Friday, January 6, 2006

What do first year Analysts do to break up the Monotony?

So while I was working on a couple of presentations, answering questions about resourcing, and trying to consolidate several cross reference tables (yes this is typically what I do all day) I had this conversation with the other analyst on my project. What was he doing? Creating a web portal for the clients eStore.

[15:15] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28733
[15:39] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): this article better bet sap related
[15:40] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): $10 per email... what a joke
[15:59] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): yeah well if it actually gets people to stop spamming... I'm happy.
[15:59] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): You know like 80% of spam originates in the US
[16:00] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): did you know there are 206 bones in the human body?
[16:02] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): An adult human cadaver head cut off around vertebra C3, with no hair, weighs somewhere between 4.5 and 5 kg, constituting around 8% of the whole body mass.
[16:05] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Michael Keaton's real name is actually Michael Douglas
[16:07] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): What is Michael Douglas' real name?
[16:07] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Michael Douglas
[16:08] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Astronauts can't burp in space
[16:08] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): hmmm... So there are two of them.... OR ARE THERE?
[16:08] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): The Germans purchase a lawn gnome on E-bay every 8 minutes on average
[16:09] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
[16:11] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): the sun is 23 126 400 000 inches across
[16:12] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
[16:18] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): The red baron was Manfred von Richthofen not the guy from the pizza box
[16:19] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): We have to start finding some new places these guys are bitching about our committee!
[16:23] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): 23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.
[16:26] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.
[16:28] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Darrin should be reminded of the EC wins. Such great accomplishments as:
[16:28] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Akhil's B-day Celebration
[16:29] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): That Mexican Place
[16:29] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Quaker Steak and Lube
[16:29] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): uh
[16:29] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): I suppose that’s it
[16:29] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): agreed... those were 3 home runs
[16:29] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): BDay was a grand slam
[16:30] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis):
Ventura County, California- Cats or dogs can't have sex without a permit.
[16:30] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): we found the strip clubs... but that’s like the underground EC
[16:30] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): yep
[16:30] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Chicago, Illinois- A hat pin is
onsidered a concealed weapon.
[16:31] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): There are as many chickens on this planet as humans.
[16:33] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas
[16:33] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): that is BS!
[16:34] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): A sneeze leaves your mouth a 100 miles per hour.
[16:34] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): In Connorsville, Wisconsin no man shall shoot off a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.
[16:34] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Toronto, Canada- It is illegal to ride a streetcar on Sunday after eating garlic.
[16:37] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Nearly 30% of female lottery winners hide their winning ticket in their bras.
[16:38] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Kentucky- It is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket.
[16:38] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): This conversation may be blogged!
[16:39] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): 99% of people cannot lick their elbow.
[16:39] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): damn i have been slacking on my reading of your site again
[16:40] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
[16:40] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Louisana- It is illegal to rob a bank, and then shoot the teller with a water pistol.
[16:41] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Idaho- It is forbidden by law for one citizen to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
[16:43] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): On Sunday, it is illegal to sell cornflakes in Columbus, Ohio
[16:43] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Somalia, Africa- It is illegal to carry old gum on the tip of you nose.
[16:44] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Billy goats urinate on their own heads to smell more attractive to females
[16:44] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): In ancient China, people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt
[16:46] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Miami, Florida- It is illegal for a man to wear a strapless gown
[16:47] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Connecticut- It is illegal to walk across the street on your hands.
[16:47] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): More than 6,000 people with pillow-related injuries check into U.S. emergency rooms every year
[16:49] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Unless you have a doctor's note, its illegal to buy ice cream after 6 p.m. in Newark, New Jersey.
[16:49] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): The first black surgeon to do open heart surgery was Dr. Daniel Hale Williams. In 1893
[16:49] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Thomas Crapper developed the flush toilet. In 1884, he simulated the materials a toilet would normally handle, to create "a super-flush which had completely cleared away: 10 apples, 1 flat sponge, 3 air vessels, Plumbers Smudge coated over the pan, 4 pieces of paper adhering closely to the soiled surface." A fantastic feat of flushing!
[16:49] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): In 1987 American Airlines saved $40,000 by eliminating one olive from its First Class salads.
[16:51] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): 160 cars can drive side by side on the Monumental Axis in Brazil, the world's widest road.
[16:51] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): Brazil was named after brazil nuts
[16:54] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): A LUMP OF PURE GOLD THE SIZE OF A MATCHBOOK CAN BE FLATTENED INTO A SHEET THE SIZE OF A TENNIS COURT
[16:55] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): AN OSTRICHES EYE IS BIGGER THAN ITS BRAIN
[16:55] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): DONALD DUCKS MIDDLE NAME IS FAUNTLEROY
[16:56] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): we will call this a darrin break
[16:57] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): yes
[17:01] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): if i ask darrin about goals do you want to hear what he has to say since its your first time too?
[17:03] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Sure why not.
[17:09] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): The octopus' testicles are located in its head
[17:12] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): A PREGNANT GOLDFISH IS CALLED A "TWIT"
[17:13] Smith, Michael S (US - Pittsburgh): i closed my random fact page...
[17:14] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): oh ok.
[17:14] GLAESER, MATHEW (US - Minneapolis): Later...

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