Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad - Page 13

CommanderRaytas · January 13 2013, 07:50 PM

SmoothieX wrote:

You're going about it all wrong.

Bring some food in, lace it with laxative or habanero extract sauce. I think you'll figure out who the culprit is, not to mention your food will be safe going forward.

NEFARIOUS....

... but amusing. I shall consider trying it out.

Mr. Laser Beam · January 13 2013, 07:54 PM

I always start my shift at 6:30 AM before most of my coworkers. So if I tried that, I'd get sussed out pretty quick...

CommanderRaytas · January 13 2013, 08:04 PM

Just hide the poison of your choice in someone else's bag and let them take the fall.

...and I thought keeping other people's books was teh evulz....

Gary7 · January 13 2013, 09:46 PM

CommanderRaytas wrote:

I have a tendency to borrow books from people and then move to a new city / country / continent without giving them back. I don't even do it on purpose, I just forget about it until it's too late.

There's a trick to that. Take a Post-It and write their name on it, then stick it in the front page of the book, sticking out just slightly at the top. That way you can easily know "this is a borrowed book" and then open it to find who it belongs to.

Finn · January 14 2013, 01:57 AM

^Unless one has a good number of books with stickies, tabs, etc.... I have a few myself

Not to mention it would be moot if the sticky is out of view (many stack their books, with the top of the book facing the back of the bookcase, etc)

SmoothieX · January 14 2013, 06:25 AM

CommanderRaytas wrote:

SmoothieX wrote:

You're going about it all wrong.

Bring some food in, lace it with laxative or habanero extract sauce. I think you'll figure out who the culprit is, not to mention your food will be safe going forward.

NEFARIOUS....

... but amusing. I shall consider trying it out.

We have an old saying in Delta House: don't get mad, get even.

Owain Taggart · January 14 2013, 08:41 AM

teacake wrote:

I love salty licorice. And spunk here means moxie not jizz. All three of those make good candy/soda names

There actually is a soft drink called Moxie in the U.S, but it's pretty nasty. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

CommanderRaytas · January 14 2013, 10:58 AM

The sticky notes thing might work, however I am prone to attach a lot of those to the books that belong to me, too...you know, to mark pages and passages that seem important, or that I'll need to remember for my research....

I should make lists. Seriously, people never ask for their stuff back, and from time to time I find myself on a different continent entirely, picking up a book and wondering "when the hell did I buy this one?" Sigh.

Relayer1 · January 14 2013, 04:01 PM

Spooge.

I really am going to have to stop doing that...

OmahaStar · January 14 2013, 05:15 PM

CommanderRaytas wrote:

The sticky notes thing might work, however I am prone to attach a lot of those to the books that belong to me, too...you know, to mark pages and passages that seem important, or that I'll need to remember for my research....

I should make lists. Seriously, people never ask for their stuff back, and from time to time I find myself on a different continent entirely, picking up a book and wondering "when the hell did I buy this one?" Sigh.

Would it help to use sticky notes with another color? Say, purple if it's borrowed from somebody else? And then you know right away, if it's purple, it's not yours. Green, yellow, pink, orange, and blue for your research/other stuff.

CommanderRaytas · January 14 2013, 07:40 PM

I'm gonna have to try this.... I think that, at any given time, I've got at least 10 books that belong to other people in my possession.

Sorting it out by sticking purple notes on the ones I remember having borrowed might do the trick. Or maybe a colour I hate, like orange.

Gary7 · January 15 2013, 12:13 AM

^ Yeah, devote one specific stickie note color for the purpose. Also, you can use those short ones that work so well for bookmarks. Just make it so that if there's one on the first page in your color of choice, you know right away that it's a borrowed book.

teacake · January 15 2013, 08:09 AM

Owain Taggart wrote:

teacake wrote:

I love salty licorice. And spunk here means moxie not jizz. All three of those make good candy/soda names

There actually is a soft drink called Moxie in the U.S, but it's pretty nasty. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Yah I know, I've had it. The describing word comes from the product. I don't recall what it was like though.

CommanderRaytas · January 15 2013, 06:13 PM

Gary7 wrote:

^ Yeah, devote one specific stickie note color for the purpose. Also, you can use those short ones that work so well for bookmarks. Just make it so that if there's one on the first page in your color of choice, you know right away that it's a borrowed book.

You know what? I'm gonna go buy multi-coloured sticky notes tomorrow and set myself to the task of sorting out my library this weekend.

It will require some hard thinking, as some books have been in my possession so long, I don't even remember borrowing them...

Owain Taggart · January 15 2013, 10:23 PM

teacake wrote:

Owain Taggart wrote:

teacake wrote:

I love salty licorice. And spunk here means moxie not jizz. All three of those make good candy/soda names

There actually is a soft drink called Moxie in the U.S, but it's pretty nasty. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Yah I know, I've had it. The describing word comes from the product. I don't recall what it was like though.

Quite medicinal, as it was in fact a tonic before it became a soft drink. Has this medicinal aftertaste to it due to the root they use. Definitely takes moxie to drink it

January 13 2013, 07:54 PM	#182
Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Location: The visitor's bullpen	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad I always start my shift at 6:30 AM before most of my coworkers. So if I tried that, I'd get sussed out pretty quick... __________________ It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

January 13 2013, 08:04 PM	#183
CommanderRaytas Rear Admiral Location: Woobie, destroyer of worlds	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad Just hide the poison of your choice in someone else's bag and let them take the fall. ...and I thought keeping other people's books was teh evulz.... __________________ I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart. —The Gunslinger's Creed, The Dark Tower It was a nice day ... AND THEN EVIL CAME!— The Collected Works of Stephen King, condensed version

January 14 2013, 01:57 AM	#185
Finn Vice Admiral Location: West of Boston	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad ^Unless one has a good number of books with stickies, tabs, etc.... I have a few myself Not to mention it would be moot if the sticky is out of view (many stack their books, with the top of the book facing the back of the bookcase, etc)

January 14 2013, 10:58 AM	#188
CommanderRaytas Rear Admiral Location: Woobie, destroyer of worlds	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad The sticky notes thing might work, however I am prone to attach a lot of those to the books that belong to me, too...you know, to mark pages and passages that seem important, or that I'll need to remember for my research.... I should make lists. Seriously, people never ask for their stuff back, and from time to time I find myself on a different continent entirely, picking up a book and wondering "when the hell did I buy this one?" Sigh. __________________ I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart. —The Gunslinger's Creed, The Dark Tower It was a nice day ... AND THEN EVIL CAME!— The Collected Works of Stephen King, condensed version

January 14 2013, 04:01 PM	#189
Relayer1 Fleet Captain Location: The Black Country, England	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad Spooge. I really am going to have to stop doing that... __________________ Soon oh soon the light, Pass within and soothe this endless night, And wait here for you, Our reason to be here...

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January 14 2013, 07:40 PM	#191
CommanderRaytas Rear Admiral Location: Woobie, destroyer of worlds	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad I'm gonna have to try this.... I think that, at any given time, I've got at least 10 books that belong to other people in my possession. Sorting it out by sticking purple notes on the ones I remember having borrowed might do the trick. Or maybe a colour I hate, like orange. __________________ I do not kill with my gun. He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart. —The Gunslinger's Creed, The Dark Tower It was a nice day ... AND THEN EVIL CAME!— The Collected Works of Stephen King, condensed version

January 15 2013, 12:13 AM	#192
Gary7 Rear Admiral Location: Near Manhattan ··· in an alternate reality	Re: Confessions: You do it and you know it is bad ^ Yeah, devote one specific stickie note color for the purpose. Also, you can use those short ones that work so well for bookmarks. Just make it so that if there's one on the first page in your color of choice, you know right away that it's a borrowed book. __________________ Remembering Ensign Mallory.