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[11B4V]

Bad


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[Admiral Yi]

So you just copy their format?

Answer the goddamn question. 

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Heard on NPR that Dr. Joyce Brothers was the only woman to ever win $64,000 on The $64,000 Question.  She croaked.

And US unemployment is down to 7.5.

[CountDeMoney]

So I decide to have a cigarette.
Can't find my lighter, so I dig up an old book of matches.
Pull out a match--CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING--and I try to light it.
The match head ignites and immediately flames off, a missile of fire and destruction with all the purpose and speedy intent of an arrow towards a thatched roof, straight into my left nostril. Deeply.
SON OF A.  Pain.  Singed nasal hair.  What is the sound of one nostril running?

If that's not a sign to quit, I don't know what is.

[derspiess]

We have sort of a pet garter snake that likes to hang out in the front yard on a sunny Saturday.  Cute little guy.  Tommy named him Sam.

[Josquius]

Answer the goddamn question. 

Basically just what I said,
Dear my full name,
Is xtime, xdate, OK.
Sincerely, their full name

This is a Japanese person though, I get the impression they're just copying my format. With Euros I've often encountered they're quick to drop into Hi my first name, and sign it off with just -their first name.

What did Mr. Someone say in his email?

So you just copy their format?

Why are you sending a letter to confirm an appointment?

So they know its OK?

It seems safest to just copy their format.

Are we talking an actual handwritten letter with a stamp and delivered by the post office, or an email?

I would assume emails are a touch less formal.

Ah, yeah, email of course.

[11B4V]

Knob

Al Kwawahir, who told agents he was visiting his nephew at the University of Toledo, initially said he brought the pressure cooker for his nephew because they're not sold in the US, the Detroit News reports. He later changed his story and said his nephew already owned a US-bought pressure cooker, but it was broken.

[11B4V]

Sexually Abused Peacock



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/11/man-sexually-abused-peacock-_n_3259822.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news&ir=Weird%20News&hpweird=y

[Admiral Yi]

Basically just what I said,
Dear my full name,
Is xtime, xdate, OK.
Sincerely, their full name

This is a Japanese person though, I get the impression they're just copying my format. With Euros I've often encountered they're quick to drop into Hi my first name, and sign it off with just -their first name.

Mr. Person:

Xtime and xdate would work very well.

Joe Squeeze

[Barrister]

So I decide to have a cigarette.
Can't find my lighter, so I dig up an old book of matches.
Pull out a match--CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING--and I try to light it.
The match head ignites and immediately flames off, a missile of fire and destruction with all the purpose and speedy intent of an arrow towards a thatched roof, straight into my left nostril. Deeply.
SON OF A.  Pain.  Singed nasal hair.  What is the sound of one nostril running?

If that's not a sign to quit, I don't know what is.

I would have thought the greatly increased risk of lung cancer was a sign to quit, but your mileage may vary.

[CountDeMoney]

Lung cancer?  Meh.

[Syt]

[Caliga]

What exactly is the done thing with starting and ending job application letters?
Obviously the initial one is dear yadda, yours sincerely, me. But subsequent messages? Just feels really strange and artificial to go to the whole effort of
Dear Mr someone,
Yes, 3 o'clock is OK
Yours Sincerely,
My full name

Ever heard of the telephone?

[Caliga]

I saw a porno last night that had a scene where Obi-Wan Kenobi fucked a Tusken Raider.  Did you know that underneath those robes and mask Tusken Raiders are really hot slutty chicks?

[CountDeMoney]

Ever heard of the telephone?

Their generation doesn't use them anymore.

[Syt]

I saw that movie. It had surprisingly good production values and some decent jokes in it.

- "Your father was the greatest star pilot in the galaxy."
- "My Uncle says he was a psychotic whiner."
- "And the greatest star pilot in the galaxy."
- "How did my father die?"
- "He was betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until I cut his arms and legs off and left him to burn to death ..."
- "I'd like to go home now."

Also props for including a lesbian scene between the Tonnika sisters in the cantina. And the guy who performed the threesome in the Wookie suit deserves a medal - it must have been hot as shit in there.