How do you feel today? v. 3.0

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:39 pm

Sorus, how about put your finger to your lips: "SH!!" Shift your gaze left, then right. Whisper "NOT NOW." Tap the side of your nose, nod knowingly, then walk away, whistling a jaunty tune. He'll be so confused, or grateful that you get him. In the future, you can just tap the side of your nose with a conspiratorial gaze, and go about your business.

My work is done here.

Post by **aliantha** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:54 pm

deer of the dawn wrote:Sorus, how about put your finger to your lips: "SH!!" Shift your gaze left, then right. Whisper "NOT NOW." Tap the side of your nose, nod knowingly, then walk away, whistling a jaunty tune. He'll be so confused, or grateful that you get him. In the future, you can just tap the side of your nose with a conspiratorial gaze, and go about your business.

My work is done here.

Got my desk tchotchke today, along with a nice luncheon. So there's that.

And somehow I've lost a month or two. How did it get to be June already?

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:30 pm

That might be worth a try, though I wouldn't want it to look like I might be in league with Martian Trump.

(And I probably shouldn't joke about that. I have no evidence that Trump isn't a Martian.)

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:15 am

Haha, brilliant idea Deer.

Thursday already...where does the time go?

Still, massage at work today, so something to look forward to.

And half day tomorrow. Could be worse.

--A

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:46 am

Massage? at work? I am in the wrong line of business.

Stag and I decided to move into town for a number of reasons. We haven't found a place yet. It will cut down somewhat on the house being Grand Central Station. Stag loves that, I do not. We have a pretty good balance with it, though; he respects my introversion and I get his need for interaction.

Speaking of Trump and crazy people. I stopped at a local fruit stand and was talking to the guy in Hausa. This other guy comes up and starts giving me a hard time because I don't speak Berom, one of about 1500 of Nigeria's languages (Hausa is the lingua franca in the north; Berom is spoken locally). Then he started in about how Trump was going to be president of the United States. I told him, God forbid in Jesus' name! So then he started ranting about Trump. As I was driving away he actually chased my car, yelling about Trump.

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Jun 02, 2016 9:32 pm

Gah. Don't you have your own crazy politicians?

And if not, would you like some?

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:25 am

Tempting as it would be to ship Drumpf off to Nigeria, I wouldn't do that to you, Deer -- I like you too much.

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:28 am

Can we send him back to Mars?

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:10 am

I'd be on board with that.

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:16 am

Think we can crowdfund it?

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:48 am

It's worth a shot!

Post by **Savor Dam** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:26 am

I think Jeff Bezos has already offered him a trip on New Shepard, the spacecraft that Blue Origin has developed.

It is ambiguous whether the offer is round-trip...but Humpty Trumpty likes Bezos about as much as Bezos likes the Donald.

In any case, better to allow one fatcat to finance another's spectacular exit, rather than have that expense eat up what few crumbs fall to the rest of us.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:47 am

deer of the dawn wrote:Massage? at work? I am in the wrong line of business.

Yep. Twice a month everybody on staff gets a full session of their choice. There's a permanent massage room in the office, and the massage therapist comes in every Thursday. Takes 2 Thursdays to rotate through everybody, so we each get a treatment every 2 weeks. Considering we spend 8-10 hours a day behind computers, it's pretty welcome.

So was the guy in favour of Trump? Or against him?

--A

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:02 am

He was in favor of Trump, and trust me, they would eat him for breakfast here. Corruption here is an art and a science-- nay, a technology!-- that has outrun the ability of even a former military dictator who did not hesitate to have his enemies decapitated (I am talking about Nigeria's current president) to control it.

Africans are highly invested in American politics because it does affect them. Also a LOT of them want America to stay a good place to escape to. Brain drain, and all that. (70% of Nigerians who travel to the USA overstay their visas.)

Anyway, are we sure we want to burn our bridges with Mars?

Post by **aliantha** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 8:05 pm

You make a good point, Deer...

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:43 pm

There's always a drawback...

I think there's something in the water this week. Craziness everywhere, and it's not even a full moon.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:23 am

You think this new week is going to be any better?

Monday again, that's how I feel.

Actually, I've technically got next week off. But I think I might move my leave back a week or two, there's quite a few other people on leave too.

--A

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:15 pm

Avatar wrote:You think this new week is going to be any better?

Signs point to NO. There was a guy walking down one of the busiest streets in the city in the middle of the day, with a three-foot sword in each hand, attacking buildings. The people who are normally verbally crazy are violent-crazy.

Post by **aliantha** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:51 am

Yeah, that's pretty crazy.

The Year of Our Commuting Unpleasantness has commenced in DC. Metro has let maintenance go for so long that the National Transportation Safety Board is threatening to step in and start running the place if the current management doesn't fix some stuff, and fast. It's not just primping here and there, either; we had an incident last year due to an arcing cable in a tunnel that, due to a bunch of errors, led to one death and several people sickened by the smoke. That's after another fatal accident a few years ago, and some other scary incidents more recently.

Anyway, Metro has a massive repair schedule set out for the next 9 or 10 months. I am beyond grateful that I can catch a bus right outside my apartment building and get off a block from my office, and never have to catch a train at all.

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 4:36 am

Wow, 2 fatal accidents in the last few years?

Nobody would even notice that few here.

I've got a really annoying sinus headache. As long as I don't move my head, I'm fine.

--A

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