Useless Conversation

[Cyrrex]

That sounds like an awesome holiday.  Pics?

[voodoolily]

On our recent holiday diving in Egypt we got bored and decided to see what all the fuss was really about with waterboarding. I lasted about 30 seconds before giving up and can attest to it not really being anyone's idea of fun. Except apparently us since we kept doing it for the best part of an hour.

The torture?

[JWIV]

I refuse to jump on the Facebook bandwagon. I am, however, on Twitter. 

It's full of food porn!

[NowhereMan]

On our recent holiday diving in Egypt we got bored and decided to see what all the fuss was really about with waterboarding. I lasted about 30 seconds before giving up and can attest to it not really being anyone's idea of fun. Except apparently us since we kept doing it for the best part of an hour.

The torture?

The very same. We were on a boat with access to a lot of water and towels (as well as an ex-SAS guy who found it all quite amusing).

[Sky]

So. I'm on vacation this week. Too broke to go anywhere, but I'm still unpacking and doing odd jobs around the house...and hell, Spore just came out. So I'm all good. My football buddy who hasn't been around for a year and a half (his work schedule bites) plans on coming over sunday to watch the game.

Friday night, the eve of my vacation...the bulb on the DLP goes. Sonofafuck! 

Ah well, getting in a lot more guitar playing and finally got a VGA-DVI adapter for this old monitor. I do admit I love new bulbs in the DLP, though. So shiny!

[voodoolily]

I refuse to jump on the Facebook bandwagon. I am, however, on Twitter. 

It's full of food porn!

That's the best kind of porn!

[stray]

I get on all bandwagons except the "I'm not getting on the ____ bandwagon" bandwagon.

Anyhoo, after two days, I'll say that facebook is cool..cooler apps, and better "web 2.0-ness" (), I guess. There's something about the way all of the apps and notifications work that make me feel like I'm actually communicating to people. It lives up to the whole "social networking" thing. Most of my friends are ghetto like myself and on myspace though.

Twitter, along with Bebo and Tribe, just seem like one of those obscure places that only hip Belgian and Norwegian kids use.

[edit]

If it was up to me, everyone would use Virb. Instead, NO ONE uses Virb.

[Signe]

I'm not on anything.  (except, well, you know)

[Engels]

I'm not on anything.  (except, well, you know)

This?

[Signe]

Shuddup you.  I have never lived in Slough. 

[Yegolev]

If someone asks me to "kindly do the needfull" again... grrr.  LEARN YOUR FUCKING JOB!!!!

[Cyrrex]

Lol, I hate that fucking phrase.  Where did it come from?  I don't think I'd ever heard of it until I started working with "offshore" people.  I now use it myself to irritate people.

Edit:  spelling

[Yegolev]

Where did it come from?  Sheesh! 

[Nebu]

If someone asks me to "kindly do the needfull" again... grrr. 

I have NEVER heard that expression in my life.  Please to explain.

[Salamok]

Sounds like a canned response to placate the people who like to spout "not my job" every 30 minutes.

edit: naturally i'll be using this line on my wife tonight.

[Cyrrex]

After Yeg's "Sheesh " response, I looked it up.  I think I understand where this came from, but I'd like to hear him explain it.  Is this supposed to be something everyone knows?  I didn't want to come out and say "I think it's something crazy that Indian people say", because that might make me look like a douche.

[HaemishM]

After Yeg's "Sheesh " response, I looked it up.  I think I understand where this came from, but I'd like to hear him explain it.  Is this supposed to be something everyone knows?  I didn't want to come out and say "I think it's something crazy that Indian people say", because that might make me look like a douche.

On THIS board? Why would that bother anyone on this board?

[Nebu]

On THIS board? Why would that bother anyone on this board?

Because this is SERIOUS BUSINESS!

[Cyrrex]

Right.  I try to reserve my douche-making to Politics.

[Signe]

I've never heard it, either.  Of course, I just found out this week what BFF means.   

[rattran]

Butt fuck friday?

[Sky]

Got in my DLP bulb...but my kitten got spooked when the guys were here cleaning out the ductwork, busted a screen out of the window and disappeared into the woods.

I spent the day totally depressed but mobilized, searching the woods, recruiting neighbors, made fliers. Finally, almost twelve hours later, he came back from his adventure. He's real jumpy and looks like he was in a scrap, but he's finally chilling out a little.

This vacation....it's not very vacationy.

[FatuousTwat]

No one laughed at my Kurt N Rod joke? Used to always get one in grade school.

[Signe]

I was laughing on the inside. 

[stray]

croissants don't microwave very well 

[FatuousTwat]

Just microwave them for 10-15 seconds. Any longer and they get all rubbery.

It works for me at least.

Also: I'm getting a weird forum bug where it says the eve subforum has updated, but no one has posted anything in it.

[Nevermore]

There are sooper sekrit Eve boards you don't have access to!

Sadly, neither do I.  I always found the drama in that game much more fascinating than the game itself.  As long as the drama is viewed from the outside.

[Yegolev]

Butt fuck friday?

Oh shit, some fluid escaped my body on reading that.  Good show.

I didn't want to come out and say "I think it's something crazy that Indian people say", because that might make me look like a douche.

You nailed it.  Douche. 

Currently I'm working a lot with an Indian who is actually in India, so I get all the neat phrases like "kindly do the needful" and "please help with the same" and "can you please to delete <suspicious subdirectory>".  Then there are other fun things like being asked to enable ftp for certain userids.

[Cyrrex]

Heh.  I actually googled up the phrase and found out that when Indian people use it, it is because (traditionally) it shows respect to someone from a Higher Caste.  Instead of telling you what to do, they "kindly" ask you.  And they don't ask you to something specific, they ask you to simply do the "needful", because you are wise and powerful enough to determine what it is yourself without them telling you.

I still fucking hate it, however.

[FatuousTwat]

I know it's not Indian, but "You want I should?" annoys the hell out of me. I guess it's a loan from Yiddish.

[Ironwood]

My Fucking Job Sucks the Very Fucking Marrow of the Earth.

I think I'd rather suck off goats for a fucking living right now.

[FatuousTwat]

What do you do? I can't be bothered to go look back through your posts :P.

[stray]

Heh.  I actually googled up the phrase and found out that when Indian people use it, it is because (traditionally) it shows respect to someone from a Higher Caste.  Instead of telling you what to do, they "kindly" ask you.  And they don't ask you to something specific, they ask you to simply do the "needful", because you are wise and powerful enough to determine what it is yourself without them telling you.

I still fucking hate it, however.

Sounds pretty smug and patronizing, and the complete opposite of the intent.

[Yegolev]

Sounds pretty smug and patronizing, and the complete opposite of the intent.

It would if it was an American saying it.  The interplay of the various Indian factions is a constant mystery to me although it is obvious that there is a lot of undercurrent, so I just do what I need to do and get back to posting bullshit on F13.  I don't care if Krishna is from the South and consequently has an unnatural love of coconut, nor do I care why Satya has an orange dot on his forehead.  For the most part they are nice to me and I am nice to them.

[Oban]

Power corrupts.