TPTB: So your name is (reading from a paper) Blinkford Madison?
Blinky: (stretches to read the paper TPTB is holding) No, it's Blinkford J. Madison III.
TPTB: Really?
Blinky: No.
TPTB: Are you trying to be funny?
Blinky: (Shakes his head) I'm the dreamy one. Boris is the funny one.
TPTB: (Shuffles through paper) which one is Boris?
Blinky: The ( Read more... )

Takis: Next!
Long wait...
Takis: Hey! Next!
OldSolies: Dagnabbit, hold yur water, sonny, I'm coming.
Takis: Hey! Who are you!?
OldSolies: I'm Solies, whippersnapper. Who are you? That fancy ferin fellow right? With the pig bone game.
Takis: Right!
OldSolies: Never heard of you. I pass my pigs, I don't beat them. You need a lesson in manners ( Read more... )

TheLizzie: What?
TPTB: Yes, I'm sorry you missed the meeting on Friday and I couldn't be bothered to send out an email announcement, but I'm afraid I must insist.
TheLizzie: But you could have picked anyone to go first. Why didn't you pick someone who was at the meeting?
TPTB: Well, time's awasting. Tell me, (consults his notes) TheLizzie, why ( Read more... )

Lena: talking fast to self Oh no, another performance review! And for this one I have to write a clever post for soliefriends! Can't I use one of my old performance reviews? No, no, that would be boring. I have a technical paper to write and present for work due already. Now this. I feel like I'm in High School and my Term Paper is due and I haven' ( Read more... )

TPTB: Gather 'round everyone. I have an announcement to make.
Solies: Raises?
Blinky: Cookies!
Emma: It's bad news. I know it's bad news, it's always bad news.
QAGoddess: How can it be bad news? Everything is great! I love this place!
JumJill: Grrrr.
Irv: Down in Maine, we have a way of telling whether something is bad news.
Steve: All news is ( Read more... )