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My boyfriend's friend's friend's boyfriend to his boss:
“I really am trying to see things from your point of view, but I just can't stick my head that far up my ass.”
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Ohhhh Good one. I'm going to have to remember that as an anti-heckle on my stand-up comedy night on March 30th.
A classmate back in Uni, when asked at an interview what his greatest weakness was:
“Kryptonite?”
Suw, now I know exactly the right retort for those meetings at work where folks are being foolish AND stubborn about what they're trying to accomplish. 🙂 Awesome.
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