october dilbert newsletter tidbits

observation about movies...

There’s some sort of unwritten rule that the worse a movie makes you feel, the longer it must be. Comedies and animated movies are generally well under two hours. But a movie about well-dressed people drowning in ice water is going to threaten the four hour mark.

Office anecdotes

There was a question in our company newsletter asking about whether they could water the flowers in the bathrooms since they were looking wilted and sick. The response was "The flowers are artificial."
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Our health teacher told us that "1 out of 3 people who start smoking will eventually die." The other two apparently became immortal.

Overheard mixed metaphors

• "Well that really throws a wrench in the ointment."
• "That's water over the bridge."
• "You're dead meat in the water."
• "It's hotter than a French hen."
• "They should lock him up and throw away the book."
• "They cooked themselves. Now they have to lay in it."
• "Make sure you cross your p's and q's."
• "Don't look a blind horse in the eye."
• "I put my wrong foot in the wrong mouth at the wrong time!"
• "Don't slap the hand that milks you."
• "Call me back at your least convenience."
• "It's six of one and one of the other."
• "I can't do it in the spur of a hat."
• "That's going to change the whole ball of works."
• "They're not the brightest box of cookies."
• "The pro's for are more than the pro's against"