Why I Love My Co-Workers

[gnomi]

Had the following conversation with a co-worker this morning (at the beginning of a real, work-related discussion):

Co-worker (arriving at my cube): Boo!

gnomi: Eek! A mouse!

{co-worker looks confused}

{gnomi points at her trackball}

Co-worker: A mouse?

{gnomi sighs, opens her desk drawer, shuffles stuff around, pulls out non-functioning mouse still stashed in drawer}

Co-worker: Are we being pedantic? I was going to accept the trackball as "mouse".

{gnomi points to her cube wall where, among other buttons, are "SNOOT: Syntax Nudniks of Our Time" and "Prescriptivist Hardass"}

Co-worker: Ah, so we're being pedantic.

{conversation ensues; pedantry not discussed}

Comments

[meganne.livejournal.com]

It's truly amazing when you can accidentally click the "random" link and end up reading a post in someone else's journal that could quite easily have been in your own. I just want to know where you got the buttons!

Buttons

[(Anonymous)]

Welcome! It's always fun when someone drops by randomly and finds something that resonates.

I just want to know where you got the buttons!

I custom ordered them from www.nancybuttons.com. She has other language-related buttons that are part of her standard catalog, though..

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

That anonymous comment above was, in fact, me (gnomi). This new LJ layout is messing with me and wouldn't let me choose anything other than Anonymous. So, again welcome. And beware falling weirdness.
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