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May's picture

Continuing a conversation with Patrick about horrid grammar in emails and instant messaging...

I just got a work-related email with the subject line "did you get what you needed" and then continued "About the private model?" in the message body.

It's a subject line! Not extra space for your email! Yarrr!


Adam's picture

Yeah, I hate it when people

do that kind of thing.


May's picture

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I really wish it had been an email from the cutie pie that I met last week. Then I would have forgiven it. Sadly, no email. I'm blaming it on my bad hair day.


Patrick's picture

Errr...

May... did you really just use the words, "cutie pie"? Do I know you!? Because those words should never be uttered from anyone under 65... and should be referring to a cute kid... not someone you are attracted to.


May's picture

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You know, for supposedly being so desperate all the time men sure are picky about what females call them. Sam, for instance, refuses to partake in conversations where a female is using the term "boy". As in "tell me about the boy!" You, apparently, dislike the handle "cutie pie". Sigh. What's a girl to do?

He's cute. He's smart. He plays soccer, he's friendly, funny, and for god's sake I only know him tangentially but amd totally crushing. Therefore, he deserves the name. However, if he doesn't make it out to practice tonight, I'll start calling him "bastard-child-of-a-goat-licker". Purely to appease your delicate senses, you understand.


Patrick's picture

:P

Men just have a proper perspective on such notions. I also am attempting to teach my kittens to kill when they hear "baby talk". So far progress is going very slowly in that regard...


May's picture

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He's just so gosh darned cute! Besides, a small part of me is really enjoying acting like a middle-school freaky stalker girl. In the midst of saving money for an actual down-payment/possible going-back-to-school-fund, it's the childish things that I savor the most. Especially goofing off at work. Because who doesn't enjoy that? wussawussagoochiegoo!


Patrick's picture

Heh...

That's a good point. I do on occasion send an email where the entire message is contained in the subject. Usually though... I do something like. "Patrick out for the afternoon. Call cell if needed. <EOM>" I always end those with <EOM> so that people know they don't need to open the email.


Adam's picture

interesting

I've always found it better to just never open any emails from you...