To our Rivals: Get over it.

[Kaos]

I'm pretty quiet out in the world.  People think they know me a lot better than they really do.

This guy is educated. A COO. Thought he knew me well enough to say what he really thinks instead of what's PC.

You know the deal. Have a business relationship with somebody and one day they cross over into awkward territory.  Unleash some diatribe about wetbacks or start bashing religion or politics.  Mistake.

Sometimes it's accidental. Was in New Jersey making a presentation once. Was going great.  There was a new module we had just added that they liked and I said they would get to be the guinea pigs for the live launch. You'd have thought I shot a skunk. The mood in the room went frosty.  Apparently guinea anything is a jersey insult.  We did not get the bid. 

[AU_Tiger_2000]

I'm pretty quiet out in the world.  People think they know me a lot better than they really do.

This guy is educated. A COO. Thought he knew me well enough to say what he really thinks instead of what's PC.

You know the deal. Have a business relationship with somebody and one day they cross over into awkward territory.  Unleash some diatribe about wetbacks or start bashing religion or politics.  Mistake.

Sometimes it's accidental. Was in New Jersey making a presentation once. Was going great.  There was a new module we had just added that they liked and I said they would get to be the guinea pigs for the live launch. You'd have thought I shot a skunk. The mood in the room went frosty.  Apparently guinea anything is a jersey insult.  We did not get the bid.

Note to self, only use white mice in Jersey, not the guinea pigs.  Got it.

I had a cousin who brought a guy home from Jersey to L.A.  One of my younger cousins said (in grand Alabama dialect), "I'm gonna wop you."  Things went downhill from there.  After he left my grandmother started referring to him as Mussolini.

[War Eagle!!!]

I live by the business mantra of treat everyone, no matter how well you think you know them, like they have a mexican wife, have adopted black children, travels to Asia 4 times a year because he loves the people and culture, and has figured out how to vote for both the democrats and republicans because he just loves both parties.

[GH2001]

I'm pretty quiet out in the world.  People think they know me a lot better than they really do.

This guy is educated. A COO. Thought he knew me well enough to say what he really thinks instead of what's PC.

You know the deal. Have a business relationship with somebody and one day they cross over into awkward territory.  Unleash some diatribe about wetbacks or start bashing religion or politics.  Mistake.

Sometimes it's accidental. Was in New Jersey making a presentation once. Was going great.  There was a new module we had just added that they liked and I said they would get to be the guinea pigs for the live launch. You'd have thought I shot a skunk. The mood in the room went frosty.  Apparently guinea anything is a jersey insult.  We did not get the bid.

You've watched the godfather and sopranos about 1000 times and didn't learn that you can't say that word in NY or NJ and live to tell? You must have been tired.

[Kaos]

You've watched the godfather and sopranos about 1000 times and didn't learn that you can't say that word in NY or NJ and live to tell? You must have been tired.

Never associated guinea pig with the other term.  But I guess to them it was like saying "n***** rigged." 

Never crossed my mind.  I was seriously confused by the change in room temperature until somebody told me well after the meeting what turned it. 

Wasn't as bad as when my former partner was doing training for new users in a western state.  Room was all women, about 20, most were mormons and there was at least one nun in the audience.  He showed up late, raging hangover, hair and tie askew.  Before the first break he'd sweated through his shirt, was looking green and had dropped two goddams, a couple of "you can go from this bitch here right into the next module..." and one inadvertently loud "motherfuck it's hot in here."   The program director called me aside and told me I had to get him out of there or ELSE.  So I sent him back to the hotel and finished the training myself.  Blamed his behavior on food poisoning.  Got back to the hotel and he was in the bar.  I couldn't get him up the next morning to go the airport. So I left him there and asked the front desk to go into his room.  I guess they eventually did.  He showed up at the airport just as the plane was about to load the last passengers.  Bought a couple of beers and stuck them in his pocket.  The gate attendant wouldn't let him on the plane with them and that's when the argument started.  Left him again and got on the plane while he berated the gate lady and demanded to get on the plane. He never made it on that flight. Took a later one.  Couldn't understand why I was mad. That was the beginning of the end for our partnership. 

[wesfau2]

We won.  Can't ever be undone - bell can't be unrung.  National Champs.  Suck it."

Who holds the 2004 BCS Championship?

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Who holds the 2004 BCS Championship?

USC.  That's why it's stupid.  I know what you're getting at, and Auburn got shafted, but you ask 100 people on the street and 97 will say USC (one guy will say Auburn, one guy will say Oklahoma, and one guy will yell out Rawwwhhhhll Tide!  14 Baby!)

EDIT:  I meant the stripping the title was stupid, not Wes's comment.

[AUTiger1]

I live by the business mantra of treat everyone, no matter how well you think you know them, like they have a mexican wife, have adopted black children, travels to Asia 4 times a year because he loves the people and culture, and has figured out how to vote for both the democrats and republicans because he just loves both parties.

Outstanding rule.   I work for, with a bunch of old "krusty" retired Army, Navy, Air Force guys and old "krusty" non-active Marines.   Never once have I ever dropped a shit, hell, damn, ass, fuck....etc...etc...etc.   They wouldn't care, b/c they say much worse and just don't give a shit, but we wouldn't think of it.  Gotta stay professional at all times.

My old boss got his ass fired for dropping the "c" work in front of a potential female customer.   Needless to say, we didn't get the contract and it cost us millions in work.

[The Prowler]

Note to self, only use white mice in Jersey, not the guinea pigs.  Got it.

I had a cousin who brought a guy home from Jersey to L.A.  One of my younger cousins said (in grand Alabama dialect), "I'm gonna wop you."  Things went downhill from there.  After he left my grandmother started referring to him as Mussolini.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Milty shooting the bird pic goes here.  Too lazy to go paste it in.

[The Prowler]