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10/28/2010, 10:36

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Quote : Originally Posted by DroppinSuga

I wanna be part of the angry mob!!!

*hands DroppinSuga a torch*

Quote : Originally Posted by BudPalmer

It was for me as soon as the Phillies lost. Apparently it was for Cliff Lee as well. His heart just didn't seem to be in it when he couldn't stick it to the team that sent him away.

*hands BudPalmer a torch*

Here you go buddy. Burn something. It will make you feel better.

Quote : Originally Posted by wintremute

I really, really, really wish there was a real-life situation where I could tell a large group of people, "YOU ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO SPEAK THE WORDS TO LIONEL RICHIE'S SONG, HELLO, AS YOU ARE INTIMIDATING PEOPLE."

10/28/2010, 10:38

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Quote : Originally Posted by Munchoboy

*hands BudPalmer a torch*

Here you go buddy. Burn something. It will make you feel better.

<burns down Muchoboy's house>

Thanks, buddy, I feel much better now!

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I'm a computer programmer for a stripper pole distributor.

10/28/2010, 10:41

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Quote : Originally Posted by BudPalmer

<burns down Muchoboy's house>

Thanks, buddy, I feel much better now!

Oh no you didn't

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10/28/2010, 10:43

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Quote : Originally Posted by BudPalmer

<burns down Muchoboy's house>

Thanks, buddy, I feel much better now!

Happy to help.

No hard feelings, that was someone else's house. (I've no idea who this "Muchoboy" is)

Quote : Originally Posted by DroppinSuga

Oh no you didn't

See, told you it wasn't mine.

BTW, if folk have a hankering, please join me in wishing Kuthell a Happy Birthday today.

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10/28/2010, 10:52

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Quote : Originally Posted by Munchoboy

Happy to help.

No hard feelings, that was someone else's house. (I've no idea who this "Muchoboy" is)

See, told you it wasn't mine.

BTW, if folk have a hankering, please join me in wishing Kuthell a Happy Birthday today.

Dammit, I already wished him a happy birthday on Facebook and now I have to wish him a happy birthday here? I dunno if he's worth THAT much trouble

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10/28/2010, 11:26

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Quote : Originally Posted by wintremute

Baseball is dead. When will America finally bury the corpse?

I buried that body a long time ago. It was old and boring, let me tell ya.

Quote : Originally Posted by Munchoboy

I am pleased to come in here this morning and not see any of the obvious "flaming hot Munchos" jokes.

Thanks for pointing that out. We'll rectify that situation shortly...

Quote : Originally Posted by Munchoboy

On an interesting sidebar; yesterday I come into work with many great plans; as the sole Marketing professional in the office currently, I've got a lot on my plate but I like my work and wasn;t all that concerned.

The big agenda item was an in-office kick off for the United Way. I do a lot of work with the United Way and serve on the Board of Directors for a local non-profit so I would say that I am equally passionate about this work as well.

ANYhow, the UW Kick-off was scheduled to take place for an hour with all staff invited to attend and participate. I picked up fresh (Montreal-style) bagels and coffee for all.

However, when I arrived in the office yesterday morning, we were told that our kick-off would have to be postponed. You see, my company is in the unfavorable position of restructuring a debt and as a result, we are being administered by consultants since the (willing) departure of our General Manager. Worse yet, we're also a City agency/department so there's a heavy political component to what we do as well.

Anyways, there was an unfavorable article about my company in yesterday's paper and the consultants wanted to meet to discuss said article. Hence the UW kick-off had to be postponed. I said "Nuts" to that and held the Kick-off anyhow in the company break room. It went rather well and all but 5 employees (3 of whom I didn't get a chance to speak to) commited on the spot to a contribution.

Afterwards (about an hour and a half later), the consultants finished up their meeting and called for an all-staff meeting to discuss the newspaper article. The result of having met for almost two hours? Nothing. Nada. Bupkiss. They concluded (again, after nearly two hours) that there was nothing to say and that the article was actually filled with falsehoods and inaccuracies.

Thrilled to have my time wasted in yet another worthless meeting, and to hear that my UW kick-off was to be postponed for what apparently was a worthless tete-a-tete among the consultants, I asked "What are we going to do about the article?"

The head consultant replied, "Nothing. We're not going to dignify the article with a response."

Me: "That doesn't seem to be in our best interests. The way I see it (again, as the sole Marketing professional) we have two issues to deal with in regards to company's debt; the actual and the perceptual. We're dealing with the actual issue very well (we have a new operational plan in effect), but we've, to date, done nothing to put ourselves in front of the public, our customers, and address the perceptual issue."

Consultant: "That's not our call to make. Also, we do not see the benefit fo retaliating to the article or what people may be saying about us."

Me: "I believe we can issue a response without it being perceived as retaliatory if our aim is to correct inaccuracies and address the facts of the situation. Furthermore, my recent experience (at a local Tech Fair) tells me that the public is hungry for information and want to know what's going on. They want to be reassured we're not going out of business and to have their questions answered.

I would think that, in light of negative and inaccurate press, we should welcome any opportunity to put ourselves in front of the public and respond."

Consultant: "Well, we've been doing this for 25 years and we like to think we know what we're doing."

So, with the my apparent dismissal by the consultant (you really should have heard his tone, I could have stood up and clocked him) the meeting ended.

Afterwards, a lot of folk came up to me and thanked me for saying what I did and for sticking to my guns. Internally a lot of folk are concerned as well at the lack of news and information.

Me? Ever since consultants were hired (a few months back) I've been waiting to come in to the office and find my desk packed up. I know when a company gets lean one of the first things to go is Marketing. That said, as a City Agency/Department, it's notoriously difficult to terminate someone's position if they're showing up for work every day and doing their job.

Regardless, I've no love for consultants and have all but openly expressed my contempt for them since their arrival: the folk in question have absolutely no vested interest in our success other than padding their resume;

if/when we succeed and erase our debt, the consultants get to go onto their next task and point at us as their handiwork;

if we fail and go out of business (unlikely but still), the consultants go on to their next task and point at us and say "That wasn't our fault, they were too far gone".

It's totally win-win for these guys. Basically, who's to say they even care one way or the other?

ANYhow, I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks for tolerating the rant gang and sorry for being the heavy.

The consultants weren't named Bob, were they?

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BTW, if folk have a hankering, please join me in wishing Kuthell a Happy Birthday today.

Already done!

10/28/2010, 12:13

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Quote : Originally Posted by wintremute

Baseball is dead. When will America finally bury the corpse?

I like baseball but definitely nowhere near as much as I enjoy college football.

Quote : Originally Posted by Smudge

The consultants weren't named Bob, were they?

The second I saw the word "consultants," I thought the exact same thing! BTW, our company is gearing up for a United Way fundraiser as well...

10/28/2010, 12:57

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May I just say that this scenario is going to be teh AWESOME:

21 November 2010: Turkey Feast!!! Build a 400 point Modern age team where only one (1) figure on your force has the "Animal" keyword. This figure will be your "Turkey”. The following rules will be in effect.

2 special "Oven" Tokens will be placed on the map. Once per game, a Turkey occupying the same square as an Oven Token may roll 1D6, this can not be re-rolled. Consult the table below:

Die Result: Game Result (for remainder of Game):
1 - Stuck In Oven: Every non free action this Turkey takes results in 2 tokens with no pushing damage.
2 - Stuffed: After damage dealt to this Turkey is resolved, take one (1) additional damage.
3 - Overcooked: This Turkey can not use damage reducers.
4 - Razor Feathers: This Turkey now possesses the Mystics TA in addition to any TA it currently possesses.
5 - Flight for Freedom: This Turkey may use the Flight ability and +1 to Damage and Attack.
6 - Turkey Herald: This Turkey now also possesses the flight ability and the Power Cosmic TA.

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10/28/2010, 13:00

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Quote : Originally Posted by DroppinSuga

This sounds hilarious. I think the dorks at my venue may enjoy this one...

10/28/2010, 13:03

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Quote : Originally Posted by spike1138

This sounds hilarious. I think the dorks at my venue may enjoy this one...

Us dorks will be enjoying that event

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10/28/2010, 13:17

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Is there a TL;DR version of Muncho's story?

10/28/2010, 13:27

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Hey guys. Thanks for the B-day wishes.

Muncho. - Your consultants suck. I'm not saying nothing, but I may know how to use one of those torches to make sure you have tomorrow off.

Suga - That is Garad's idea. Thank him.

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10/28/2010, 13:31

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Quote : Originally Posted by kuthell

Suga - That is Gerard's idea. Thank him.

Fixed that for you.

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Hey guys. Thanks for the B-day wishes.

You saw the thread, right?

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10/28/2010, 13:32

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Quote : Originally Posted by kuthell

I'm not saying nothing, but I may know how to use one of those torches to make sure you have tomorrow off.

Everybody, find kuthell's stapler before he burns the Realms down!

10/28/2010, 14:46

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Quote : Originally Posted by spike1138

Everybody, find kuthell's stapler before he burns the Realms down!

We don't let Kuthell use a stapler anymore.

Trust me, everyone's safer that way.

Quote : Originally Posted by wintremute

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