Thursday, December 9, 2010

Symantics, pt. 1

Sierra: "In cases like this, it's not a good idea to give me something to 'look over one last time before sending it out'"

Kea: "Yeah..... I've kind of noticed that if you can find any way of rewording something you will."

Sierra: "But sometimes I find useful things! Like when I found that we'd written 'an additive' instead of just 'additive'. 'An additive' is something people put in heroin; 'additive' - the adjective - is something people can use to describe metrics"

**we go back and forth about whether anyone cares or notices for a while**

Kea: "I'm kind of afraid to ask this... because I'll think that there's a 50/50 chance you'll say yes. Are you one of those people who reads the manuals that come with every electronic - like computers and stuff?"

Sierra: "No, of course not"

Kea: "EXACTLY. So in the middle of the manual it could just say 'at midnight, the computer will turn into a dog' and you'd have NO idea because NO ONE reads those!"


Sierra: **deflated sense of self-importance as she realizes her anal retentive attention to detail is truly excessive**

5 comments:

  1. sentences like "deflated sense of self-importance as she realizes her anal retentive attention to detail is truly excessive"... further proves my case! The defense rests! LOL! :oP

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  2. I'm not buying you a birthday present

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  3. you're lucky I'm arrogant enough to buy you a present to prove my own superiority

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  5. gasp* ... but you didn't let me finish... I was going to say...your insatiable need to project you anal retentive way on others is something I find most attractive and sexy! Pretty lady! :oP

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