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A customer at a garden ornament shop says to the cashier, "Give me four of those pinwheels, two of those pink flamingos, two of those sunflowers, and one of those bent-over grandmas in bloomers." The cashier replies "that'll be eight dollars for the pinwheels, ten for the flamingos, six for the sunflowers, and an apology for my wife."
/ravi
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Quote: just wasting everybody's time
I think you mean he is just waisting everybody's time.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Darn spell checker. I keep setting it to "Lounge Speak" and it keeps going back to "US English". 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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No, he really did mean "wasting".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Sounds like the company we purchased a custom software package from, they keep blaming one of their contractors for the delay in delivery. And they keep asking us to send more data. WTF? We gave them remote access to our database.
What a waist of time these guys are, I think it's the same outfit as the one that did the US Gov contract for the health insurance website.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Whoa, that's like deja vu all over again.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Does seem a bit recursive, doesn't it? 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: What a waist of time these guys are,
WASTE DAMMIT! WASTE!
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Waste what? You can't waste a dammit.
It's Damn it anyway, damn it!
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: WASTE DAMMIT! WASTE!
DAMNIT, DAMNIT! DAMNIT!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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SoMad wrote: wasting everybody's time and he reeks of booze too.
Had a few of those running around here from time to time... 
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I think this guy has Gin in his thermos... 
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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We had a customer show up super drunk once and was running around the hall making a scene... every person he came across he hugged (mostly in an inappropriate manner). After that, word must have gotten around to his superiors because he stopped showing up at all (sober or otherwise).
We also had a coworker, who was the company accountant, that was a raging alcoholic. During his lunch break, he occasionally just went and sat in his car and drank warm beers that he stashed in there.
Yep... strange folk... 
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We had a customer that like to get drunk and call tech support. He'd usually have his equally drunk wife on another extension contributing to the conversation.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: We had a customer that like to get drunk and call tech support. He'd usually have his equally drunk wife on another extension contributing to the conversation.
Was this back in the Full Body Latex SuitTM days?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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As a matter of fact, yes, but the two weren't related.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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It turns out that a friend of my wife has a box of Star Wars figures from the seventies that her husband had bought when he was a kid. She had no idea they were worth anything. They are in the original Kenner cardboard box (apparently valued at $300-400 on its own). There are 11 figures including a couple of Han Solos, a Luke Skywalker and a 3CPO (the best one IMO) amongst others. They are in pristine condition with the original price label on there - $1.97!!!
I got to take a look last night and, wow, they are items of beauty.
I'll have a full list next week. If anyone thinks they might be interested drop me a line and I'll get back to you. I'm not sure what they are worth but if there are any aficionados out there...
They are similar to this but in even better condition: 1977 Star Wars Stormtrooper[^]
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: 3CPO
OK, hand in your nerd card on the way out! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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mark merrens wrote: 3CPO (the best one IMO) amongst others
In that case...
These are not the droids you're looking for
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I meant in relation to the other figures she has! Ok, maybe he was the best droid.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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. If you think that grumpy developer sounds like a head case, you should check out the contractor. He is really just wasting everybody's time and he reeks of booze too. 
