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Weekly Challenge #926: Crack
Lizzie RichardSerendipidyTom Norval Joe Planet ZThe next topic is PICK TWO Bookcase, Verdict, Sprint, Crisp, Vulgar, PregnantRICHARDThin Ice They told me I was skating on thin ice: that, one day, it would crack
The C stood for Cheap
I worked for a company that built its own vacation calendar and ticket system.They said it was cheaper to build their own compared to contracting with an off-the-shelf system.And they were right. It was cheap to build.To maintain it, though, was a nigh
Unfree Willy
The irony of the movie Free Willy is that the whale who played Willy, Keiko, wasn't free at all.Born and bred in captivity.Sick a lot of the time, but still forced to perform tricks and act in television and movies.People were outraged, and a campaign
Teddy can’t be found
You won't find Teddy in Housewares.He's usually sneaking a spray paint can or two back by the dumpster.And when he comes back, yeah, he's got that smile on his face, total blissing out.It's been happening for weeks, and when customers finally complaine
Testing access
Long ago, I worked in the call center for a hosting company.They offered dialup access, webhosting, a server farm, and domain registration.Every call needed to be verified.If the caller didn't know the password, we'd send them to Customer Service to ve
Pigpen
In the comics, nobody knows Pigpen's name.My theory is that his last name is Thigpen, but people keep mishearing him because of a speech impediment.You don't hear it in the television specials because they didn't do that kind of thing back in the Sixtie
Book deal
Martin got himself another book deal.It's his fifth, and like the previous four, he's dedicating it to vodka.You see, Martin can only write when he's drunk.It's doing a number on his liver, but there's the numbers his publisher tells his agent, and the
Weekly Challenge #925 – Pester
Lizzie RichardSerendipidyTomLisa and her new Substack! Norval Joe Planet ZThe next topic is CrackTOMDrive to distractionMy wife is a Family Nurse Practitioner. Damn good one imho. Early in all FNP careers is
Old Hollywood
Harry was the last of Old Hollywood.Back before television. When everyone had been in the war.Big mansions, servants.Parties every weekend.The studio provided the publicists and the cars and everything else.Harry provided the face and the box office.
Row row row – Take 2
Billy got into a boat, pushed off from the dock, and tried to row it gently down the stream.But the stream wasn't deep enough, and the boat kept hitting the bottom, so Billy had to keep pushing off, and occasionally getting out and dragging the boat by a