The Men’s Restroom is a place of almost monastic silence. When men enter the restroom, all conversation ceases. If two men are talking about something and they both need to use the bathroom, they’ll pause the conversation. Once they’re both done with their business and outside the bathroom, the conversation will resume.
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Ok, so what’s in the basket we’re sending off? Candy! What kind of Candy? Pastel Candy!
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We’re sending an Easter basket off to my Fiancee’s grandmother!
Ok, so maybe it’s not all THAT evil. But we’re at least a little bit wicked. You see, there are four different types of candy in there, and they’re all the same shape and the same pastel colors. Her eyesight isn’t the best in the world, so it’ll take a bit of guesswork for her to figure out which ones are the chocolates and which are the peanut butter eggs.
Bwah ha ha!
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I was recently accused by one of my co-worker’s friends of having no “sense of wonder,” whatever the heck that means. The thing is, I’m a natural skeptic about some things. Especially internet ‘magic tricks.’ Most of them are variations on ‘mind reading’ parlor tricks.
Here are a couple that are fairly well done. Check them out, then come back and read the rest of this entry to see how they were done…
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I need nested digression tags for this entry… Just assume everything that’s indented by the same amount is related, ok?
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Break room coffee is the driving force behind progress. Without it, office work would grind (no pun intended) to a halt. The trouble is the coffee you usually get is provided in bulk by the lowest bidder. It usually sucks.
Caffeine is a harsh addiction though. You need the coffee, but you can’t stand the flavor of the free stuff… If you don’t want to go broke buying gourmet coffee from the pushers around the campus then the only thing you can do is modify the mud to make it drinkable.
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