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Sharon - 2007-12-05 23:10:06
Paula, Found your description of being a bit off-kilter and unnerved at the office party sweet... and surprising...and kind of gratifying. I'd imagined all the 30-something hipsters in Brooklyn making the scene a la Sex in the City -albeit with deeper conversations, better music, and smaller apartments.
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Mr Lojban - 2007-12-06 00:42:47
Yes.
That's one nice thing about working at a company the size of a small town. You just don't have to go. Merry Christmas indeed.
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delarue - 2007-12-06 00:54:13
Better than I did at last year's xmas party where I ended up at Pete's Candy Store with the brilliant frontwoman - no, not you - that I usually play with. Xcept that I passed out 15 minutes into their set after way much montepulciano.
Triumphant post-gig moment - I'm still in the band!!
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Paula - 2007-12-06 08:33:50
Delarue: well, you think you're still in the band--maybe you're still dreaming? "God bless us all, every one!"
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Bina - 2007-12-06 10:57:29
I'm glad I don't have Christmas parties to go to. I'd be so out of place I'd just sit in the corner and look at the records.
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Sue - 2007-12-06 11:12:59
Three thoughts:
1) I thought the universe actually was spinning, but scientists disagree (http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060629123345AAWJ5B3.) But then, how would they know? It's tough to get an external perspective.
2) In the Knut link they mention that when he was a baby he was fed "human milk and cod liver oil." What a mythic accomplishment for some woman, to wet-nurse a polar bear!
3) I found the best way to get past my shyness at the office Christmas party was to get very drunk and make out with someone inappropriate.
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Paula - 2007-12-06 12:18:07
1) If Yahoo Answers doesn't know, then it is truly an unanswerable mystery.
2) No comment
3) Been there, made out with that.
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Bob - 2007-12-06 13:02:16
Shades of Jona Lewie....
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bad meow - 2007-12-06 15:48:06
Every day I fantasize that the crane falls down right on The Donald. Splat!
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Paula - 2007-12-06 16:03:51
And then they have to call in a team of forensics anthropologists to identify his remains?
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Greg - 2007-12-06 16:18:02
You're going to need a bigger crane to penetrate that hair.
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Greg - 2007-12-06 16:37:08
Nothing is inappropriate at a company Christmas party. It's a rule, like the 11th Commandment: When thou partiest with thine co-workers, thou shalt partake of mutual tongue.
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Paula - 2007-12-06 18:33:07
Not sure if you're kidding or not, but I can't agree with you there.
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Greg - 2007-12-06 18:58:30
I was kidding about the 11th commandment, but not about hair helmets. Donald Trump's hair once broke Chuck Norris' fist.
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Here comes Lucy - 2007-12-06 20:31:38
So I thought of something obvious, which is Joni Mitchell's People's Parties...
I'm just living on nerves and feelings
with a weak and a lazy mind
and comin to people's parties
fumblin deaf dumb and blind
I wish I had more sense of humour
Keeping the sadness at bay
Throwing a lightness on all these things
Laughin it all away....
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bad meow - 2007-12-07 09:49:56
Crane falling on Ivanka: Splat (*pop, pop*)!
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