Old stuff

Here are few tidbits that have been knocking around on my Palm for a while, without becoming anything really unified. Take 'em as they lie.

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Overheard in various parts of the world:
"We don't even have it hardly like we used to."
"low-flying fruit"
"She has the brain of a doughnut..."
"... And it's two o'clock in the morning, and I'm going, 'I don't even know what an algorithm is! ... I bought $500 worth of books, and they're all black and white pages, full of words and numbers ..." Graphic artist, overheard describing her one try at programming.
"I'll make you a leader if I have to kick your butt all over this church building!"

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Like Car Talk, here are some members of our staff:
Our Vietnamese - German - Afghan media critic: Hau Bohring Izzat
Our Mid-east anonymous restaurant reviewer Hassan al Reddy bin Deir
Out folk music expert, Fayaid Al' hammer
Our Pho chef, Breakfast Nguk
Our Sarbanes-Oxley compliance team is five guys named Donald: Don Aske, Don Telle, Don Geaudare, Don-Luke Tooclosely, and Don Wannaknow, with our deminutive French compliance officer, "Standards" Toulouse.
Our Portugese chef: Luca Howbeautiful
Our Recall coordinator: Dayall Doodat
Our Carburator technician: Norma-Lee Aspirated
Our Hot tub installer: Jacques Kuzzie

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