30. better than new york, and you don't get to know why.

[christ_onabike]

Well, fuck me, that was a port and a fucking half, wasn't it?

...for everyone who couldn't quite figure out the meaning of laying low because who wants an authoritarian asshole on your case, at least.

If you ask me, however, I'll tell you that was how New York was supposed to go. For me, at least. I'm not commenting on the idiots who know how to

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[f_ckitybye]

Yeah, I'm all right, I'm fucking all right. I'm as fucking all right as a man can be when he's spent a whole fucking week being the Chief Propaganda Tit for a fucking Doctor Who villain.

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[christ_onabike]

Well, he was Prime Minister at one point.

That could have been your real fucking job.

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[f_ckitybye]

Yeah, I saw the fucking show. My niece can't get enough of that shit. I'm trying not to think about it too fucking hard.

What happened to you, anyway?

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[christ_onabike]

Could have been fucking worse, mate. That's all I'm saying.

Not much. I just sat around and minded my own business. Best thing to do.

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[f_ckitybye]

Yeah, that's about what I'd have fucking done if I'd had a fucking choice in the matter. Christ. I've met some real psychos and nutjobs over the years, but that was just a whole other fucking kettle of lampreys.

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[christ_onabike]

That bad, was it? Man. Were they saner, or less sane than you?

Well, you made it out alive, there's that?

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[f_ckitybye]

What's your fucking yardstick for "sane"? I dunno, I reckon I can at least say that I never actually fucking killed anyone in the office, which is more than you can say for some of those fucks.

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[christ_onabike]

I'd say that's a fair yardstick in this place. Nobody fucking dead at your hand? works for me.

Re: Private

[f_ckitybye]

Yeah, fair enough.

Fuck this. I need to talk about something fucking normal. We going to do that strike thing we were talking about before the shit hit the jet engine? Maybe we should wait and see if that fuckjob world constituted the right sort of attitude adjustment.

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[christ_onabike]

...Yeah, that's what West said. Give 'em a week to show us some respect, I'd say.

It'd give us some time to put together some demands, too. ...Not that I know how, I've never done a legal day's work in my life. Not exactly acquainted with trade-fucking-unions and strikes.

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[f_ckitybye]

I'd got a few ideas I was kicking around before. Mostly what you're looking for in a labour action is improved working conditions, better pay, better hours, et cetera, yeah? We don't get paid, but maybe we could angle for better privileges-access to this fucking pub I keep hearing about, or that CES thing, or something like that. We could lobby for a cleaning staff so as we don't have to cook and clean up the dining hall. Hell, maybe those little fuckers who keep bitching about the food could be pressed into cleaning if they fuck around too much.

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[christ_onabike]

I fucking like the last one a lot. It'd give us a day off and all that - I mean, the people that do the other jobs get days off, don't they? We ought to have a day off or two.

Pub access would be fucking brilliant too, but I figure all our actual wardens would have to agree... Pub's back, by the way.

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[f_ckitybye]

I like the way you think. I reckon among the lot of us, we'll get this sorted.

Great, maybe I can get the Stem Cell to let me in. Fuck knows I need it.

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[christ_onabike]

We have to get the others on board - we can't have anyone crossing pickets and all that.

Good luck. Mine'll never let me near the damn place.