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Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Started conversation Jun 22, 2000
So I apply for a job, and get an e-mail back telling me that all applications should have been received by June 16th so that the forms could be returned by the closing date, which is tomorrow.
Which is fair enough, except that I found the job advertisement on a website, which clearly states "Date posted: 21/6/00".
If only they'd thought to include the line "Individuals who do not own time machines need not apply" they could have saved everyone a lot of effort.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Bob (Herald to the ACEs) Posted Jun 22, 2000
I guess you can console yourself with the thought that, if you ever do get a time machine at any point in your life, you can still apply. Better still go back and win silly money betting. Then buy up the company, find the guy who is about to post the advert...... and sack him 
Oh and pay off my credit card while your at it.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jun 22, 2000
Thanks for the advice, Bob... I'll nip forward in time and bring you back a next generation WAP phone while I'm at it.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jun 22, 2000
Sure, why not?
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Menza Posted Jun 22, 2000
Thanks, now all we have to do is get you the time machine.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jun 22, 2000
It seems like a lot of bother to go to just to apply for a job...
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Opinionated Lurker Posted Jun 23, 2000
Sorry EV, I've been otherwised engaged. You unemployed? How strange.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jun 23, 2000
Blimey, it *has* been a while, hasn't it?
I didn't know you were engaged, Op'Lur'... 
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Opinionated Lurker Posted Jun 23, 2000
yes..i'm always on the lav...oh, thats not what you meant is it??
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jun 23, 2000
Who knows? What do I mean? What do you mean? What do I mean by "what do you mean"? What does "mean" mean? *waves goodbye to the original topic as it disappears over the horizon*
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
J'au-æmne Posted Jun 23, 2000
*looks slightly perplexed, but doesn't say anything*
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Menza Posted Jun 23, 2000
I think we need the time machine just to understand that one.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Opinionated Lurker Posted Jun 26, 2000
i dont think even a time machine would help in deciphering a woman's perplexed look....
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Menza Posted Jun 27, 2000
They are usually rather awkward, I'll admit.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Zebedee (still Pool God after all these years) Posted Jul 9, 2000
Hmmm, "usually rather awkward".
Yes, I'll have to remember that comforting definition next time my life is completely destroyed by a member of the opposite sex.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
J'au-æmne Posted Jul 10, 2000
*looks sympathetic and a might offended*
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jul 10, 2000
*nods sympathetically*
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Menza Posted Jul 10, 2000
I meant that a womans perplexed look is usually rather awkward, but then most perplexed looks are anyway.
Sometimes I wonder why I bother.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jul 10, 2000
*looks perplexed*
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- 1: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 22, 2000)
- 2: Bob (Herald to the ACEs) (Jun 22, 2000)
- 3: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 22, 2000)
- 4: Menza (Jun 22, 2000)
- 5: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 22, 2000)
- 6: Menza (Jun 22, 2000)
- 7: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 22, 2000)
- 8: Opinionated Lurker (Jun 23, 2000)
- 9: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 23, 2000)
- 10: Opinionated Lurker (Jun 23, 2000)
- 11: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jun 23, 2000)
- 12: J'au-æmne (Jun 23, 2000)
- 13: Menza (Jun 23, 2000)
- 14: Opinionated Lurker (Jun 26, 2000)
- 15: Menza (Jun 27, 2000)
- 16: Zebedee (still Pool God after all these years) (Jul 9, 2000)
- 17: J'au-æmne (Jul 10, 2000)
- 18: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jul 10, 2000)
- 19: Menza (Jul 10, 2000)
- 20: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jul 10, 2000)
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