Plain Words, Uncommon Sense

Friday, March 14, 2008

A Week of Quotables

This week was a hairy-eyeball week. The kind where you spend a lot of time doing work and very little time doing things like sleeping and eating. Every now and then, I can handle those types of weeks, especially when they bring about quotable gems like the following:

* Don’t hire a dog and bark yourself.

* Spreadsheets aren’t strategy.

* What is the square root of Fuck All?

* Not a snowball’s chance in hell.

* Where there’s baloney, there’s a pack of baloney.

* I’m going to come back in and pretend the day is starting fresh.

It’s funny what you’ll say after 5 hours of restless sleep. Next week’s forecast looks like sunny days full of calm, deft precision, lots of sleep and less mania. I’m hoping to use some of these pearls from James & Co.

* The only person who likes change is a wet baby.

* I’m not anti-social. I’m selectively social.

* Surely it’s no coincidence that the word “listen” is an anagram of the word “silent”.

And since we’re on the topic of quotables. Here are some of my favourite Dilbertisms.

* I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow’s not looking good either.

* I love deadlines. I especially love the swooshing sound they make as they go flying by.

* Tell me what you need, and I’ll tell you how to get along without it.

* Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.

And that my friends is the week past and the week ahead. Stand back, I’m coming through.

Hey Monique --

Sorry about your crazy week. We need Spring Break for grown-ups!

I seem to remember the Deadline quote from Dilbert as coming from Douglas Adams originally. However, I may be completely out to lunch....who knows?

Happy Ides of March!

~kc

Spring Break for Grown-Ups is a brilliant idea!

I definitely want spring break. Any break. Although we are planning a nice little Easter Break so that’s good timing.

The original quote about deadlines may have been from Douglas Adams. I first saw it in a Dilbert book, which doesn’t mean it wasn’t “borrowed” from Adams.

Happy St. Paddy’s Day.

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