Leaky taps are malfunctioning faucets in The Global Plumber Shortage Conspiracy.
"If I want an over-educated plumber, I'll get my spanners out, let my jeans slip to beneath my arse crack, and do the job m'self, thank you very much - all the while paraphrasing Socrates, and deconstructing Hegel just for the Hell of it." - sensaes, http://community.livejournal.com/anti_gravitas/440411.html
"High schools started pushing everyone into college-prep classes and suddenly, we’re living in a world devoid of plumbers. But when a pipe bursts in our basement and begins spewing water all over our piles of clothes that we promised ourselves we’ll fit into again someday, we can discuss how it makes us feel with the proper angst and punctuation." - Suzanne Lucas, http://www.bnet.com/blog/evil-hr-lady/want-the-american-dream-don-8217t-go-to-college/962?promo=713&tag=nl.e713
Suzanne Lucas ("Evil HR Lady") is thus my Woman of the Week. Congratulations, Suzanne.
Now go and read her article, all of you. It's magnificent.
"High schools started pushing everyone into college-prep classes and suddenly, we’re living in a world devoid of plumbers. But when a pipe bursts in our basement and begins spewing water all over our piles of clothes that we promised ourselves we’ll fit into again someday, we can discuss how it makes us feel with the proper angst and punctuation." - Suzanne Lucas, http://www.bnet.com/blog/evil-hr-lady/want-the-american-dream-don-8217t-go-to-college/962?promo=713&tag=nl.e713
Suzanne Lucas ("Evil HR Lady") is thus my Woman of the Week. Congratulations, Suzanne.
Now go and read her article, all of you. It's magnificent.