TO MOLLIFY LINGJACKSON OVERDRIVEBERT WHO IS THE SQUEAKY DESERT FIEND, POST ON THIS THREAD AND ONE OF YOUR FRIENDLY ITR MODS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WICKED AWESOME, AND POSSIBLY OFFER AN EFFUSIVE ST

Nick is a good solid name. One of my colleagues is one her 4th Nick is a row, I think?

I mean in boyfriend terms, not as children's names. That would be a bit too George Foreman.

BOO!

estela i don't think lingbert will get the stanley knife reference because they call them something else dumb in the US i think?

box cutters i believe.

mark, are you asking me to be your boyfriend?

no it's more like 'craft knife' or some shit.

nuh huh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_cutter

or perhaps that means we are both right?

No, we also say Stanley knife in America, the boxcutter thing is a post-9/11 description.

interesting. Indeed I don't think I'd heard the term 'boxcutter' before 9/11. Maybe it was used to protect the Stanley company against reprisals?

i associate 'boxcutter' with 9/11, and ryder trucks with timothy mcveigh.

Nick, I am not said colleague. I hear you're cute though.

i heard nick's got a cute single sister...

Who says I'm looking :)

okay, i'll date said colleague and you can have my sister.

i didn't say anything... just that nick has a sister who is single and also cute. that's all ;)

since i never look at it, i just assume that the primary thread is rising up the charts because a bunch of people are just posting "WELL NO NEWS HERE" over and over in succession

Basically, you're right.

Only with extra "I WOULD LIKE TO KILL HILLARY CLINTON WITH MY DICK" subtext.

hahahahaha ewwwwwww oh no

Okay, I did not want to wake up to that as a sentiment.

hoping to study while listening to jessie's radio show bump

the store i worked at in 1996 used boxcutters. definitely not a 9/11 term.

yep. called them boxcutters forever, but have also heard stanley knife used.

oh this scramble thing you crazy kids have been talking about is sure to be a timesuck. also, thanks to sara and hi dere for reminding me that i am dumbbbbbbbbb by kicking the crap out of me on it.

i was getting uppity

John, you are not dumb. I suck at it, too. I have just practiced for a couple weeks more than you have. (I'm struggling not to add, "...so buck up, little camper...")

I have never heard "stanley knife," always "boxcutters," so I guess I have lived under a rock or something.

Also, John, are you really going to give Quimby a bath? Because my cat needs a bath, too, but you don't see me committing suicide in that way.

being back in the office so weird and uncool

So, let me ask the good denizens of ITR a question:

WHO IS THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MAN?

(hint: it's me because I just stopped a $XXX,XXX customer from walking out of the door by fixing shit in two weeks that the people who wrote this couldn't fix in 6 months)

awesome, dan!

Sara, I can give you cath bathing hints if you like, there are a couple of tricks that seem to work.

because when it comes to cat bathing I AM THE MOTHERFUCKIN' MAN

we all have our specialties

Dan, you rock.

John, I am in awe.*

*not being sarcastic for once

step one: hit the kitty in the head with a ball peen hammer

(no srsly there are tricks, although temperment is an issue to be reckoned with)

DUCT TAPE

little known fact: cats love the taste of rum

associated little known fact: cats have not evolutionarily learned to drink responsibly. yet.

My cat is afraid of everything. EVERYTHING

you have met my cat, yes?

ha ha, yes. He sort of came up to me at maybe 4:30 am and let me pet him for two seconds and then went away.

But Mizu would never have gone that far. You have to visit our house many times to even catch sight of her!

that is why you should duct tape her. cats love duct tape.

Maybe Mr. Que and John should start their own pet grooming service.

Might not want to mention the duct tape in your ads, however

it comforts them, like a silver plastic womb of happy times.

I see that we are are moving into seriously wrong metaphor land this afternoon

cats love duct tape.

This is because cats think it's called DUCK TAPE and are expecting a tasty snack.

cats have not evolutionarily learned to drink responsibly.

oh, who has