tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post4540224219753887528..comments2024-02-20T00:19:33.091-08:00Comments on Useless Writing: Is this story at all interesting?ticknarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801355244098858109noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-19378698724107968722010-02-20T10:05:30.982-08:002010-02-20T10:05:30.982-08:00I can't wait for Monday to see how this pans o...I can't wait for Monday to see how this pans out when Lulu comes to get her check! I've got a sneaking feeling that Lulu's gonna make Mary look like an ass! But how? <br /><br />And as for picking up her paycheck, I envision Lou Grant talking to Lulu:<br /><br />'You're retired, Lulu.' <br /><br />'I'm semi-retired.'<br /><br />'You're SEMI-retired, AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-28369015059046933192010-02-20T09:46:31.537-08:002010-02-20T09:46:31.537-08:00I get this: she's her boss's secretary. ...I get this: she's her boss's secretary. Because her boss is out, she's been out. There's just no work for her without her boss. But! Being semi-retired, it sounds like she's been out longer than her boss's been.<br /><br />Got it. This is classic background:<br /><br />This all happens to a Mary Richards style character. She's telling her co-workers the next AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-34882075227939683022010-02-19T15:32:33.922-08:002010-02-19T15:32:33.922-08:00Was Lulu fired? Did Lulu just up-and-quit, braggi...Was Lulu fired? Did Lulu just up-and-quit, bragging, 'never to to see any of YOU losers AGAIN' or the like?<br /><br />Who's Lulu? What'd I miss?AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-19781875988348402392010-02-18T17:28:29.280-08:002010-02-18T17:28:29.280-08:00I'm sorry- did you say something? I dozed off ...I'm sorry- did you say something? I dozed off for a minute there.heelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289101709267258057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-90382636469638835922010-02-18T14:54:12.737-08:002010-02-18T14:54:12.737-08:00The woman telling the story is laughing. No one el...The woman telling the story is laughing. No one else that she told it to laughed. There was polite smiling, though.<br /><br />Where will they meet next? Probably here at work! Next Friday of the Monday after when Lulu comes to get her paycheck.ticknarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801355244098858109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-49459984300346419512010-02-18T12:12:01.058-08:002010-02-18T12:12:01.058-08:00...Wait... This is also ... funny? Who's lau......Wait... This is also ... funny? Who's laughing? Why?AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-10714057571911061562010-02-18T12:10:24.079-08:002010-02-18T12:10:24.079-08:00...Rarely goes ... and there's Lulu! At the Sa......Rarely goes ... and there's Lulu! At the Safeway Lulu may also NOT frequent! ...But might also frequent... We don't know. We just don't know!<br /><br />And recently came into the office they where your coworker works!<br /><br />I'M ON EDGE!<br /><br />Where'll they meet next? Wht possible setting? A sidewalk? The mall? A stopped light in traffic?!AEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-39446970908365816482010-02-18T09:07:08.592-08:002010-02-18T09:07:08.592-08:00AE -- Lulu came into the office for a few hours la...AE -- Lulu came into the office for a few hours last Thursday; I believe they went out for coffee. As the story says, the teller rarely goes to that Safeway.<br /><br />Geewits -- I guess it's being easily amused in epic proportions. I can be amused by light reflecting off of water for a long time, but this is hugely non amusing.<br /><br />Jazz -- To the point. Thanks.ticknarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801355244098858109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-85847504166943885702010-02-18T04:57:31.623-08:002010-02-18T04:57:31.623-08:00quick answer: no and noquick answer: no and noJazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644896022880634803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-24620255907504632932010-02-17T22:22:14.559-08:002010-02-17T22:22:14.559-08:00That's a perfect example of the expression &qu...That's a perfect example of the expression "easily amused." They certainly have me beat. And to answer your questions: certainly not.geewitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590044820333720010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952204.post-62035470522621703642010-02-17T16:24:55.980-08:002010-02-17T16:24:55.980-08:00It sounds to me as if this person has either not r...It sounds to me as if this person has either not run recently into Lulu, or has randomly been running into Lulu of late.<br /><br />And outside small towns (rather inside '+' sized urban areas) it's not too common to run into someone one knows from outside a specific environment.<br /><br />And there's Lulu. Right there, with the same thing they had: a list. Maybe there's AEnoreply@blogger.com