Unreasonable request #2

Here I am at work on a Monday. Sasha sends the following email:

"For my new unborn computer, this one can be a good monitor for a very cheap price. I reimburse good part or all of its $175 from the book sales to Bell's or Book Buyers'"

Then he includes a Craiglist link that I can't get to because my company has all those sites blocked.

After the monitor he wants me to buy he adds:

"It's San Jose West, but knowing you're so lazy please ry to get them deliver it tomorrow, when you obtain cash in the sum of $175. Please!Meanwhile, a good cheap leather sofa in Palo Alto, for picking up for $225 before April 6:" (attach a picture that I don't want to download onto my hard drive - trust me it's not that great of a couch).

"A much better HDTV monotor (instead of the one above) but more expensive is this: (he adds a link) With a good leather sofa and this HDTV monitor (for my room, together with new computer) I would completely reorganise the "Red" room, so please! Also don't forget to call Surplus Computers again, thank you"

The man simply does not have enough to do on his own.

Sashisms - The Best of list

Sasha mangles the english language in the most wonderful and exciting ways. His foray into American slang has created many gems. Here are my favorites:


#1) Way out in the Boobies - manglation of "way out in the boonie". He still swears my mother said boobies. Not.

#2) Shit some light on it - manglation of "shed some light on it". I actually like Sasha's version better.

Unreasonable Requests #1

So today I got an email at work asking if I could print a couple of docs out on my work laser printer for him. I take a quick look and one of the docs is 974 pages!!!! The other one is smaller - 575 pages. What is that ?? 3 reams of paper? I. don't. think. so.

And another thing -

Am I missing something?? Is there an ambiguity to the phrase "Refrigerate After Opening" that I am not understanding?? Growl

Clean the Kitchen day

NOW I know where all the grocery money is going. The man keeps putting duplicates on the grocery list. You would think a physicist could do something as simple as look in the cupboard to see if we are out of anything. But NOOOOoooOoooo....I just realized he approaches the list making task completely differently than I do. He thinks of what he wants to eat in the next week and then puts it on the list. Who CARES if we already have 5 of whatever in the cupboard. I can deal with the unopened extras, but what is really ticking me off is all the OPENED stuff that is lying around going stale or getting ready to give me a good case of food poisoning.

Final Count (before I go so irritated I had to stop):

2 open bottle of catsup
6 open jars, cans or other containers of honey
4 open bags of flour
2 open boxes of corn flakes
8 open jars of jam & jelly
3 open jars of dried taragon
4 different kinds of loose leaf tea, opened
7 open bottles of salad dressing
3 open bottles of kefir
3 open cartons of milk
2 open cartons of cottage cheese
2 open cartons of sour cream
4 open containers of bread crumbs
3 open containers of sardiny, herringy, fishy-type-stuff.

I am afraid to look in the freezer......

Eating habits #1

Ok,

So how many people do you know who take a piece of chocolate frosted chocolate cake & then put butter on top of it? He puts butter on EVERYTHING - cookies, pastries, donuts for chrissakes! The man eats 2 lbs of butter a week!