01-25-2012, 02:57 PM | #2716 |
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here is my recipe:
one box brownie mix add'l ingredients as listed ... enjoy. this is scratch/making as compared to buying premade brownies. .... OR just make some shit up, that she can't reproduce your quality is good for you. there are lots of cooks that never reveal the whole truth. Bakers, candy makers, and bbq-ers figure prominently in my experience. How is that a problem?
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01-25-2012, 11:46 PM | #2717 | |
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I don't think you're a sociopath Sundae, and I'm pretty sure no one else here does either. lol Sometimes you just get more credit for owning up. Probably no one else was even paying attention when you said you'd made it from scratch anyway. Maybe you could just say it's an old recipe and you don't really measure the ingredients? That way you're hardly even lying anyway.
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01-26-2012, 08:24 AM | #2718 |
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Oh no way Ali, then the teacher will say, "Oh hey, let's get together for coffee at your house, and you can whip up a batch and I'll just watch you and learn how to make it!"
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01-26-2012, 08:35 AM | #2719 |
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Tell her it's an ancient Chinese secret!
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01-26-2012, 08:48 AM | #2720 |
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I heard there was a study that concluded that meetings make people stupid.
Minds wander, personal agendas surface, things don't get done. I would say abolish meetings, but then what would _____ and ______ do all day? (Names omitted to protect my innocence, and my job.) I remember in my younger days, when I was first in a position to have to go to a bunch of meetings. I thought I was so official and grown-up. "Oh, my...I have meetings ALL DAY!" Now the thought of a meeting just gets on my nerves. |
01-26-2012, 09:30 AM | #2721 |
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I remember that too! The first time I sat in a conference room in a leather chair I was like "Ooh, I'm so important." Now I can't stand it. The absolute worst is when I have to run a part of a meeting, and I don't want to be there, and the people there don't want to be there, but there is some boss guy making us all do it. We get these international guests who have some sort of partnership with us, and they show up at our offices and we have to explain to them what we do. But they don't care. They are showing up because they are told to and because they want to see the sights of DC. And I don't want to be there. But there's some bigwig in the corner smiling and nodding and making us all do this thing. Gah. Meetings.
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01-26-2012, 06:32 PM | #2722 |
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Today we're very close to being cut off by flood waters again. So much so that I've kept the kids home because I don't think the bus will get them home again this afternoon.
I've just found out my dear Aunt has had a mastectomy and is waiting on the lymph node tests. It was very sudden. She only saw the doc on Monday and by Wednesday she was having a boob chopped off. It doesn't sound good to me, but everyone is being hopeful.
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01-26-2012, 06:56 PM | #2724 |
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No worries Classic. I'm sure she'll be fine.
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01-30-2012, 11:09 AM | #2727 |
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The solution meetings about meeting is simple
... make a list of the meetings ... make a list of all other issues ... make a list of the lists |
01-30-2012, 12:21 PM | #2729 |
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Poor Sundae... If only you were brought up with threats like, "If you lie, you will go to hell, and your tongue will be cut out!" And that is why to this day, I don't lie, even little white ones.
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01-30-2012, 12:40 PM | #2730 |
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Oddly, I was brought up by a mother who said those things, but acted in a completely different way!
I didn't realise until I moved back here how many "little white lies" she tells. Her friends must think me so ignorant when they call up, because I am so vague about where she is and what she is doing. I've been shouted at before for saying she was at Tesco when apparently she was supposed to be ill (unable to go to meet a particular friend). "Not my fault you lie to your friends" said I. That went down well... I am learning it's not worth the bother. I will write out a 100 times, I should not lie, Lola says I will burn in hell. Or at least that's what I'll tell you |
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