First of all, a less than stellar entry for "Inside the Saratogian Drop Box." A discarded pink lipstick/chapstick tube! This is from Monday (July 13).
Lipstick? I hope so. For some reasonthe word "suppository" popped into my
head when I first saw this.
Yet I still touched it. Blech.What's strange is that there was NO evidence of the lipstick/chapstick. Which is odd if someone happened to use up the last of it and decided to ditch the tube in the drop box while they strolled past. The only time I've come away with a completely empty tube of chapstick is when it accidentally went through the wash.
I'm far more careful with my lipstick (ba dum ching!).
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All kidding aside, and onto serious matters: The looming Potato Chip Wars.
You can research what that means at both this post by my colleague, Andrew J. Bernstein and the posts that started it all over at the blog of my other colleague, Mareesa Nicosia: click here for post 1 and click here for post 2.
I was so delighted by her title for that second post that I was inspired to create a new award.
I don't have any gold stars, but a Post-It note and some rudimentary ability with the scissors, and violá!
Mareesa can now attach the words"award-winning blogger" to her résumé.
4 comments:
Well Steve, your lipstick quip is funny, the fact that you thought the unidentified object in the drop box was a suppository but touched it anyway is even funnier.
The potato chip story is rather boring and irrelevant,you guys are losing your edge and reporting abilities, I know Mgt. sucks but thats no excuse.
I think Lipstick and Potato Chips is a good name for a poem, I think you should write it and read it at Lenas.
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see you there
I never said I actually THOUGHT it was a suppository. Just that the word popped into my head as a possible descriptor.
To the best of my recollection though, the "potato chip war" story hasn't appeared anywhere in print or the actual Saratogian news site; rather, it's been restricted to the blogs. Which is kind of the point of having them, I think.
YOU might think it's a boring or irrelevant story, but others in the community might not. In fact, I know one potato chip manufacturer who feels quite passionately about it...
Your statement that we're losing our edge and abilities implies we might of had some to begin with! (Ba Dum Ching!) Actually, I work with some very talented colleagues who bust their humps everyday. I've learned a lot from them all and I hope I contribute something of benefit to their efforts from time to time.
"Lipstick and Potato Chips" IS a good name for a poem — or an album. However, I'm neither poet nor a musician, so I think it best I spare the Lena's crowd my attempts.
Pretty sure that "lipstick" case at one time contained candy.
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