Fashion Board 12-09-03 through 1-08-04 - Page 339

pony_trekker · 01-08-2004, 04:58 PM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
A certain partner at my firm has a habit of viewing very hard core porn on his office computer, and leaving the images on his screen while people come in and out of his office to conduct business.

What? Where do you sit? Let's meet at the soda machine.

ThurgreedMarshall · 01-08-2004, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
I imagine you in loud bellbottoms with big, frizzy hair.

Beaten to it. Nevermind.

TM

NotFromHere · 01-08-2004, 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
A certain partner at my firm has a habit of viewing very hard core porn on his office computer, and leaving the images on his screen while people come in and out of his office to conduct business. I am not really offended by it, but I imagine that not everyone would feel the same way.

More disturbing is the thought of what he is doing in his office while he is looking at the porn.

Your avatar reminds me that I watched Celebrity Mole last night. Rodman is not going to make it because he is not paying attention to the clues (or much of anything for that matter) but I think they'll keep him around for ratings since I don't think many people are tuning in to see Keisha Knight Pulliam.

They'll keep hot chick on too, since has proven that she freely removes her clothing.

SlaveNoMore · 01-08-2004, 05:01 PM

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ThurgreedMarshall
Sebby?:

TM

I have this overwhelming feeling of Deja Vu

greatwhitenorthchick · 01-08-2004, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by pony_trekker
How do I explain that she was giving me a hummer at the bar?

sheesh. this is an old one.

You lost your contact lens. You think it fell into your lap. You of course, couldn't see, so she was helping you find it.

sebastian_dangerfield · 01-08-2004, 05:09 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
This explains why I never seem to have the time to write those memos to file that some people are foolish enough to request.

Well, this, and the female problems I am always having.

CYA letters are for chickenshits. If I'm going down for something I did wrong, you'll have a devil of a time proving it from the lack of docs, and if you can prove it, you deserve a nice fat check from my malpractice carrier.

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 01-08-2004, 05:14 PM

Just noticed that we blew past 5k posts a while back...

From the looks of it ABBA has the honor of starting the new thread.

Carry on.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 01-08-2004, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
sheesh. this is an old one.

You lost your contact lens. You think it fell into your lap. You of course, couldn't see, so she was helping you find it.

I know I don't wear contacts, Usually, dear, but I had gotten some to try. It really is hard to keep them in, you know.

And I know I don't wear glasses, but I wanted the contacts that change your eye color, you know, so I'd have sparkling blue eyes like yours.

Um, yes, I know you don't like blue eyes in men.

SlaveNoMore · 01-08-2004, 05:17 PM

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sebastian_dangerfield
CYA letters are for chickenshits. If I'm going down for something I did wrong, you'll have a devil of a time proving it from the lack of docs, and if you can prove it, you deserve a nice fat check from my malpractice carrier.

You miss the point. CYA letters and "memos to file" are for when someone ELSE tells you to do something wrong and you want backup to show that your partner is the actual idiot.

Anne Elk · 01-08-2004, 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Another tip: When using the old "caught in a circus train" excuse for being late, make sure the circus is actually in town. As the saying goes, good judgment comes from experience, which comes from bad judgment.

It's all in the details. Have you heard the story about 2 college kids who went out the night before their (insert name of class) final, hooked up with some subile spinning hippy chicks and other recreational substances etc. etc. and missed the final.

They went to the Prof with a story about getting a flat tire in East Podunkville and being stuck for hours. This was before the days of cell phones.

The Prof allows them to retake the final. When they show up for the test, he puts them in seperate classrooms. There is one question on the test. "Which tire?"

Bad_Rich_Chic · 01-08-2004, 05:32 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You miss the point. CYA letters and "memos to file" are for when someone ELSE tells you to do something wrong and you want backup to show that your partner is the actual idiot.

Or, when the client is stupid and blows off an issue that you've warned him will blow up in his face as "a picky lawyer point we don't want to waste time negotiating with these guys" - those are the ones that end "The client then informed me that he was willing to accept that business risk and expressly instructed me to spend no further time researching or attempting to redraft to circumvent the issue."

Having had one of our litigators bring such a memo to me 3-4 years later laughing his ass off, I have realized that most litigators have no clue how document & deal negotiations work in practice; they seem to think the corp lawyers who draft these things (with weird language that doesn't quite work and odd gaps in them) are all idiots.

Alex_de_Large · 01-08-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
It's all in the details. Have you heard the story about 2 college kids who went out the night before their (insert name of class) final, hooked up with some subile spinning hippy chicks and other recreational substances etc. etc. and missed the final.

They went to the Prof with a story about getting a flat tire in East Podunkville and being stuck for hours. This was before the days of cell phones.

The Prof allows them to retake the final. When they show up for the test, he puts them in seperate classrooms. There is one question on the test. "Which tire?"

That prof still teaches at Duke.

Pretty Little Flower · 01-08-2004, 05:33 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
It's all in the details. Have you heard the story about 2 college kids who went out the night before their (insert name of class) final, hooked up with some subile spinning hippy chicks and other recreational substances etc. etc. and missed the final.

They went to the Prof with a story about getting a flat tire in East Podunkville and being stuck for hours. This was before the days of cell phones.

The Prof allows them to retake the final. When they show up for the test, he puts them in seperate classrooms. There is one question on the test. "Which tire?"

We totally got screwed on that one.

But it was worth it.

Replaced_Texan · 01-08-2004, 06:02 PM

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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
This reminds, I thought there were two points to yesterday's poll -- wasn't it not just the most inappropriate things a professor did to you, but also the most inappropriate thing a BOSS has done to you?

Anyone?

A week after September 11, 2001, the weekly staff meeting was held. This was the first time everyone in the office had the chance to actually talk about what had happened and share stories. It was still very a very raw and emotional time, and we were all glad to be in the same room with one another and really have a chance to talk. Boss walks in, says something about how sad it was and that we all had better stop procrastinating and using 9/11 as an excuse for not working. He lectured us for 20 minutes and then the meeting was over.

Six weeks later, the mass resignation started. I called a headhunter immediately after the meeting. So did two other attorneys in our group, and as far as I know my former boss is the only person still at the firm who was at that staff meeting.