Twenty Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

[paul wheaton]

(got this in my e-mail and wanted to share ...)

>
> Twenty Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity
>
> 1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With
> Sunglasses on and Point A Hair Dryer At Passing Cars.
>
> 2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise your Voice.
>
> 3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with
> That.
>
> 4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In".
>
> 5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over
> Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.
>
> 6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Sexual Favors"
>
> 7. Finish all Your Sentences With "In Accordance With The Prophecy."
>
> 8 dont use any punctuation
>
> 9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
>
> 11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."
>
> 12. Sing Along At The Opera.
>
> 13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme
>
> 14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All
> Day.
>
> 17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"
>
> 18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling
> "Run
> For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"
>
> 19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The
> Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."
>
>
>
>
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>
>

[Scott Selikoff]

Originally posted by Paul Wheaton:
5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.

Oh, that's sooo mean... I gotta try that.

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

i am immediately implementing every one of these suggestions in accordance with the prophecy

[Ulf Dittmer]

and finally...

20. Make a list labelled "20 ways ...", include just 19 items, and post it to a forum where geeks hang out
[ November 29, 2005: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[Ben Souther]

Originally posted by Ulf Dittmer:
and finally...

20. Make a list labelled "20 ways ...", include just 19 items, and post it to a forum where geeks hang out

[ November 29, 2005: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

Yea, where's the zero-th entry?

[Jim Yingst]

Ben: I knew I wasn't the only one to check that!

[EFH]: i am immediately implementing every one of these suggestions in accordance with the prophecy

Wait, I thought that already happened, didn't it? Hmmm... my memories of this time period are vague at best; I must have gotten confused again.

By the way, Paul: watch out for that woman in the green coat at the restaurant bar this evening. Don't stop to talk - just keep on walking. Trust me.
[ November 29, 2005: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]