Nobody understands me.
Jul. 23rd, 2008 04:46 pm(This is not the post with pictures, sorry.)
I have a little fake lava lamp full of glitter on my desk. It's company swag. Its light is broken. A coworker just came by and tried to make it go. I explained that it was broken as of two days ago when I accidentally knocked it on the floor.
Me: "Yeah, I'm thinking of opening it up with a screwdriver and seeing if there's a loose wire or something I can fix. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"
CW: ... (Obviously thinks it's slightly odd that I'd disassemble it, does NOT take the bait of the last line. Fine. I will.)
Me: "Now that I've said that, of course, it'll turn out that opening it up will open a dimensional gateway or something. Oh, well, I'll still risk it."
CW: ... "Maybe it'll be a... happy dimension?" (Ah good, now we're on the same page.)
Me: "Could be! Unlikely, though. But then, opening dimensional rifts seems to be a good way to get exciting television characters to show up and try to fix them, so I could get an adventure out of it."
CW: ...
Me: "Never mind."
I have a little fake lava lamp full of glitter on my desk. It's company swag. Its light is broken. A coworker just came by and tried to make it go. I explained that it was broken as of two days ago when I accidentally knocked it on the floor.
Me: "Yeah, I'm thinking of opening it up with a screwdriver and seeing if there's a loose wire or something I can fix. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?"
CW: ... (Obviously thinks it's slightly odd that I'd disassemble it, does NOT take the bait of the last line. Fine. I will.)
Me: "Now that I've said that, of course, it'll turn out that opening it up will open a dimensional gateway or something. Oh, well, I'll still risk it."
CW: ... "Maybe it'll be a... happy dimension?" (Ah good, now we're on the same page.)
Me: "Could be! Unlikely, though. But then, opening dimensional rifts seems to be a good way to get exciting television characters to show up and try to fix them, so I could get an adventure out of it."
CW: ...
Me: "Never mind."