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April 11, 2017

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (4/11/17) The Obligation Tour Edition

Quotes of The Day

Quote I

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. Thomas Sowell

Quote II

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.' Dave Barry

Quote III

Has anyone ever said, 'I wish I could go to more meetings today'? Matt Mullenweg

Quote IV

These two staples of work life - meetings and managers - are actually the greatest causes of work not getting done at the office. In fact, the further away you are from both meetings and managers, the more work gets done. Jason Fried

It's that time of year again.

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Well what did you expect?

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Obviously these folks have never been to the Upper Midwest, don'tcha know.

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Participating in the obligatory tour, the "Need Fuel Light" comes on. How far can you go?

United Airlines was right to remove the passenger.

United Airlines was wrong to remove the passenger.

It's you people who are wrong not the passenger or the airlines.

My boss doesn't understand my culture. This excuse will not be used for being late.

Are gun safetys 100% safe? Uh, hell no. Genius Award Winner.

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Tonight's ONT has been brought you by BINGO.

Notice: Posted with permission by AceCorp, LLC. Meeting ear-worm not included.

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