He'll be here all week

I've been trying to avoid complaining about work because when at work but not working, the last thing I want to think about is the job I'm not doing.

I just can't avoid it any longer

Whenever someone even remotely affiliated with authority walks into the office, my boss says really loudly, "Whoa [insert name] is here, every body make it look like you're working."

This makes all the underlings laugh -- five times a day, every day.

The irony of the joke is not lost on me, and I'm not just poo-pooing middle-aged humor. An ironic joke is really only amusing once. Repetition in humor can be done to great effect, but recycling jokes based on a leige-lord masquerading as a serf is just annoying.

Other one-liners beaten to death:

"You're confusing me with someone who knows what is going on."
"I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid."

Hmmmm, those're all that come to mind right now . . . but there will be more.

Oh yeah, he's the only Jewish person I've ever known who spends most of his time whistling




...Christmas tunes





...in the middle of summer

granted I don't know many jewish people.