Re: Open Bar: RECOMMENDABLE

[Left]

I just now found that a very old friend whom I may have mentioned here or there (I know I have, at least once) is currently back in Boston. His Foster Mother is dying.

I don't know what to say to him.

Just show up, be prepared to listen...or just bullshit.  Either will help.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I just now found that a very old friend whom I may have mentioned here or there (I know I have, at least once) is currently back in Boston. His Foster Mother is dying.

I don't know what to say to him.

Just show up, be prepared to listen...or just bullshit.  Either will help.

I know.

It's just that he was a very close friend, and well, then Georgia, and then Hawaii.

I may flat out tell him, dude, sorry, glad to see you again, wish it was under better circumstances.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I did tell him that I would pray to his pre-Jesus god for her. And I did. I said the Shema and preemptive Kaddish.

[Cain]

I think it's safe to ignore the opinion of the guy Junkenstein posted - he clearly cannot even cook brussels sprouts right, so his culinary expertise can be safely discarded.

[EK WAFFLR]

Fish sauce, et al is a condiment. From what I can tell, the Rotten Shark is a full dish.  Imagine, if you will, an entire patty made of Thai fermented shrimp paste, or a pint of Nam Pla.

There are quite a few fermented fish dishes, though. Rakfisk, surstromming, stinkheads, hakari, etc.

I have yet to try Surströmming and hakari, but Rakfisk is fucking delicious.

[LMNO]

Fish sauce, et al is a condiment. From what I can tell, the Rotten Shark is a full dish.  Imagine, if you will, an entire patty made of Thai fermented shrimp paste, or a pint of Nam Pla.

There are quite a few fermented fish dishes, though. Rakfisk, surstromming, stinkheads, hakari, etc.

And of course, there are the mildly-fermented fish we love to eat, like anchovies.

Point goes to Nigel.  I conceed.  I do enjoy many kinds of rotten fish.

i tried anchovy pizza once, they were super salty and i wanna say...hairy? are they supposed to be hairy?

Probably not hair, probably the bones.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Around here, we call rotten fish "coyote food", and we all wince when you bestial lowlanders begin discussing your disgusting feeding habits.  This is precisely why we aren't accepting any more refugees, so you all just stay down on your ice sheet.

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Who said growing up is all work and no fun? We put the minivexen to bed and then stayed up another 2 hours playing with their Legos. It turns out life does have small pleasures.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Going to a meeting in 9 minutes.

It occurs to me that most memos translate out to "hey, I wrote a memo".

It also occurs to me that most meetings are actually based on "I had the juice to call a meeting and make all of you fuckers attend".

So now I have to make sure that nobody ever wants to invite me to one of these again.

[Left]

Going to a meeting in 9 minutes.

It occurs to me that most memos translate out to "hey, I wrote a memo".

It also occurs to me that most meetings are actually based on "I had the juice to call a meeting and make all of you fuckers attend".

So now I have to make sure that nobody ever wants to invite me to one of these again.

I get the impression you work in a place that's rather like a nightmare version of a Dilbert cartoon.

...

I wrote The Dilbert Principle around the concept that in many cases the least competent, least smart people are promoted, simply because they're the ones you don't want doing actual work. You want them ordering the doughnuts and yelling at people for not doing their assignments—you know, the easy work. Your heart surgeons and your computer programmers—your smart people—aren't in management. That principle was literally happening everywhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert_principle

[LMNO]

Combine that with the Peter principle, and you've got a hell of a workplace.

people will tend to be promoted until they reach their "position of incompetence".

[Left]

Combine that with the Peter principle, and you've got a hell of a workplace.

people will tend to be promoted until they reach their "position of incompetence".

The Peter Principle seems to explain my current manager amazingly well.  He's a nice guy, but a bloody horrible manager.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Work was cancelled today. My store hasn't had a single customer. The manager drove 40 minutes on shit roads during a state of emergency only to get pissed off. I told him it had snowed and that Georgians everywhere were huddled in their houses, saying prayers to their bright and shining Sun Lord, praying for the cessation of this foul white substance that chills the bones and turns cars into flying death traps. He didn't believe me.

He will learn.

Oh yes.

He will learn.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Well, that was a fun 2 hours.

Other Jerk:  "We're going to do such-and-such.  How much will that cost, Roger?"

Roger:  "$70,000, if you don't want any bells and whistles."

Mike:  "It would be a whole lot better if it would cost $48,000."

Roger:  "Life would be a whole lot better if my wants and needs were so casually accepted by the universe, too."

Mike:  "So, what, $55,000?"

Roger:  "Yes, but you don't get a roof and the machine isn't connected to any power."

Mike:  "But I need a roof and power."

Roger:  "Then it's $70,000."

Mike:  "I don't like your attitude.  You're being very unreasonable."

Roger:  "Watch as I completely fail to give a fuck."

Jim:  "Be nice."

Roger:  "I am being nice.  The universe - and this includes vendors and contractors - works in a particular way.  You don't get more out than you put in.  Period.  The end."

Mike:  "Well, let's just put $48,000 down.  We can change it later."

Roger:  "Do what you like.  I'm not signing off on this unless it says at least $70,000."

Mike:  "You're being obstructionist."

Roger:  "No, I'm not violating Sarbanes/Oxely by fucking about with capital expenditures.  You want to go to jail, you go right ahead."

Jim:  "Fuck it, I'm tabling this.  NEXT ITEM."

Mike:  "The PCK.  Roger, how much is the infrastructure going to cost?"

Roger:  "$65,000."

Mike:  "It would be a whole lot better if it would cost $42,000."

Rinse, repeat.  For 2 hours.

[East Coast Hustle]

I think your bosses run the restaurant I work at.