Who's On First

I've always been a big fan of Abbot and Costello's routine "Who's on First". The complete episode of that particular radio show is full of great puns and misunderstandings.

Salesman: This bat was made for Slaughter.
Costello: Ain't you got one that was made for baseball?

But the primary routine is amazing. The timing and the lines. I can remember two guys in middle school translating and performing the whole skit in Spanish. One of my favorite Animaniacs skits is Slappy and Skippy doing "Who's on Stage?"



Then today I found a list of variations of "Who's on First?".



First is the grammarians version.



And then the Shakespearean version. I would love to see this performed at a Renaissance Faire.

It's That Time Again...

Yes, I do mean the end of the year, and not time to consult the Wheel of Morality.

Wheel of Morality,
Turn, Turn, Turn.
Tel us the lesson
That we should learn.

Actually, it's time for training refreshers...

yay.

So today started with a two hour refresher on the Smith Driver Training. This is all about awareness of your surroundings. Then we supervisors had a two and a half hour training on Sexual Harassment...

Awareness!

Sorry, Sexual Harassment Awareness. And it was as bad as it sounds. it could have been an hour, but the phrases were boringly repeated over and over.

It's actually more than sexual harassment awareness, but the other "protected classes" are simply listed while all of the examples are based around sexual harassment.

I started to ponder if "protected classes" included clerics and druids, but no one was around me who would have gotten the joke, so i didn't even get to say it. There is a disturbing lack of table-top RPG geeks in my office.

And then after a brief respite back in my office (isn't that a horrible thing to say?), we returned to the conference room for the monthly staff meeting.

The good part is tomorrow is the company Christmas/Holiday party. Reviews to follow.