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Whose name do you take in vain?
Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> Started conversation Jun 20, 2001
In conversation with a couple of colleagues, who are secretaries, we are agreed that there is a Pantheon of Secretarial Gods whose ethos involves making and breaking secretaries.
So far we have distinguished the following:
Mistimemanagement, who is the evil Fate of Deadlines and the prime cause of stress.
Appreciativecolleague, the Smiling Muse of Mentors, who can bring a ray of sunlight to an otherwise depressing day.
There is also a God of Recycling Paper Bags, to whom you can make many offerings, but who is disinclined to favour you with rewards such as "that note you dropped in the bag by accident". I'm still seeking a name for that God, any ideas?
Can anyone else suggest any other gods? What about any other Pantheon?
x x Fenny
Whose name do you take in vain?
Mycroft Posted Jun 20, 2001
What about Tardius the God of broken alarm clocks, points failures and contraflows?
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Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 20, 2001
Baccups - The god responsible for restoring things to how they were before everyone went mad on their liquid lunches.
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Mycroft Posted Jun 20, 2001
Duplikaput - the god of paper jams and toner-related mishaps.
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Is mise Duncan Posted Jun 20, 2001
Ka'Faterea - Lord of the lunch break
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Dorothy Outta Kansas Posted Jun 20, 2001
Toomin'Utspas Twon - The Malevolent God of Timekeeping (Divine Archenemy of the Neutral Muse Tardius)
Ssistemkrash - The kindly Muse who introduces five minutes of relaxation into an otherwise hectic day.
x x Fenny
Whose name do you take in vain?
kats-eyes (psychically confirmed caffeine addict) Posted Jun 20, 2001
Termeenkancellajshn - The evil Demon of Bosses who cancel appointments at the last minute without telling you and walk into the office when you don't expect them 
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Dorothy Outta Kansas Posted Jun 21, 2001
What about àâþùëíïñó}õö‡ - the God of the Spasming printer
x x Fenny
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Honey³ Posted Jul 2, 2001
cool! a little hard to pronounce though, maybe...
how about Secret Aria, the Goddess of Coffee Breaks, Very Urgent Bank Transfers and Piercing Eyes?
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Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> Posted Jul 2, 2001
Pay Per Jam - the Imp of Irritation, who destroys the inner workings of the Pho-Tocop-Eeyore (the Donkey God that excretes pictorial records of documents)
and
Black Dust - mites of spite, that cover your white blouse when you try to remove Pay Per Jam from whichever machine he's inhabiting?
x x Fenny
Whose name do you take in vain?
Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> Posted Jul 2, 2001
Sorry - I'm on a roll!
Payslip and Wage - the twin good Gods who reassure workers that the previous month/week was really worth it!
x x Fenny
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Whose name do you take in vain?
- 1: Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> (Jun 20, 2001)
- 2: Mycroft (Jun 20, 2001)
- 3: Is mise Duncan (Jun 20, 2001)
- 4: Mycroft (Jun 20, 2001)
- 5: Is mise Duncan (Jun 20, 2001)
- 6: Dorothy Outta Kansas (Jun 20, 2001)
- 7: kats-eyes (psychically confirmed caffeine addict) (Jun 20, 2001)
- 8: Dorothy Outta Kansas (Jun 21, 2001)
- 9: Honey³ (Jul 2, 2001)
- 10: Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> (Jul 2, 2001)
- 11: Fenny Reh Craeser <Zero Intolerance: A593796> (Jul 2, 2001)
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