Solies: I'd like this mug.
Clerk: And it would be my pleasure to sell it to you. Hrm. No barcode label, I'll have to manually locate it in the system. Let's see, it's a Pint glass.
Clerk looks up "Pint". No luck.
Clerk looks up "Glass". No luck.
Clerk: Well, it's a Lion's Pint glass, so maybe.
Clerk looks up "Lions". No luck.Solies: They're a ( Read more... )

Solies: What's wrong with Nigel?
Nigel is lying on the floor of Emma's cube, nipping idly at the carpet fluff. He doesn't move when Solies steps over him to enter Emma's office
Emma: He's depressed because he never sees RECW anymore.
Solies: Maybe he would like to go to the mailroom to watch me mail this letter!
Nigel attempts to bite Solies ( Read more... )

Blinky: Hello.
He stands still...waiting...waiting...
Emma: Oh, your haircut. It looks very nice.
Solies passes by. He is clearly on his way somewhere.
Emma: Solies! Do you know this distinguished gentleman I'm speaking to?
Solies: I'm not sure. But he does look very striking.
Blinky punches Solies
Solies: I said looked striking. Not actually ( Read more... )

solies Well, everyone in the meeting agreed that I should have a raise.
Emma: but there were no managers there?
Solies: Actually there was no one but me.
Emma: Well come do a puzzle and feel better.
RECW: Is Qfoo Advanced running anywhere?
Solies: define anywhere.
REWC: Anywhere I can get to.
Solies: Yes.
REWC wanders off
Takis: How come no one went to ( Read more... )

RECW: Knock. Knock.
Emma: Hi RECW. What brings you here.
RECW: I wanted to give you this. (Hands her something)
Emma: (Takes it. Looks up in surprise.) It's your fishhook!
RECW: I won't be needing it anymore.
Emma: (Suspiciously) Because all my lectures on the evils of poaching have finally convinced you of the error of your ways?
RECW: Not ( Read more... )

RECW: tosses a fishhook over the wall into Emma's cube.
Emma: He's gone.
RECW: Darn.
Emma: You have to be faster than that to catch Blinky. (Tosses the fishhook back over the cube wall). But I'll let him know you're looking for him.
Emma: RECW is looking for you.
Blinky: (Returning) Did you just summon me?
Emma: Yup.
Blinky: Right. (Goes to RECW ( Read more... )

Jaya: There's so much stuff in your office. I don't know where I should stand.
Emma: or if you should stand...
Jaya: Yeah.
Long silence...
Emma: Sensory overload?
Jaya: No, but there's just so much. Like why do you have this fishhook dangling. That could be very dangerous.
Emma: Especially to Random English CoWorkers...
The fishhook is rapidly ( Read more... )

A wooshing sound is heard over RECW's cube.
ZABO: Aha, vile villian! You are caught!
RECW: You're not Boris! Who are you?
ZABO: I am...
Solies: (Interrupting) It's ZABO! The Masked Ukranian Knight! (to the phone) Yes, of course I'm still helping you. No, ZABO will not configure your statistical process control interface. He only fixes broken ( Read more... )

Solies: Yes, Europe, using Widget I is really quite simple is you just follow this 2,000 step proceedure. I shall now walk you through the steps one by one.
Coworker6: Here are those bug fixes you requested. Can I please go home now?
Blinky: Why am I here? I don't do anything!
Emma: I don't want to sound ungreatful for the documentation ( Read more... )

RECW: Emma!
Emma: Yes, RECW?
Thwap
Emma: Ow.
Emma looks in her lap. She has just been hit with a genuine English Cadbury Crunchie (Milk Chocolate bar with golden honeycombed centre.
Emma: YUM! Thanks RECW! I take bad every bad thing I ever said about you poaching in my office.
RECW: You say bad things about me?
Emma: Only when they're funny!
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