Saturday we decided we wanted to go fishing and all we needed was to get the Canadian boyfriend a license. I should have known better than to go to a smalltown Wal-Mart. BUT..it was on the way to the lake and right beside McD's for a quick Happy Meal.
So in Wal-Mart and three employees after the initial flagdown, I am tossing suggestions out there to help this lady (bless her heart), who is apparently in a higher position than the first two, try to get this license issued. Oh my, the questions that popped out of her mouth, we couldn't help but giggle and snicker. One of her first confused inquiries was, "What's Alberta?" Ok, lol, no big deal. I told her it was a province of Canada. Then she mentioned something about using "CA" as an abbreviation for Canada to use in the state field. I was holding back a huge smile and I told her that it might not work that way.
Then came the big giggle....
Still staring at the license machine, and kind of agitated at this point, she says, "Is Canada a part of the United States?" .....
I looked at the boyfriend and he probably saw the same hysterical yet silent laughing fit he saw in me. I couldn't believe she just asked us that LOL. The other employee standing beside her giggled too and said, "Well, it's attached. On the same continent, but uh, no, it's not."
I told her that the license was no big deal and we could go get it somewhere else, but she begged us to stay because she was determined to figure it out. She made a phone call and whoever it was walked her through it.
I think I let her finish it just for amusement because I SHOULD have went somewhere else. I later found out the boyfriend does qualify for a resident license because he's enrolled full time in college. For someone trained at issuing such licenses, a flag should have went up when I mentioned that. But no. We ended up paying $40 for a non-resident fishing license for a full-year. Next time I'll take my friend's advice: go to Gander Mountain or somewhere a bit more knowledgable.
Needless to say, we got to go fishing anyway and had a blast. We also have a funny story to tell! And the boyfriend will have to make it worth $40 and catch us a lot of dinner. He's off to a good start, tho, considering he caught the only fish for that day.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
How Croissants Are Made.
Ever wonder where croissants in a can come from? Watch and find out!
I am mostly posting this so I can easily find it again later. I can't help but giggle every time I watch it!
I am mostly posting this so I can easily find it again later. I can't help but giggle every time I watch it!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
This week on Kujata... Final Fantasy Saga Continues.
Sandy has control of Gustaberg. Oh the shame of Bastok!!! San d'Oria pretty much dominates Vana'diel this week, so I figured this would be the perfect week to change my home country from Basty to Sandy! HAHA!
Been representin' Bastok for over 5 years now, so it was definately time for a change. And now, I have Gustaberg outpost for Sandy and Basty LOL now if we can only get Sarutabaruta....
I took this picture Sunday, right after I changed alligence. And I was standing right there in my Bastok Aketon with almost all of San d'Oria coming to claim their outpost lol. I'ms ure some LS worked very hard to get that, so Thanks to whoever for claiming Gustaberg for San d'Oria!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
"Pass This on! An Office Comedy." - Old Urban Legends are Still Being Passed Around.
Wal-Martyrd: Another Urban Legend denounced by Snopes.com.
Seriously! I heard from a friend's friend of a friend!
Ladies and gents, I want you to check out that link. As you know, Snopes.com investigates rumors and Urban Legends to prove whether they are real or fake.
I walked into a frenzy-in-progress when I arrived at work this morning. The big buzz that had all the ladies panicking was a new Urban Legend about a gang initiation. Gang members nation wide are gathering today (no wait it was yesterday, no it's tomorrow..who knows really) at your local Wal-Mart to kill/rob/moon 3 random white women.
Suuuure.
So let's lay out our characters. There is me, the Avon Lady (remember she sits not 5 ft from me everyday), the Boss Lady, and the lady that was trying to be a helpful informant (I'll call her Shirley. Oops wait, that's her real name, oh well). I'm gonna break down the conversation and tell you guys what Shirley was saying, followed by my first thoughts and reactions in 1st person (I'll try to keep them in parenthesis to avoid confusion).
OPENING OF SCENE
It's the morning of March 19th, 2009, 8:00 a.m. on the dot. Elaine enters, stage right. Walks to her desk and sits down as she turns on her monitor. She is upset when she discovers the internet is down. Again.
Enter Shirley, stage right. She is frantic after talking to one of the couriers.
Shirley: "Guys I don't know if you have heard or not..."
Avon Lady: "Oh yes, I have heard. It's been all over the news.Wal-Mart has even bumped up security."
Boss Lady: "Keba junta febba wa!" (trasnlation: I don't know what she said, but something poured out of her mouth. So i figured I would have her speak Ewok.)
Elaine: "Wait, what? What's going on?" (My initial impression was that a coworker got hurt or something.)
Shirley: "Yeah, Kathy (an ex-coworker) said [so-and-so called her, and so-and-so called him to tell her.] Because you know, she called me because I don't have a TV." (Wait, hold up. She said that she said that he said that she said? uh-oh, either someone we know got hurt during a burglary in the Wal-Mart parking lot (not a surprise), or this is another urban legend. By the way the [ and ] means I don't exactly remember what she said, it's kinda paraphrased. But apparently there were 4 people involved in the "Telephone Game." First sign of an urban legend.)
Elaine: Ok, wait wait wait. What is going on?"
Shirley (calming down a bit): "There will be gang initiations at Wal-Mart. So-and-so is on her way there now and I told her not to go!"
Elaine: "Gang initiation?" (In my mind, I was rolling my eyes. Omg are you serious? I kinda turned back around facing my monitor, intending to forget about it. It definitely was an Urban Legend.)
Elaine (turns back around to face Shirley): "Where did you hear this?"
Shirley: "It was on the news!" (Ok, so I know SHE didn't see it because she just said she doesn't have a TV).
Avon Lady: "Yeah, they said they bumped up security at the Wal-Mart. I saw it on the new last night myself." (Crap, the news is reporting it. Maybe it's true?)
Elaine: "Which Wal-Mart? Arkansas or Texas side?"
Shirley: "All of 'em! It's nationwide!"
Elaine rolls her eyes in her mind again. It's just too much U.L. to believe.
Elaine: "When?" (At this point, no one knew for sure. I couldn't get an exact date out of em. This weekend, tonight, last week, who knows. I was jones-ing for Snopes.com so bad so I could disprove it.)
Boss Lady: " Jubba ha wonta hie!"
Elaine: "Guys, this sounds like nothing more than an Urban Legend."
Avon Lady: "Yeah, that's what the news called it last night! I couldn't think of the name. I knew it has something to do with medieval."
Elaine: "..................." (Oh Christ on a bicycle. Medieval?? What in the name of Tom Selleck's mustache is she talking about?)
Shirley exits, stage right.
Boss Lady, who has now moved from her desk to near the stage exit while holding her trusty Ewok spear, stops to listen.
Elaine: "When the internet comes back up, I'm checking out Snopes.com."
END OF SCENE
I had to tell them what Snopes was about. About 5 minutes later, the internet was up and running. So I go to my iGoogle page and check out my nifty Urban Legend Add On and sure enough, there it was: "Wal-Martyrd." I told Avon Lady to come check it out since she was the only one left in the office. I tried to splurt my theory on how it was false, saying that gangs aren't going top co-operate with each other to organize a mass initiation at Wal-Mart(remember my blog about Avon Selling the T-Virus and how she reacted? Gangs hate each other, don't they? She looked at me as if to say, "You naive twit." Afterwards, I could see her point of one huge nationwide gang that could possibly do it. Ok so yeah, I was being a little naive. Touche, Avon Madame . But it is still and Urban Legend and I never said I was an expert on gangs.
I'm not claiming to be an expert on Urban Legends either, but I am very familiar with the subject. I wrote a research paper on several of them back in college because the stories have always fascinated me. Some are just completely ridiculous and some are really terrifying (ie, waking up in a tub full of ice with a kidney missing, etc). So I do know some of the folklore and urban tales, and some of the signs that scream, "It's a rumor!"
I'm not doubting the evil nature of people who intend to kill, either. There are very intelligent gang leaders out there who can use this kind of hysteria to their advantage. Something that wasn't true to begin with can all of a sudden become reality, and then the thing people feared is actually happening and they have no clue that it wasn't true to begin with. Craziness!
Considering the shooting at Central Mall about 3 weeks ago, I can see how this Urban Legend could put people into a frantic state of mind. Now, I haven't been able to find anything on the Central Mall shooting myself, and I'm wondering if it is a rumor myself. Please share links if you have them. And please don't comment and say "Yes it happened! My niece's boyfriend's cousin was there!" I don't care who you are, I won't believe it. "He-said, She-said" is not a reliable source of information.
Ah, and the day is still young!
Seriously! I heard from a friend's friend of a friend!
Ladies and gents, I want you to check out that link. As you know, Snopes.com investigates rumors and Urban Legends to prove whether they are real or fake.
I walked into a frenzy-in-progress when I arrived at work this morning. The big buzz that had all the ladies panicking was a new Urban Legend about a gang initiation. Gang members nation wide are gathering today (no wait it was yesterday, no it's tomorrow..who knows really) at your local Wal-Mart to kill/rob/moon 3 random white women.
Suuuure.
So let's lay out our characters. There is me, the Avon Lady (remember she sits not 5 ft from me everyday), the Boss Lady, and the lady that was trying to be a helpful informant (I'll call her Shirley. Oops wait, that's her real name, oh well). I'm gonna break down the conversation and tell you guys what Shirley was saying, followed by my first thoughts and reactions in 1st person (I'll try to keep them in parenthesis to avoid confusion).
OPENING OF SCENE
It's the morning of March 19th, 2009, 8:00 a.m. on the dot. Elaine enters, stage right. Walks to her desk and sits down as she turns on her monitor. She is upset when she discovers the internet is down. Again.
Enter Shirley, stage right. She is frantic after talking to one of the couriers.
Shirley: "Guys I don't know if you have heard or not..."
Avon Lady: "Oh yes, I have heard. It's been all over the news.Wal-Mart has even bumped up security."
Boss Lady: "Keba junta febba wa!" (trasnlation: I don't know what she said, but something poured out of her mouth. So i figured I would have her speak Ewok.)
Elaine: "Wait, what? What's going on?" (My initial impression was that a coworker got hurt or something.)
Shirley: "Yeah, Kathy (an ex-coworker) said [so-and-so called her, and so-and-so called him to tell her.] Because you know, she called me because I don't have a TV." (Wait, hold up. She said that she said that he said that she said? uh-oh, either someone we know got hurt during a burglary in the Wal-Mart parking lot (not a surprise), or this is another urban legend. By the way the [ and ] means I don't exactly remember what she said, it's kinda paraphrased. But apparently there were 4 people involved in the "Telephone Game." First sign of an urban legend.)
Elaine: Ok, wait wait wait. What is going on?"
Shirley (calming down a bit): "There will be gang initiations at Wal-Mart. So-and-so is on her way there now and I told her not to go!"
Elaine: "Gang initiation?" (In my mind, I was rolling my eyes. Omg are you serious? I kinda turned back around facing my monitor, intending to forget about it. It definitely was an Urban Legend.)
Elaine (turns back around to face Shirley): "Where did you hear this?"
Shirley: "It was on the news!" (Ok, so I know SHE didn't see it because she just said she doesn't have a TV).
Avon Lady: "Yeah, they said they bumped up security at the Wal-Mart. I saw it on the new last night myself." (Crap, the news is reporting it. Maybe it's true?)
Elaine: "Which Wal-Mart? Arkansas or Texas side?"
Shirley: "All of 'em! It's nationwide!"
Elaine rolls her eyes in her mind again. It's just too much U.L. to believe.
Elaine: "When?" (At this point, no one knew for sure. I couldn't get an exact date out of em. This weekend, tonight, last week, who knows. I was jones-ing for Snopes.com so bad so I could disprove it.)
Boss Lady: " Jubba ha wonta hie!"
Elaine: "Guys, this sounds like nothing more than an Urban Legend."
Avon Lady: "Yeah, that's what the news called it last night! I couldn't think of the name. I knew it has something to do with medieval."
Elaine: "..................." (Oh Christ on a bicycle. Medieval?? What in the name of Tom Selleck's mustache is she talking about?)
Shirley exits, stage right.
Boss Lady, who has now moved from her desk to near the stage exit while holding her trusty Ewok spear, stops to listen.
Elaine: "When the internet comes back up, I'm checking out Snopes.com."
END OF SCENE
I had to tell them what Snopes was about. About 5 minutes later, the internet was up and running. So I go to my iGoogle page and check out my nifty Urban Legend Add On and sure enough, there it was: "Wal-Martyrd." I told Avon Lady to come check it out since she was the only one left in the office. I tried to splurt my theory on how it was false, saying that gangs aren't going top co-operate with each other to organize a mass initiation at Wal-Mart(remember my blog about Avon Selling the T-Virus and how she reacted? Gangs hate each other, don't they? She looked at me as if to say, "You naive twit." Afterwards, I could see her point of one huge nationwide gang that could possibly do it. Ok so yeah, I was being a little naive. Touche, Avon Madame . But it is still and Urban Legend and I never said I was an expert on gangs.
I'm not claiming to be an expert on Urban Legends either, but I am very familiar with the subject. I wrote a research paper on several of them back in college because the stories have always fascinated me. Some are just completely ridiculous and some are really terrifying (ie, waking up in a tub full of ice with a kidney missing, etc). So I do know some of the folklore and urban tales, and some of the signs that scream, "It's a rumor!"
I'm not doubting the evil nature of people who intend to kill, either. There are very intelligent gang leaders out there who can use this kind of hysteria to their advantage. Something that wasn't true to begin with can all of a sudden become reality, and then the thing people feared is actually happening and they have no clue that it wasn't true to begin with. Craziness!
Considering the shooting at Central Mall about 3 weeks ago, I can see how this Urban Legend could put people into a frantic state of mind. Now, I haven't been able to find anything on the Central Mall shooting myself, and I'm wondering if it is a rumor myself. Please share links if you have them. And please don't comment and say "Yes it happened! My niece's boyfriend's cousin was there!" I don't care who you are, I won't believe it. "He-said, She-said" is not a reliable source of information.
Ah, and the day is still young!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Avon's Newest Product Closely Resembles the T-Virus from Resident Evil.
Last Friday my Avon lady gave me the new Campaign 7 catalog (March 2009) featuring their newest product. My first reaction: "OMG Avon is selling the T-Virus!"
Then the Umbrella Commercial ad for Resident Evil: Apocalypse started playing in my head.
The product is called Derma-Full X3 Facial Filling Serum, and it looks EXACTLY like the T-Virus from Resident Evil. Needless to say, my Avon Rep wasn't amused when I tried to explain the humor in it. Plus, my co-workers looked at me like I had lobsters crawling out of my ears when I went all "geek" about it.
But let's compare shall we?
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The comparison hasn't gone unnoticed by far. It's been all over the internet: You Tube, Geekologie, and even (go figure) totallylookslike.com just to name a few.
I told my Avon Rep (who sits not 5 ft from me everyday) how much attention it's gained, she just gave a false little laugh then went about her business. Pft, she's no fun!
Anyway, I'm anxious to see if Avon sales will boost because of this. I think they should rethink their marketing strategies, unless their goal is to bring about the zombie apocalypse before the Canadians do.
Have a good weekend!!!
Umbrella Commercial just for fun!
I don't see any difference! Even the "doctor" placed in the Avon ad sells the whole "Umbrella scientist look." All she needs now is a little Umbrella logo on her lab coat.
I told my Avon Rep (who sits not 5 ft from me everyday) how much attention it's gained, she just gave a false little laugh then went about her business. Pft, she's no fun!
Anyway, I'm anxious to see if Avon sales will boost because of this. I think they should rethink their marketing strategies, unless their goal is to bring about the zombie apocalypse before the Canadians do.
Have a good weekend!!!
Umbrella Commercial just for fun!
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