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monday, october 10, 2005

Overseas breakup

A soldier serving overseas far from home was annoyed and upset when his girl wrote to break off their engagement and ask for her photograph back.

He went out and collected from his friends all the unwanted photographs of women that he could find, bundled them together, and sent them back with a note saying, "I sorry but I can't remember which one you are. Please keep your photo and return the others."

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monday, october 03, 2005

You know you work for the government when:

  • The process becomes more important than the product
  • You don't see anything wrong with attending a meeting on a subject you know nothing about
  • You feel you contributed to the meeting just by being there
  • You stop raising issues/problems because you know you will be the one
  • answering them.
  • You fly first class across the country to attend a conference with 100+ people to discuss the fact that the project does not have enough money
  • You work for an acronym, on an acronym, and your job title is an acronym
  • You understand the rationalization of an acronym composed of acronyms
  • You know that the location of a meeting is directly related to its importance:
    • A meeting at Fort Hood requires a subordinate or a contractor
    • The same meeting at Lake Tahoe requires your personal attention
  • You've sat at the same desk for 10 years, done the same thing for 10 years, but have had 3 different business cards

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