Lamest k race win ever - Page 6

Adder · 01-12-2011, 10:37 AM

This is the explanation of the Planet Money cute animal experiment from awhile back.

Sidd Finch · 01-12-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

This is a really big decision.

1. Is there some kind of way to get a sampler spoon of the options?

2. If so, can I arrange for the breadsticks to be after?

TIA.

This is what happens when you give lawyers a quiz like this. You get questions like "do I get a sampler," or "where do I apply for a modification in the even that the breadsticks are soggy?"*

OTOH, I suppose I should be thankful that AG didn't ask whether he gets to take a dump on her.

*Props to gwink, however, for asking whether getting gang-fucked was an option. It was a little bit of lawyerly fighting-the-hypo, but in service of a much greater good.

greatwhitenorthchick · 01-12-2011, 11:36 AM

I would like to buy tickets for the April 17 match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. It's in Madrid. The Real Madrid site appears to only offer advance tickets for the next few matches, and since this game is likely to be sold out fairly soon, I think I will have to buy tickets through a third party. Does anyone know of a reputable third-party online agent, who will not sell me fakes?

Any info would be much appreciated, thank you.

Flinty_McFlint · 01-12-2011, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

You've got spot 47?

Sorry lady, I am off the market. If gwinky were to offer unlimited bananas as well, then I might be able to make an economic argument with the missus, but still probably not.

Tyrone Slothrop · 01-12-2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick

I would like to buy tickets for the April 17 match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. It's in Madrid. The Real Madrid site appears to only offer advance tickets for the next few matches, and since this game is likely to be sold out fairly soon, I think I will have to buy tickets through a third party. Does anyone know of a reputable third-party online agent, who will not sell me fakes?

Any info would be much appreciated, thank you.

Not sure they're in Spain, though.

taxwonk · 01-12-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

once you see kids going to college that you think you need to advise what they might study (they may not want your advice of course) you may find that there aren't clear "good" paths (I hope by the time you get to that point some clear paths are there). then when they graduate with a degree in ___ they have limited options. LS is still default as something that might be okay in 3 years.

I mean a kid has to do something, they can't just say No and there are few, if any, clear solid options right now.

I encourage mine to do what interests them. And I point out that at least 70% of the lawyers I know hate their job. So far, Wonk Princess has been successfully steered away. Wonk Monster still waffles between CIA assassin and chef/surfer. I would prefer the latter. I pray the former no longer exists.

taxwonk · 01-12-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

What would you do instead?

TM in particular or was the question a general one?

Sidd Finch · 01-12-2011, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

I encourage mine to do what interests them. And I point out that at least 70% of the lawyers I know hate their job. So far, Wonk Princess has been successfully steered away. Wonk Monster still waffles between CIA assassin and chef/surfer. I would prefer the latter. I pray the former no longer exists.

Can someone please tell me the field in which most people love their jobs? Jobs suck. Working sucks. Having to work to make enough money to keep a lifestyle you like sucks.

I'd be disappointed if my kids ended up being lawyers. It's not that I don't like this job. I like it a lot (relative to other jobs, particularly other jobs where I can live the way I do), and so while I would discourage someone who I thought would be unhappy I don't feel the need to point out that lots of lawyers are unhappy.

I just think it would show a disappointing lack of originality. And I'd have to question whether they were following me, or doing what they really wanted to do.

Sidd Finch · 01-12-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

TM in particular or was the question a general one?

A general one. I think TM still has me on ignore.

Cletus Miller · 01-12-2011, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by taxwonk

Wonk Monster still waffles between CIA assassin and chef/surfer. I would prefer the latter. I pray the former no longer exists.

Is he good at video games? You might need to worry, as I think the "assassin" job description has been transferred to reside in the drone-operation command.

Icky Thump · 01-12-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Can someone please tell me the field in which most people love their jobs?

Lords, kings and business owners seem to like their jobs. You know, the kind that keep the money and let the help do the work.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 01-12-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Not sure they're in Spain, though.

Wow. This is the opposite of helpful.

taxwonk · 01-12-2011, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Because I definitely choose breadsticks.

TM

Not only ared you old, you may be a bit poorly. I chose breadsticks, too.

taxwonk · 01-12-2011, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

and this makes the other point that getting to a pick would take endless hours of internet searching, with no real end point, and also raises the problem that once you have decided on a "target (hi Sidd!)" she might have gained weight since the picture was snapped and meanwhile you keep getting older through the process of trying to make the right decision.

is the choice transferable, because I'm starting to think the best bet would be to sell the rights?

Natalie Portman. What other choice is there? Well, maybe the Indian chick on Royal Pains. Or....

Okay, Hank, you've got a point.

Sidd Finch · 01-12-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Icky Thump

Lords, kings and business owners seem to like their jobs. You know, the kind that keep the money and let the help do the work.

I've known a lot of unhappy business owners -- often the ones whose business failed, though not exclusively. I wouldn't put a percentage on it, though I also wouldn't put a percentage on unhappy lawyers.

I also know a lot of lawyers who are business owners. Don't know how many of the "let the help do the work," but I don't know many successful business owners who do that either.

I guess what I'm saying is this: That when people bitch about how miserable it is to be a lawyer, and the happy alternative they describe includes things like lords, kings, and the kind of business owners who make a lot of money without working, I have to wonder if these were people who expected a pony for their fourth birthday.

That said, I would be happier as Megan Fox's highly compensated love toy than I am as a lawyer, so where's my fucking pony?