{"id":239,"date":"2008-02-06T20:30:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T01:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/2008\/02\/06\/just-to-make-it-clearer\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T20:30:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T01:30:52","slug":"just-to-make-it-clearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/2008\/02\/06\/just-to-make-it-clearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Just to make it clearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boing Boing <\/a>is the best place for random news.  I have learned all sorts of crap from them.  Very often I share them with my husband and we have a good laugh.  Tonight was no exception.<\/p>\n<p>This very funny story comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/rottenindenmark.vox.com\/\" title=\"View Rottin' in Denmark\u2019s Blog: \u2018Rottin' in Denmark\u2019\">Rottin&#8217; in Denmark<\/a>. You really need to read the <a href=\"http:\/\/rottenindenmark.vox.com\/library\/post\/somethine-about-cops.html\" target=\"_blank\">whole thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[audible gasp] &#8216;If that computer&#8217;s only two weeks old, <em>how are you checking your e-mails from November?!&#8217; <\/em>[Makes &#8216;gotcha&#8217; face.]<br \/>\n<strong>Me: <\/strong>&#8216;Wait. What?! These are on the internet. They aren&#8217;t on my computer.&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>Doughface: <\/strong>&#8216;You just said it was two weeks old, <em>but those e-mails say November!&#8217; <\/em>[Gotcha Face intensifies to David Caruso Face]<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8216;Internet!&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>Doughface: <\/strong>&#8216;If it&#8217;s only two weeks old &#8211;&#8216;<br \/>\n<strong>Me:<\/strong> <em>Internet. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The italics seemed to do it. Doughface backed off for a few minutes. We moved into my roommate&#8217;s room.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a0.vox.com\/6a00ccff92e7f8d75600e398d99be00002-120pi\" title=\"iMac\" alt=\"iMac\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\nShe has an original iMac.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have your roommate&#8217;s permission to confiscate her computer,&#8217; the Ichabod Crane one said.<br \/>\n&#8216;Whatever,&#8217; I said. They had already assured me that we would get our laptops back that afternoon, so I figured the damage had already been done. Ichabod started rooting around under her desk.<br \/>\n&#8216;Where&#8217;s the computer?&#8217; he said.<br \/>\n&#8216;On the desk. That&#8217;s the computer,&#8217; I said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After I sent the link to the lord, via IM, he laughs and repeats &#8220;the italics&#8230;&#8221; and then he says to me, &#8220;What sort of hand motion do you suppose goes with that?&#8221;  So we started talking with our hands out slanted a little.  Now, instead of air quotes, you can use our hands signals to make it a little clearer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/photoalbums\/photo\/2246979525\/Bold.html\" class=\"tt-flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2042\/2246979525_9ed5776edb_m.jpg\" alt=\"Bold\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>bold<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/photoalbums\/photo\/2246979101\/Italic.html\" class=\"tt-flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2065\/2246979101_f51e28f154_m.jpg\" alt=\"Italic\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>italic<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/strathconn.com\/lady\/photoalbums\/photo\/2247774616\/Underline.html\" class=\"tt-flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2102\/2247774616_d48329208e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Underline\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>underline<\/p>\n<p>He gets to demonstrate, cause he&#8217;s cuter than me.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end enclosure --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boing Boing is the best place for random news. I have learned all sorts of crap from them. Very often I share them with my husband and we have a good laugh. Tonight was no exception. This very funny story comes from Rottin&#8217; in Denmark. You really need to read the whole thing. 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