4/10

No one mistook him for the Great Pumpkin.

This is an outrage! I can’t believe the mascot sat around and did nothing about the kid who stabbed himself with scissors!

He should have immediately picked up the phone and called party city for decorations. Then he should have run to Home Depot to get materials to set up a fence, a tent and started a haunted house with a $5 admission. The kid could have been a center piece for the crazy profit haunted house, especially when he screams for help. Advertising would be near free by giving kids bags of candy to spread word.

@Anonymous: Your comment: 1/10.

@Annie: Wow, you mean you did photorealistic graphics in high school?

I don’t know what’s so funny about West Barefoot; Donnie asked me to put it in as a personal favor.

@Kate Dino: The Mass Managers program assured that I was thin instead of round.

@Q: You have impeccable taste.

@Allen: Aren’t you a programmer or something? The whole mantra of programming is laziness — you should be more understanding.

Or, I’m just jealous you thought of it first.

@Blunderprone: No kidding; if I were coated with all that B+ blood…*shiver*.

1. Allen posted the following on 3 November 2009 at 6:08 pm.

   Indeed, Laziness is one of the central tenets of programming. However, profitting from a bad situation is another tenet as well (i.e becoming a consultant, or adding time delay loops in order for “optimization” opportunities later on.)

   If you think about it… sometimes being lazy actually takes more work. The excuses and lies you need to make up to get out of doing something takes more time and energy than it does to actually do something. With that in mind, running to the store to set up a profitable event may actually take more work, but you can claim laziness in not having to save the kid AND make a quick buck. That meets two criteras for a programmer.

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   1. The Mascot posted the following on 4 November 2009 at 11:07 pm.

      You know what? I’m not some nerdy programmer. And you know what they say, “If you argue with a nerd, they’ll pretend to win with some obscure facts.” I’ll let Donnie field this.

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      1. Donnie posted the following on 5 November 2009 at 12:26 am.

         Allen’s reply is impeccable, Mascot. Don’t whine because you can’t win an argument on the Internet.

         Allen: A possible alternative is to “confess” to murdering the kid, assuring you free shelter and meals for the rest of your life.

         The downside is that it would take extra work to not become a victim of a prison gang.

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      2. Allen posted the following on 5 November 2009 at 9:57 am.

         Well, when you get tired of prison, you could always say your confession was a forced and coerced confession.

         Just hope they don’t send you to the electric chair for murdering a kid, in that case, the prison will be clamoring for fried eggs.

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      3. Donnie posted the following on 5 November 2009 at 11:56 pm.

         Don’t worry, they’ll use lethal injection. If the prisoners want to eat eggs filled with whatever sedative they stick in people, I suppose they are free to it.

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