what puns?
Grant and I's conversation in response to this article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24799880>1=43001
dan83 (12:19:40 AM): i can just see the constable likedan83 (12:19:41 AM): hmm
dan83 (12:19:54 AM): i don't usually see feet on the beach
nertzy (12:19:57 AM): the evidence has put their foot in the door
dan83 (12:19:59 AM): clearly, something is afoot
nertzy (12:20:06 AM): i wonder if the taxpayers will have to foot the bill
nertzy (12:20:27 AM): clearly the shoe is on the wrong foot
nertzy (12:20:38 AM): but if the shoe fits...
nertzy (12:20:56 AM): at least it won't cost an arm and a leg
dan83 (12:20:57 AM): we found them four feet from the water
nertzy (12:21:14 AM): sounds like quite a feat
dan83 (12:21:36 AM): i'm surprised they haven't featured this on the national news yet
nertzy (12:21:54 AM): they will have to toe the line in this investigation
dan83 (12:22:14 AM): it's obvious that whoever did this has no soul
nertzy (12:22:26 AM): i sure hope they nail them
dan83 (12:22:53 AM): yeah, too many of these feet and they might start to clog the plumbing
nertzy (12:23:26 AM): this sure is a corny story
nertzy (12:23:46 AM): i bet the guy got totally socked out
nertzy (12:24:24 AM): he was probably all tied up
nertzy (12:25:14 AM): that was laced with too much wit, I agree
nertzy (12:25:31 AM): i'm quite the sneaker for sure
dan83 (12:26:09 AM): that might be a bit of a stretch. i wonder if somebody is stocking the water with feet to throw off constable obvious?
nertzy (12:26:32 AM): i wonder if this foot's owner got booted from a boat
nertzy (12:27:08 AM): i hope they canvass the beach well
dan83 (12:27:08 AM): i can't imagine he didn't, but we shouldn't try to shoehorn him into any unlikely scenarios
nertzy (12:27:48 AM): the whole story sounds a bit slipper-y to me
dan83 (12:29:25 AM): it is a bit bizarre...it sounds like it might have been cobbled together from a series of unrelated stories
nertzy (12:29:44 AM): well, i'd like to think the converse, actually
nertzy (12:30:27 AM): well, we're lucky the foot did not get caught in The Pump (tm)
dan83 (12:31:31 AM): i wonder if the foot was from someone who was mauled by a Puma?
Olympics
So it looks like I won't end up going to the Olympics this year, or likely traveling abroad at all during when the Olympics are going on. Turns out that we couldn't guarantee a stable enough working environment outside of where we are now, so we'll likely just be hanging back and timeshifting. Which is okay with me; I think China time falls closer to my normal sleep patterns than does Pacific time.
Jason suggested we pitch a tent in the middle of the bullpen (our 6 person super cubicle - better than a normal cubicle because it has 6 engineers, whose power compounds exponentially rather than linearly) and just sleep there when everyone else is working. I think it's a great idea. We could build a little fire and make s'mores after a long hard night of ensuring the quality of the Olympics branch of the Internet's number one sports destination by volume and quality. Seriously, though, I think working during the Olympics is going to be a lot of fun. It's already been the biggest and most complex project I've worked on during the history of my employment, but when we pull it off it's going to be very cool. Stay tuned at http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics.
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