tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post4988210692790642844..comments2023-09-29T10:37:34.652-04:00Comments on City Mouse Country: Sweating the almost unbelievably small stuffbzzzzgrrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506314837586082113noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-91035571454336750062008-04-13T20:47:00.000-04:002008-04-13T20:47:00.000-04:00Ooh, Lucy, that Staples link shows they come in 8-...Ooh, Lucy, that Staples link shows they come in 8-packs! If it were me, I would totally not be able to resist eight brand new delicious colors to play with. My heartbeat sped up just seeing them there ;-)<BR/><BR/>ToddP, are you taller than a second-grader? If not, then I can say with certainty my Sharpies are safe from your reach.Lisa Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480144027967954246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-42269609308662114902008-04-12T09:17:00.000-04:002008-04-12T09:17:00.000-04:00I'm reminded of a story I heard Douglas Adams tell...I'm reminded of a story I heard Douglas Adams tell in an interview. I heard it somewhere else later, so it may not be his. <BR/><BR/>But, Adams claimed he was in a railroad station and bought himself a newspaper and package of biscuits (what cookies are called in the UK, they come in packages of about 8-10) He sat down and started reading the newspaper. <BR/><BR/>A fellow came up and sat next to him, next to the unread sections of his newspaper. After a bit, the stranger reached over and OPENED HIS PACKET OF BISCUITS AND ATE ONE.<BR/><BR/>Adams was angered and perplexed. How rude! What to do? <BR/><BR/>So, he reached over and took one of the buscuits, to assert ownership. The other fellow hesitated, then he too reached over and took a biscuit. They alternated like this until the packet was empty. <BR/><BR/>Then the stranger hopped up to catch a train. <BR/><BR/>When Adam's train came, he too hopped up and collected his paper. <BR/><BR/>And there, under the paper, was HIS packet of biscuits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-71521385659490121632008-04-10T12:05:00.000-04:002008-04-10T12:05:00.000-04:00Excellent! Do you happen to have a blue one of the...Excellent! Do you happen to have a blue one of <A HREF="http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?&langId=-1&storeId=10001&splCatType=0&catalogId=10051&productId=120443&cmArea=ATCH:SC1:CG101:DP2079:CL142401:SS1009348:SKU|120500|cmS" REL="nofollow">these</A>? You can give it to me as eight-day rent.bzzzzgrrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506314837586082113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-9492866056905942062008-04-10T11:42:00.000-04:002008-04-10T11:42:00.000-04:00I'm a marker klepto. I have a box that I put them...I'm a marker klepto. I have a box that I put them all in. I don't know where they come from. It's not a conscious thing... Polkadotcreations— keep me away from your sharpies.ToddPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400746706321348499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-62016896335071146442008-04-07T18:19:00.000-04:002008-04-07T18:19:00.000-04:00I am waiting for a phone call from another friend ...I am waiting for a phone call from another friend right now, so I am the last person at the office. The way our offices work, we can lock our doors, but each person's doors unlock all the others on this hallway.<BR/>It strikes me that I could, similar to Kay's suggestion, just go into his office, <B>replace "his" blue marker with the brown one I don't like</B>, and then he'd be all puzzled when he came in in the morning. Which would, obviously, be hilarious.<BR/>Sigh. I will probably not do that.bzzzzgrrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506314837586082113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-82987793588626970192008-04-06T15:18:00.000-04:002008-04-06T15:18:00.000-04:00You can steal it back. That's what I did when Kar...You can steal it back. That's what I did when Karen O. (former neighbor) used my ice scraper, put it in her car, and then went to Florida for two weeks. I saw it in her car and fumed. Then on a whim I tried opening the door. It wasn't locked. I took my marker, I mean my ice scraper, and went on about my life. No mention was ever made of it again. Until now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-61175164035467530842008-04-05T22:42:00.000-04:002008-04-05T22:42:00.000-04:00Speaking for accidental writing utensil kleptomani...Speaking for accidental writing utensil kleptomaniacs everywhere and as someone who still has, in her summertime backpack, the LuluLemon stock room merchandising pen (Size 2-4 Reverse Groove/pink), I'd just like to say that he may have picked it up on accident IF he had any occassion to be in your office. You tell some good stories, and I've been known to hang around your Staples-appointed desk to listen for obscene amounts of work time -- during which I'd fidgit and pick something up. Did blueman do the same? If that's a possiblity, then I'd just follow the advice yarn lady's thread --- but add a smidge of snark to the "that is exactly like my blue marker" part of the sentence and a little bit of self-mocking to the second half, and say : like the marker that I have been obsessing over to the point of calling John Walsh to get him on the hunt for it." But that's my recipe for everything -- a smidge of snark plus a generous helping of making fun of me. <BR/>p.s. I think I need to just call you instead of all this silly posting. But it's fun in that opposite-of-instant message way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-20634563144625410982008-04-02T12:40:00.000-04:002008-04-02T12:40:00.000-04:00If it were me, I'd have just gone to Staples and b...If it were me, I'd have just gone to Staples and bought myself a 36-pack of different colors or something completely obscene like that.<BR/><BR/>But then, I clearly have a problem. There are 4 or 5 new-ish Sharpie colors that I don't have, and I am beginning to twitch...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338513037473123018.post-36803092079043884572008-04-02T12:07:00.000-04:002008-04-02T12:07:00.000-04:00I would probably mention it to the person who has ...I would probably mention it to the person who has it in an offhand way, something like, "Hey, that's exactly like my blue marker that I can't find!" and see what s/he says. But it would partly depend on how well I knew the person...I'd only do that if it were someone I was comfortable with.<BR/><BR/>--Tinaicanhasyarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288955943001505042noreply@blogger.com