Word Play: Jobs I Have Had

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Jan 122009
 

1. My first job was working in an Orange Juice factory, but I got canned. Couldn’t concentrate.

2. Then I worked in the woods as a Lumberjack, but just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the axe.

3. After that, I tried being a Tailor, but wasn’t suited for it — mainly because it was a sew-sew job.

4. Next, I tried working in a Muffler Factory, but that was too exhausting.

5. Then, tried being a Chef – figured it would add a little spice to my life, but just didn’t have the thyme.

6. Next, I attempted being a Deli Worker, but any way I sliced it… couldn’t cut the mustard.

7. My best job was a Musician, but eventually found I wasn’t noteworthy.

8. I studied a long time to become a Doctor, but didn’t have any patience.

9. Next, was a job in a Shoe Factory. Tried hard but just didn’t fit in.

10. I became a Professional Fisherman, but discovered I couldn’t live on my net income.

11. Managed to get a good job working for a Pool Maintenance Company, but the work was just too draining.

12. So then I got a job in a Workout Center, but they said I wasn’t fit for the job.

13. After many years of trying to find steady work, I finally got a job as a Historian until I realized there was no future in it.

14. My last job was working in Starbucks, but had to quit because it was always the same old grind.

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5MB Hard Disk in 1956

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Jan 112009
 


In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.

Start appreciating your 8 GB memory stick!

More information at Snopes

Etiquette Lessons for the Ruling Class

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Jan 112009
 

How to comply with the new Progressive order and achieve a happier life while avoiding jail time

DO buy vehicles from GM, Ford and Chrysler because it helps our UAW friends the economy
DON’T drive them as they pollute the environment and cause global warming

DO insist that nationalized, single-payer government provided health insurance is the solution to our health-care crisis
DON’T mention that a government health care bureaucracy is just like a private insurer’s healthcare bureaucracy except that with the former, you don’t get another choice

DO condemn smoking in public and private venues because it is filthy and selfish and increases health care costs
DON’T stop buying tobacco products because the collective needs the tax revenue

DO despise elitist wealthy fat-cats like Wal-Mart’s and other CEOs who run companies that actually do useful things
DON’T despise elitist wealthy fat-cats like the Sulzbergers, the Kennedys and the Hollywood celebrities that actually do useless things

DON’T fight terrorism with military action, treat it as a civilian police matter
DO hamper police investigations at every turn in the name of civil rights

DO emphasize the Progressive commitment to preserve individual choice when it comes to aborting a pregnancy
DON’T emphasize the Progressive commitment to prevent individual choice when it comes to everything else

DO denounce oil companies for their “excessive” profits whenever the world markets drive the price of oil up
DON’T allow them to drill for oil in the US or do anything else that might reduce these prices

DO rail against the loss of American factory jobs to China, India et al
DON’T stop increasing the environmental, labor and other regulations that make it impossible to open any kind of factory in this country

DO demand fairness in hiring, lending, college admissions and other circumstances
DON’T mention that the dictionary definition of fairness bears little resemblance to the political concept

DO despise war and demonstrate constantly for peace, violently if need be
DON’T hide your glee when the US or one of its allies, like Israel, is losing

DO require bi-partisanship in government and that the rights of the minority party be respected
DON’T make us laugh when we’re in the majority

DO politicize science by bullying and cajoling everyone into beliving the AGW myth
DON’T fail to accuse real scientists (who have facts to disprove the myth) of politicizing science

DO holler about the need for more government programs to help the poor
DON’T notice how much these programs actually benefit politically-connected hacks and crooks who are not poor

DO continuously harp on the main vice of capitalism, the unequal distribution of its benefits
DON’T ever mention the only virtue of socialism, the equal sharing of its miseries
NEVER even think about the fact that on the Progressive farm, some animals are more equal than others

Source: Jessica’s Well