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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
At your office? In front of you? Easy.

"I'm not a complete tool, and it looks like that's a rarity around here."

Better: "Ms. ncs, I know the lunch reservations are for a steak house, but if you'd like I'll claim to be a vegan so we can go somewhere else."

notcasesensitive

10-11-2006 07:03 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
At your office? In front of you? Easy.

"I'm not a complete tool, and it looks like that's a rarity around here."

Ah, yes, always a good idea to insult the interviewer and/or her colleagues during the interview process. I see that Rhetoric education was top notch.

Flinty_McFlint

10-11-2006 07:12 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Ah, yes, always a good idea to insult the interviewer and/or her colleagues during the interview process. I see that Rhetoric education was top notch.

I supposed I erred in reaching my intended audience. I had thought my audience was frustrated with her job and by extension, her co-workers, and so I tried to show that my hiring would help her somehow.

Next time, I guess I'd just say "My uncle owns a NY Giants-themed sportsbar downtown, my sister owns a liquor store nearby, and we all own a luxury condo in Vegas." But I thought you were Klassier than that.

ABBAKiss

10-11-2006 07:13 PM

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhh

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
But I'm sorry to hear about snow in Minneapolis. Unless it prompts ABBA to come for a visit to LA soon.

Inexplicably, the snow has given way to a bright blue sunny sky, and the impression of 75 degrees. ????????????? This fact will not deter me from a visit to LA, however. :)

Replaced_Texan

10-11-2006 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
It seems a little weird that today is the 11th of the month and there is a plane going into a building.

Someone on another site pointed out that 10/11/06 upside down is a rather memorable date.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

10-11-2006 07:21 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
There aren't many universities that offer Rhetoric as a major, though it used to be a classic area of study for any learned person, and when I say classic, I mean Romans and Greeks and shit. Rhetoric is the study of the art of persuasion and argument; though the term now is negatively associated with spin and bullshit, which are a means of persuasion, but a logical, well-presented argument is actually the goal of a true rhetorician.

I guess to answer your question, some of us can't do math, and Rhetoric sounds much better than English. Neener neener.

Translation: I majored in Rhetoric.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

10-11-2006 07:21 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

Quote:

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
At your office? In front of you? Easy.

"I'm not a complete tool, and it looks like that's a rarity around here."

And I've been asked that question before.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

10-11-2006 07:21 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

Quote:

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I supposed I erred in reaching my intended audience. I had thought my audience was frustrated with her job and by extension, her co-workers, and so I tried to show that my hiring would help her somehow.

Next time, I guess I'd just say "My uncle owns a NY Giants-themed sportsbar downtown, my sister owns a liquor store nearby, and we all own a luxury condo in Vegas." But I thought you were Klassier than that.

But my answer still hasn't worked.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

10-11-2006 07:23 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

Quote:

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Ah, yes, always a good idea to insult the interviewer and/or her colleagues during the interview process. I see that Rhetoric education was top notch.

I was figuring it was a old-skool term for the "Advertising and Marketing" major.

greatwhitenorthchick

10-11-2006 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Someone on another site pointed out that 10/11/06 upside down is a rather memorable date.

then you'd have to get rid of the zero, because 90/11/01 doesn't mean anything. Although it almost works.

Flinty_McFlint

10-11-2006 07:27 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Translation: I majored in Rhetoric.

Nah, I just stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Paisley

10-11-2006 07:28 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Someone on another site pointed out that 10/11/06 upside down is a rather memorable date.

OK, now I'm officially spooked.

Hank Chinaski

10-11-2006 07:31 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
then you'd have to get rid of the zero, because 90/11/01 doesn't mean anything. Although it almost works.

Huh? Upside down "11" is "JJ." Is this a Goodtimes reference?

LessinSF

10-11-2006 07:32 PM

Hey, Cal Grads

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
What is up with offering a major in Rhetoric? And why do so many people at Cal seem to major in that? Do other schools offer this? More importantly, was this Spanky's major??*

How far away is the day that a major US university offers a major in Spin (as opposed to Spinning, which must already be offered at Pansy Ass Cold Midwestern State U.)? Dean Karl Rove, anyone?

*note: I have no idea whether Spanky went to Cal or not or what his major was. That question was rhetorical. Ha.

I took Rhetoric 101 at Cal, instead of English or Creative Writing and find it much more useful to litigation. If I could sum it up in a couple words, it would be "know your audience" and tailor your argument to them.

Hank Chinaski

10-11-2006 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Paisley
OK, now I'm officially spooked.

unverified attractiveness plus subnormal intelligence is no way to go throught an anon internet chat life.

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