Day of odd things...
Dec. 11th, 2003 02:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixiecrinkleOdd Thing Number 1: Spotted "The Guy Who Could be Bat Boy's Father," who I often see near my workplace. I think he works at US Bank.
Odd Thing Number 2: Returned from lunch, only to find that the reason the laptop exploded earlier was that the battery was loose. Determined this by picking up the laptop, and having the battery fall out onto the desk with a loud clatter that brought everyone running. At least they believe it's the machine and not me now. Why, oh why, do we exclusively use Compaqs here? These laptops don't function if there's a problem with the battery *by design* -- I can't think of any other mechanical object that is designed to automatically fails if one part fails, unless that one part has to do with safety (ie, the guard on the cutter in the print shop). Sigh. Does anyone know if there is a (legitimate) reason for this design?
Odd Thing Number 3: Had lunch in Sbarro after doing the last of my shopping (apart from a few edibles). They are offering a 3" Britney Spears CD with their large drink. There was a boom box on the counter playing said CD. In addition, the piped in music was also on. And they are right beside the holiday performance space in the mall. Overload!!!!
And the kicker, Odd Thing Number 4: Some weird selections for holiday music. When I arrived at the mall, a woman was singing, "Come Rain or Come Shine." It's a good song, and she had a nice voice, but it wasn't exactly holiday-ish. I think the next act felt compelled to make up for this, because when I left the mall, I saw 6 elderly women, decked out in black pants and metallic gold spangled lame tops. They were "dancing" (I use the term loosely) to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Five of them were wearing headbands with antlers on them (identical to yours![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
automat76) and the sixth one was wearing not a Santa beard and hat, but a SANTA HEAD!!! It was evil and frightening, for the fact that it was remarkably lifelike. If I'd had time, I might have hid in the (horrified) crowd and yelled "But Santa doesn't have boobs!" Freaky.
Odd Thing Number 2: Returned from lunch, only to find that the reason the laptop exploded earlier was that the battery was loose. Determined this by picking up the laptop, and having the battery fall out onto the desk with a loud clatter that brought everyone running. At least they believe it's the machine and not me now. Why, oh why, do we exclusively use Compaqs here? These laptops don't function if there's a problem with the battery *by design* -- I can't think of any other mechanical object that is designed to automatically fails if one part fails, unless that one part has to do with safety (ie, the guard on the cutter in the print shop). Sigh. Does anyone know if there is a (legitimate) reason for this design?
Odd Thing Number 3: Had lunch in Sbarro after doing the last of my shopping (apart from a few edibles). They are offering a 3" Britney Spears CD with their large drink. There was a boom box on the counter playing said CD. In addition, the piped in music was also on. And they are right beside the holiday performance space in the mall. Overload!!!!
And the kicker, Odd Thing Number 4: Some weird selections for holiday music. When I arrived at the mall, a woman was singing, "Come Rain or Come Shine." It's a good song, and she had a nice voice, but it wasn't exactly holiday-ish. I think the next act felt compelled to make up for this, because when I left the mall, I saw 6 elderly women, decked out in black pants and metallic gold spangled lame tops. They were "dancing" (I use the term loosely) to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Five of them were wearing headbands with antlers on them (identical to yours
automat76) and the sixth one was wearing not a Santa beard and hat, but a SANTA HEAD!!! It was evil and frightening, for the fact that it was remarkably lifelike. If I'd had time, I might have hid in the (horrified) crowd and yelled "But Santa doesn't have boobs!" Freaky.
