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In honor of the rise in zombie movies of late, you should include:
undeadline: Where your boss, who may or may not be a zombie, extends
your deadline for a week.
Chris
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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:41 AM
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Subject: Friday humor (OT): deadlines -- was Re: Too old?
Too old? That's what I keep wondering about myself 8^).
On a different note, deadlines came up in a discussion I was having with
someone earlier today, and for whatever reasons, I started wondering
about
how many ways the word "deadline" might be defined. Here's a few from
my
list:
a thin filament of nylon line with a baited, attached hook, used to
catch
fish, that's been placed in a natural body of water for an extended
period
of time without a nibble. Sometimes occurs after not meeting a
deliverable
date at work by the end of the week.
a line of once living creatures, no longer living.
a line of customers and their shopping carts waiting to be checked out
at
the cash register counter at a supermarket.
the lines under one's eyes when waking up in the morning after a late
night
date with Tom Waits and a bottle of Jack.
an attempted telephone connection that seems to go nowhere.
a telephone connection that did go somewhere but, because of a less than
favorable response, was prematurely terminated.
Anyone got any others?
jan
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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 12:09 PM
Subject: Too old?
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