ground glass in the coffee time.

[Mark in Helsinki]

It's cool. Or as cool as it can be... We're at this hotel til Thursday night now and then we have GOT to get out at that point, right? I WON'T GIVE UP. At least we're stuck at the airport where we need to be instead of on our street in the city that never gets plowed. This is nuts.

Wow. I've been snowed in at an airport before, even spent a night in a hotel due to bad weather but DAYS? I had no idea.

So, bourbon and Valium and a little Mama's Medicine when you get to Holland.

What??

[Steve of Bloomington]

That could kill you. Come on now.

[Andy]

I'm about to throw my fucking computer out the window.

[Bryan]

Do it!

SCTV-style for the new century!

[Martin]

Google Buzz!

[Mark in Helsinki]

Google Buzz!

That was an "L" from the moment it opened.

Really surprising that google dropped the ball as much as they did with that "effort."

Sloppy, really. Like they didn't even care.