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I was at work today, and I started thinking about repetition, or maybe memorising would be a better word. I'm not talking about routine: get up, have a shower... etc. I'm talking about those things that you do or read or say day-in day-out until you can reproduce in a totally different context without a thought.
Mine, for example, is the following phrase:
"You put money on it on the machine over there [points]. The first time you use it on the machines over there [points] it'll ask you for a four-digit PIN number, [half-breath] so just put in something you'll remember [smile]."
I said that at least nine times today, and at least a hundred times over the last month, probably closer to 150.
What's yours? Do you pass the same billboard on the way to work? Watch the same software start-up sequence each morning? Hear the same train message? Share the pain -- it breaks up the monotony!
A random thing that I saw for the first time this afternoon, but will be seeing most days until the end of semester when/if the toilets get repainted:
"Won't somebody give Bush a blowjob so we can impeach him already?!"
Mine, for example, is the following phrase:
"You put money on it on the machine over there [points]. The first time you use it on the machines over there [points] it'll ask you for a four-digit PIN number, [half-breath] so just put in something you'll remember [smile]."
I said that at least nine times today, and at least a hundred times over the last month, probably closer to 150.
What's yours? Do you pass the same billboard on the way to work? Watch the same software start-up sequence each morning? Hear the same train message? Share the pain -- it breaks up the monotony!
A random thing that I saw for the first time this afternoon, but will be seeing most days until the end of semester when/if the toilets get repainted:
"Won't somebody give Bush a blowjob so we can impeach him already?!"
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God I do this way too much.
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And that people is 80% of my job.
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I've been saying it that way when answering the phone at work for over a year now and not a single person has called me out on it.
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Its mostly related to content - my personal grrr points:
Can you please put the size of the downloadable documents at the end of the line. It should look like this: (xxKB)
Can you please format your headings into Title case.
You can't delete the main page of a subsite, you need to delete the whole subsite, or create a new page to substitute.
All pages need thumbnails and descriptions. Yes really.
and more, but you get the idea.
*love*
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[giggles]
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"-s after present 3rd person singular. -s after present 3rd person singular. -s after present 3rd person singular. -S AFTER PRESENT 3RD PERSON SINGULAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!" *dies*
or "looking forward to + -ing". or "if + preterit, THEN 'would'". or "'will' in 1st clause + when = present tense in second clause". etc etc etc etc.