Return of the Mighty Observations Thread

[Heston]

for filing bootlegs, i like YYYYMMDD because it's the best way for dates to naturally sort themselves. My biographer (Hooky) can feel free to make a note of that preference.

I use that when naming files that have dates (like paystubs) for that very reason. The obsessive efficiency part of me would fully support making that convention in speech and writing.

Also, writing about your awkward years is going to be so much fun. It'll be a shame when they finally end.

Can you do mine as well, Doc? It can open with the trauma of me receiving a FRANKY SAYS RELAX t-shirt.

[Dr. Medulla]

A comprehensive map of every country in the world that uses the MMDDYYYY format

I mean, I also think that format is stupid, but what can we do?

We lost 11 days when we switched to the Gregorian Calendar, would it be too much to just switch the digits back around?

Do you think ordinary people have all that much influence over what happens here? Take it up with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

"Tech Titans Found Dead, Discarded Salad Cream Packets, Terrible Music Litter Grisly Scene"

Police were unable to explain why the suspect had pastrami covering his penis.

[Dr. Medulla]

for filing bootlegs, i like YYYYMMDD because it's the best way for dates to naturally sort themselves. My biographer (Hooky) can feel free to make a note of that preference.

I use that when naming files that have dates (like paystubs) for that very reason. The obsessive efficiency part of me would fully support making that convention in speech and writing.

Also, writing about your awkward years is going to be so much fun. It'll be a shame when they finally end.

Can you do mine as well, Doc? It can open with the trauma of me receiving a FRANKY SAYS RELAX t-shirt.

Tho I'd end up going mad trying to convey your worldview, it's a challenge I couldn't resist.

[revbob]

A comprehensive map of every country in the world that uses the MMDDYYYY format

So I worked with a guy from England and he was obviously over 21. He got shit at a bar in Texas because the bouncer couldn't comprehend that his ID was in ddmmyyyy format.

[Wolter]

A comprehensive map of every country in the world that uses the MMDDYYYY format

So I worked with a guy from England and he was obviously over 21. He got shit at a bar in Texas because the bouncer couldn't comprehend that his ID was in ddmmyyyy format.

If that had happened to me, it would only mean I got to drink a month earlier.

[Silent Majority]

I've been seeing it sometimes entering data at work and it always throws me. "The tenth of the seventeenth, what the fuck?"

[JennyB]

I mean, I also think that format is stupid, but what can we do?

We lost 11 days when we switched to the Gregorian Calendar, would it be too much to just switch the digits back around?

Do you think ordinary people have all that much influence over what happens here? Take it up with Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg.

"Tech Titans Found Dead, Discarded Salad Cream Packets, Terrible Music Litter Grisly Scene"

Police were unable to explain why the suspect had pastrami covering his penis.

And the black and white makeup left on the bodies.

[JennyB]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

[Dr. Medulla]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

Sing along loudly and sarcastically so she can't enjoy her Floy music.

[JennyB]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

Sing along loudly and sarcastically so she can't enjoy her Floy music.

How do I do that when I don't know the words? Oh my god, this Dave Matthews song is live and never ending. He keeps repeating the same phrase over and over again. I literally just plugged my ears like a petulant child.

[JennyB]

Dear god. The Barenaked Ladies are back.

[matedog]

Dear god. The Barenaked Ladies are back.

BNL ain't so bad.

[Flex]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

I thought you said you had bad news.

Saw BNL do a free show a few years back. Tasty.

[JennyB]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

I thought you said you had bad news.

Saw BNL do a free show a few years back. Tasty.

You are both terrible, horrible, very bad people!

[Dr. Medulla]

So, I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that my boss is out of the office today. I'm not doing any work and I brought my dog in. The bad news is that one of my coworkers has taken this to mean that she can play music loudly. Thus far, she has been playing a mix of Barenaked Ladies and Dave Matthews. I can somewhat handle it by putting earphones in, but how is my dog going to handle this?

Sing along loudly and sarcastically so she can't enjoy her Floy music.

How do I do that when I don't know the words? Oh my god, this Dave Matthews song is live and never ending. He keeps repeating the same phrase over and over again. I literally just plugged my ears like a petulant child.

Make up your own lyrics. The point is to be annoying and sarcastically boisterous. "Yeah yeah, I'm Dave Matthews, and I write such great songs that every person loves because I'm Dave Matthews. Yeah, who doesn't like Dave Matthews? No one! Because everyone loves Dave Matthews!" Etc, etc, etc.