Passing Time
06.14.2005 | 9:16 PM

Author: RP
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Things around the P.Net Corporation offices have been a little bit quiet since the Jackson trial ended yesterday.  Frankly, I think it's because half of the staff now thinks it's safe to sleep with children and they have decided to exercise some of their vacation time at the local daycare.  The rest of us just think that's plain sick.  Not really for the children's sake but we're pretty pissed off that we didn't think of it first.  So, most of us are stuck here with little to do but draw faces on the wall in crayon and beat up interns.  Even that gets old after a while.  We even tried combining the two and drawing on the interns while beating them up but that lost it's luster once we ran out of interns.

So, how do we pass the time then?  Well, occasionally we'll light our accounting books on fire and sit around in a semi-camp like atmosphere, telling stories of the past, finding new ways to fund Middle Eastern terrorism, and doing lines of coke off places we shouldn't.  Every now and again someone tries to pull out a guitar and sing "Kum Bay Yah" but we kill that crap pretty quick. We don't tolerate no hippie shit around here. If you want to wear your Birkenstocks and not shower, go somewhere else.  I think Berkeley is hiring, but it doesn't matter -- you're too lazy to hold down a job anyway.

Still, passing the time is like passing kidney stones, difficult if you don't quite know what you're doing.  Since we're still trying to blow through all that venture capital money they gave us, we bought a giraffe for the office.  That little guy is so cute, running around and sticking his head in everyone's office.  We got him hooked on uppers one week and, wow, if you weren't there, you missed out.  I think we're still putting the ceiling tiles back in place.  Unfortunately, someone pushed him out an eighth floor window, so Ted (that was our secret code name for the giraffe) is no longer with us.  It turns out that some idiot from Sales mistakenly thought that it was "Push A Giraffe Out A Window" week.  He even claimed to see a memo.  So we wrote a memo.  The title of it was "Push That Idiot That Killed The Giraffe Out Of The Window" week.  Long story short, he's no longer with us and I am sleeping with his widow.

We set our research scientists from Building #291 on the task of reviving and rebuilding Ted, nursing him back to health using the miracles of science and poor planning.  Operation Revive Ted was in effect.  Day-to-day progress was slow at first and after the first month, all we had was one of Ted's legs working again.  It was kind of creepy watching that thing hobble around, something akin to an outtake of Pet Semetary.  Still, Ted was living and it was giving us something to do.  He didn't really have much a chance, though.  In hindsight, shooting up the leg with daily doses of heroin wasn't much help.  It was, however, amusing and therefore helped us pass the time.

So, in lieu of a media circus following a celebrity trial, what ever will we do to fill our meaningless lives with hope?  Will we care about some teenager who got lost in Aruba?  Nope.  The world has plenty of other teenagers and it's company policy to discriminate against white people.  What about the fact that Pac-Man turns 25?  He's a washout, a has-been, still trying to relive his glory days, much like your father when he sleeps with your girlfriend.  It's just pathetic, really.  Who really knows what passes for a good time around here.  We'll probably just throw some interns off the roof and see which one bounces higher.
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RE: Passing Time (#804)
By: BOOBIES! on June 15, 2005 (12:41 PM) PST

Why's this chick in aruba getting so much press? People go missing everyday.
RE: Passing Time (#805)
By: RP on June 15, 2005 (12:48 PM) PST

Because she's white, young, and atrractive.  And the media really has nothing better to report on.  Problems with the White House?  The deficit?  What about our foreign policies destroying the world>  Nah.  Some rich slut who went missing on her vacation becomes front page headlines.

Parents: Remember, no one kidnaps ugly people.
RE: Passing Time (#806)
By: ... on June 15, 2005 (1:47 PM) PST

Stupid whitey! Man this would have been great press for "White Chicks". If only the Waynes brothers waited another year.
RE: Passing Time (#807)
By: Obi-Wan on June 15, 2005 (2:22 PM) PST

Use the reply button, Luke.

The force teaches us that properly replying to posts helps keep the topic threads nice and orderly.  When posting a new comment, unrelated to a current thread, the "Post New Comment" link is relevant.  When replying to an existing post, no matter where in the chain it may reside, use the "Reply To Comment" link.  Don't succumb to the dark side of the force.
RE: Passing Time (#808)
By: AJ on June 16, 2005 (1:39 AM) PST

And why at the local daycare. Thailand and Cambodia. I'm sure one can find ex' cancer patients there....
RE: Ted (#810)
By: AJ on June 16, 2005 (1:48 AM) PST

We can rebuild him. We can make him better.
RE: Passing Time (#811)
By: . on June 16, 2005 (9:14 AM) PST

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RE: Passing Time (#812)
By: . on June 16, 2005 (9:14 AM) PST

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RE: Passing Time (#813)
By: Reply, reply, reply. on June 16, 2005 (9:21 AM) PST

You happy now. Christ! It's not like you have to sort through a million comments and replies here. There's like 10 people who look at this site and about 4 who say anything. If it makes you happy OCD-Wan, I'll hit reply.
RE: Passing Time (#814)
By: RP on June 16, 2005 (10:28 AM) PST

Apparently it's all a part of some grand plan to keep the white man down by enslaving their children.  This is, of course, best accomplished while they are still children.

Plus Cambodia sucks.
RE: Ted (#815)
By: RP on June 16, 2005 (10:31 AM) PST

Hey, I'm just as sad as you to see him pass but sometimes you simply have to let things go.  If Michael Keaton and the crew of Multiplicity taught us anything, it's that messing with genes and DNA can have disastrous consequences, but that these consequences can also be funny.  So, really, I'm on the fence with this issue.
RE: Passing Time (#816)
By: RP on June 16, 2005 (10:31 AM) PST

You are an ass and you smell like moldy bread.
RE: Passing Time (#817)
By: Penicillium Butt on June 16, 2005 (2:11 PM) PST

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RE: Ted (#818)
By: John on June 16, 2005 (2:46 PM) PST

Michael also taught us that he was the best Batman. (I haven't seen the newest one though, so it doesn't count)
RE: Passing Time (#819)
By: RP on June 16, 2005 (2:48 PM) PST

Consider yourself upgraded, soldier!

Now you merely smell like bad crayon.
RE: Ted (#820)
By: RP on June 16, 2005 (2:52 PM) PST

He also makes a great dad playing a mom in a hit or miss comedy from the 80's.