not quite what i'm hoping for

matt: wanna see a good movie? "The Orphanage"
matt: awesome
___nobody: this could be hot
___nobody: but somehow
___nobody: i suspect it's not quite what i'm hoping for

to think i missed it

joel: were angry
___nobody: angry?
joel: was going to make some illegal alien
joel: joke
joel: but my computer is freezing
___nobody: damn
___nobody: and to think I missed it
joel: indeed

i am taking off

bji: I am taking off. Happy Thanksgiving!
___nobody: what the f does "taking off" mean
___nobody: when you are working from home
___nobody: "i'm going to another room"
___nobody: "i'm ignoring you"?

i always made fun of her

Case: I knew a girl in high school once who was always trying to kill herself
Case: I always made fun of her

lifestyle choice

issc: it's a personal lifestyle choice.
issc: like being a vegetarian, or having sex with dead people.

the sistine chapel of our age

JD: i love lesbians
Case: Who doesn't, these days?
JD: true dat
JD: it's beautiful
Case: That is true, it's the Sistine Chapel of our age

no ladyboys

___nobody: have u been arrested yet
Matt: haha I just got to Hong Kong
Matt: it's too early
___nobody: the phrase for "no ladyboys" is hwang ko ni ma

everything looks nice on brochures

Albert: going to visit the new office
___nobody: is it sweet
Albert: I dunno yet...we'll have to see if it is nice
___nobody: you have not seen?
Albert:only in pictures
Albert: but everything looks nice on brochures
Albert: thats how I ended up joining yahoo
___nobody: lol
___nobody: look where it got you
Albert: and twofish
___nobody: lol
___nobody: look where it got you

but slower

ravihacks: ok
ravihacks: see he already responded
___nobody: damn
___nobody: he's not on yhoo time
ravihacks: what's yahoo time
___nobody: it's like "hawaii time", but slower

obviously existing technology is not good enough

___nobody: now you're doing a browser, nutso
Nick: no kidding. The browser wars are starting again...
___nobody: i think next goog should come out with it's own condom
___nobody: because obviously existing technology is not good enough
Nick: How you know about the secret project?!?!?!
Nick: Who told you?
___nobody: i've been volunteering
___nobody: stress testing, baby

here is a secret

Alex: yeah, the reason I chortled a bit was that when they said "use a connection pool"
Alex: they pointed at http://vault.XXXXXXXXXXXXX/XXXXX.java?rev=HEAD
Alex: which effectively does the same thing that I do
___nobody: here is a secret:
___nobody: nobody at yahoo should be coding

nevermind

___nobody: i think i left it in the car
___nobody: probably
___nobody: fuck i hope it's in the car
Denis: so you got a car. i like that in a man
___nobody: it wasn't even my car
___nobody: i am a loser
Denis: a loser, i like that in a
Denis: wait
Denis: nm

sumthin xtraordinary

Pranavanshu: ohkay.....u now
Pranavanshu: how to take admissions
Pranavanshu: in MBA Univs In us
Pranavanshu: like...stanfrd and howrd
___nobody: it starts with an application
___nobody: and a paper on why you should get in
Pranavanshu: haha...i noe dat..
Pranavanshu: but any oder
Pranavanshu: req
Pranavanshu: sumthin xtraordinary??
___nobody: you may have a problem with the paper

the same excuse

Albert: I drive in with muscle memory
Albert: no clue what the name of the exit I take is
Albert: just exit right after the airplane museum
___nobody: is this the same excuse you use for
___nobody: why you beat those homeless people

working the referral bonus

___nobody: did you feed xxxxx xxxxxx's name to the google HR sharks
Nick: yep yep. They locked me in a room and beat me silly until I named names.
___nobody: i said u were just working the referral bonus
Nick: oh, no. Actually, I enjoyed the beatings.

grats

Joel: i bought a piece of artwork
Joel: was not too expensive
Joel: its my entire wall
Joel: its really cool
___nobody: wow
___nobody: you are gay
___nobody: grats

just to be polite

Albert: are u going to wimp out on our picnic this year
___nobody: when is the picnic
___nobody: am i invited
Albert: damn u never signed up for the yahoo group?
Albert: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/...
___nobody: ok done
Albert: woo hoo
Albert: u used ur yahoo-inc address
___nobody: is that bad
Albert: planning on keeping that for a while?
___nobody: if i need it for next year
___nobody: i'll just rely on you reminding me in person
___nobody: just like this year
___nobody: except i go thru the motions of joining your group
___nobody: just to be polite

which ad is better

too much porn on the old one

___nobody: i need a new computer
Sandy: why do you need a new one?
Sandy: too much porn on the old one?
___nobody: well after those federal agents seized the last one
___nobody: shrug
___nobody: what can yah do
Sandy: they didn't give it back?
Sandy: maybe it's because you had all those naughty pictures
Sandy: with the HK movie stars on it
___nobody: my pride & joy
___nobody: well mostly the latter

does in fact go to 11

William: I went out to lunch to meet a few old co-workers
William: my boss told me
William: "you're going to lunch with people that could instigate serious harm for this company"
William: and that I shouldn't talk about anything I'm doing at work.
William: So apparently his crazy dial does in fact go to 11,
William: for when he needs that extra little bit of crazy

not insanely rich

___nobody: it is good for the world that i am not insanely rich
___nobody: otherwise i would buy death lasers
___nobody: killer satellites,
___nobody: underground lairs in
___nobody: enigmatic southeast asian countries
___nobody: patrolled by nubile,
___nobody: female dwarf assassins

try to avoid #1

Dean: Do you ever write anything interesting in your blog,
Dean: or do you just cut and paste in IM conversations?
___nobody: i try to avoid #1

what a mess

Dean: What have you done this week. :p
___nobody: I cleaned up the installation of some servers
___nobody: What a mess that is
___nobody: it's like the kitty litter box
___nobody: in the house of a thousand cats
___nobody: each cat making some half assed attempt
___nobody: at pushing litter over their "contributions"
___nobody: but its really just
___nobody: not trying to step in anybody else's

you are a king

denis: you are a king among
denis: bigger and better kings

my tundra

nolan: I have some good news from Alaska
___nobody: from alaska?
___nobody: NOLAN 1, POLAR BEARS 0
nolan: Exactly
___nobody: BEEYOTCH THIS IS MY TUNDRA!
___nobody: MY TUNDRA!

like angels typing

denis: vista yahoo! messenger makes your words so beautiful
___nobody: like angels typing
___nobody: then, posing nude in front of webcam

the key is the hot tub

Brandon: I want to go home and play pirates now
___nobody: do it
___nobody: I did a bad thing and got "Sims 2"
___nobody: trying to get this all girl household
___nobody: to all be sleeping with each other
Brandon: nice
___nobody: the key is the hot tub
Brandon: does it allow that?
___nobody: yeah
___nobody: they are sluts

before only 95%

___nobody: yes, you know i must always be right
Tanja: you??? since when???
___nobody: 2001, maybe 2002
___nobody: since then...100%
___nobody: before, only 95, 96%

send me my pimp check

Matt: does MS own your ass yet?
___nobody: not yet
Matt: awesome.. your stock got a good pump
___nobody: it did
___nobody: I dumped last night
Matt: nice!
Matt: send me my pimp check
___nobody: all $5.35 is YOURS
Matt: hahaha
Matt: i gotta run to another meeting... bbiab
Matt: don't get fired in the next hour
___nobody: i'll drop a note to jerry

great negotiation

Joel: i want something
Joel: quick and easy
Joel: just a search/inquiry/find form tied to google
Joel: mash up
___nobody: well,
___nobody: How much are
___nobody: east europeans
Joel: $20 - 30 a hour
___nobody: seems a lot
Joel: $15 a hour
___nobody: ok ok
Joel: nice
Joel: great negotiation
___nobody: $5 /hr and throw in your sister

that's so cute

Mun-Wai: hey, any visitors today other than Zane?
Mun-Wai: am looking for Bob
___nobody: I have not seen him
___nobody: how did you know zane was here?
Mun-Wai: you should know by now I know everything
___nobody: lol
___nobody: that's a "lol" in a "ha ha, that's so cute" kind of way

your dear, sweet, precious life

___nobody: are u commuting to SF
___nobody: every day
Irvin: yeahhh
Irvin: i hate this mothefucking commute
Irvin: am gonna move soon
___nobody: yeah no shit
___nobody: your life
___nobody: your dear, sweet, precious life
___nobody: well
___nobody: ok your life
___nobody: is being spent on that commute
Irvin: yes.
___nobody: what else yah gonna spend it on
___nobody: really

enough with the upside

Adam: being a VP is quite uneventful
Adam: sudden burst of terror
Adam: combined with long lulls
Adam: reminds me of trench war
___nobody: does this bring fame fortune
___nobody: big ca$$$h cheques
Adam: it brings a company car, ulcers and receeding hair
___nobody: but enough with the upside
___nobody: what's wrong with it?

more attractive and compelling

Albert: how come scott moore's pic is not on here?
Albert: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/management.cfm
___nobody: gah I don't want to even look at that
___nobody: they look so god damn ugly compared to
___nobody: say
___nobody: http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/execs.html
Albert: wow Cerf is there
___nobody: see even google's management staff
___nobody: are more attractive and compelling
Albert: hahaah
___nobody: oops i just scrolled down
___nobody: scratch that