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chaosvizier

A Helpful Warning For Non-English Speakers

Sep 23, 2005 12:35

When writing a letter regarding personnel and titles, a common abbreviation is the shortening of "Assistant" to "Asst." This is reasonable and saves time and energy. However, be aware that "Assistant" should not, and in fact should never, be shortened to "Ass.", as this leads to unfortunate sentences like the following ( Read more... )

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Comments 14

deinemuse September 23 2005, 17:01:12 UTC

I always ask where my ass is at work. It just sounds funny and the looks I get are priceless.

Almost as good as this one:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ghostwriterxx/226572.html

chaosvizier September 23 2005, 17:10:56 UTC

I wish I had a personal ass. Alass.

cpip September 23 2005, 17:24:01 UTC

I'm a sales ass!

chaosvizier September 23 2005, 17:43:07 UTC

I'm a protocol ass!

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Re: Shakespeare Meme chaosvizier September 23 2005, 18:59:35 UTC

When shall we three meet again,
In thunder, lighting, or in rain?
When my PDA comes on,
I'll pick a date and pass it on.

doomgirl September 24 2005, 00:11:45 UTC

Okay...so we had this guy over at our house once who was wanting a new job. He worked at a strip club. So he had all his job applications out all over my coffee table. Being the nosy bitch that I am, I picked one up and read it.

He listed his past jobs at So & So Strip Club. Position? Ass. Manager.

I laughed so hard I knocked all the other applications off the coffee table.

chaosvizier September 24 2005, 11:00:32 UTC

The irony in that one is staggering. I wouldn't mind managing some fine ass... hahahah!

doomgirl September 24 2005, 15:23:39 UTC

Indeed!!! Hee!

sharmel September 24 2005, 01:38:21 UTC

And finally, Keanu Reaves in "A Merchant of Venice Beach" (courtesy of The Critic)

"Hath not a dude arms?
If you prick us, do we not get bummed?
If you poison us with bad guacamole,
Do we not blow chunks?"

Hahahha.
After a day or three of regularly blowing chunks, reading this, does nothing more than make me laugh so hard, I nearly did it again!

chaosvizier September 24 2005, 11:01:04 UTC

Oops! I must tag my funnies with a warning- "May Induce Vomiting".

Hope you're feeling better, though!

marasca September 26 2005, 05:53:11 UTC

The other day I was reading Penny Arcade at my desk at school and started laughing (understandably). One of the other teachers asked what I was laughing at and asked if she could see. Of course the strip was complete gibberish to her. I felt bad that I wasn't laughing at something she might be able to understand.

chaosvizier September 26 2005, 12:42:17 UTC

Next time start with "Rain and sometimes bear." She should be able to get that. ;-)