...The Squirrel

[WOPR]

-=What's YOUR best inside joke?=-

Alright fine I just remembered a story that I REALLY wanted to share

There were these jugglers (college jugglers) that were really really good
and every performance they would challenge the audience, having them bring up an item that weighs more then an ounce, not dangerous, and can fit in a shoebox

they would then juggle 5 items for 10 tosses

that said no one could ever beat their challenge

...then one day someone brought a tin squirrel nutcracker

and they lost to it

the rest of the show every time something went wrong they took a dramatic pose and said "The Squirrel"

it has stayed for years

 

[Drakmeire]

Tether Shoe:
when a tether-ball broke me and some friends decided to tie my shoe to the pole and play with that. I have big feet so many people were hit in the head. since then we use it like the Calvin and Hobbes noodle incident and whenever we hear a bad idea we say "It's tethershoe all over again"
I have another one, "Yeti" but it is too disturbing to bring up online and we all made a pact to never bring it up ever again

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Using Math:

Let's see if I still have the text from that hilarious trolling session my friend had with a librarian. I was a very amused observer.

Spoiler

Hello, party hat (No e-mail provided)

Chat Transcript: i am doing budget for my office and i was wondering how many post it notes i could buy with $2 million??

Qinqin@AskAway: Librarian 'Qinqin@AskAway' has joined the session.

Qinqin@AskAway: Hello and welcome to AskAway. I'm reading your question now, and I?ll get back to you in a moment ...

Qinqin@AskAway: hi thanks for the information. May I know if this is a real question for you work with the library or it is an assignment question?

party hat: well it is for an assignment, but the question was originally posed in my office at work

Qinqin@AskAway: oh really? that's a lot of money for post it notes. i'm just curious

Qinqin@AskAway: okay, for a math assignment?
party hat: yes

Qinqin@AskAway: well, it depends on what kind of post it notes you want to get? prices vary, right

party hat: i need the best kind available, my boss always complains about how his fall right off his computer, board, etc.

Qinqin@AskAway: do you know a brand name already?

Qinqin@AskAway: or the price range

party hat: i believe there is a company named post-it

Qinqin@AskAway: also do you want to buy them locally or you wanna import them

Qinqin@AskAway: right i think i know that

Qinqin@AskAway: so that is good enough..

party hat: i think with the amount we are buying they should be imported, there is only so much room in my geo metro

Qinqin@AskAway: okay here is their products' list *link snip*

Qinqin@AskAway: could you let me know which kind you are looking at

party hat: can you buy off their website?

party hat: i want the ultra, poptimistic, and you like pastel better or neon?

party hat: *do you like

Qinqin@AskAway: well it depends on the need at your work, i suppose

Qinqin@AskAway: you can try contacting them for procurement questions

party hat: is there anyway to just get blue?

Qinqin@AskAway: i'm sure they'd be happy to assist you with that, as it's gonna to be a big deal for them

Qinqin@AskAway: i'm sure the sales staff there will be able to answer this question.
party hat: one sec i have one of their reps on the phone

Qinqin@AskAway: sure

party hat: you still there?

party hat: i got in a minor argument with the rep, he was very rude, is there any other company that can assist us that still has the quality of post-it

party hat: he told me they didnt have JUST blue, and i became agitated since i was going to buy so much

Qinqin@AskAway: yes i'm here

Qinqin@AskAway: i can try to find other companies that are similar to Post-it. hold on

party hat: perfect, thank you

Qinqin@AskAway: this seems to be another brand that sells stick ynotes

Qinqin@AskAway: *link snip*

party hat: one sec i'm showing them to my boss

Qinqin@AskAway: you might want to look into it first to see if this is good enough

party hat: yeah he hates them

party hat: are there any beatles themed post-it notes out there, he and his wife love them

Qinqin@AskAway: i'm not sure..

party hat: okay never mind that then. hmm i'm in quite the pickle. let me call post-it back, hopefully i can get a different rep. one sec..

Qinqin@AskAway: yes please do that

Qinqin@AskAway: when you are back, may i know what course this is for

Qinqin@AskAway: thanks

party hat: okay i got a different rep and she says that they do have rolling stone themed post-its

party hat: i think im going to place an order, thank you for your help

Qinqin@AskAway: ok good to hear. you are welcome! good luck

party hat: the class is calculus 101, oh and one more question. the other part of my assignment is to look at the result of a large scale transaction spawning from a small day to day product.

Qinqin@AskAway: okay, any question about that?

party hat: how can spending a large amount on a remedial product benefit the office?

party hat: i have to prove it mathematically

Qinqin@AskAway: it sounds interesting. what you mean by benefitting the office? like being cost-effective and such?

party hat: right, like we take advantage of day to day products like post-it notes, but actually they are crucial to an office. so i have to prove that without something so seemingly insignificant an office would fall apart

party hat: using math <-- There's the inside joke XD

Qinqin@AskAway: sounds challenging.. see, the concept of an office falling apart is not abtract enough to be represented by math, at least it is the case to me

Qinqin@AskAway: i'm not sure how you can use math to prove that

party hat: well now you see my problem

Qinqin@AskAway: i might think you can find some related articles on that, but those are more general (social science etc)

Qinqin@AskAway: is that exactly what your assignment instruction say about

Qinqin@AskAway: maybe you can ask your instructor for clarification

party hat: i tried doing that a moment ago but got no reply, he was originally very vague

party hat: can you direct me to a page that may fit?

Qinqin@AskAway: well, i don't want to make any gueses that won't work down the road

party hat: i've been getting that answer from everybody and i'm stuck

party hat: there isn't anything you can do?

Qinqin@AskAway: i would like to help but the instruction is very vague and i don't want to be merely guessing here which might mislead you. sorry

party hat: fair enough

party hat: i also have another question that you may be able to help me with

party hat: its for a different class

Qinqin@AskAway: okay

party hat: its a psychology course. hypothetically if a guy and his girlfriend are both cheating at the same time is it legitimate for either party to get jealous

Qinqin@AskAway: is it for a psychology class? may i ask if you have used any of the databases for research before?

party hat: thanks for all the help, but i was too embarrassed to ask the last question in reference to my own life

Qinqin@AskAway: okay this database might direct you to some articles *link snip*

Qinqin@AskAway: do you want to try to connect?

party hat: like personally?

Qinqin@AskAway: i mean can you access to the database so that you can do some searching ther

party hat: oh i'll take a look

Qinqin@AskAway: or may i transfer you to one of my colleagues who can help you from here? let me know. thanks

party hat: sure that'd be great please transfer me!

Qinqin@AskAway: okay, please hold on

The librarian must have been legally obligated to stay and answer questions. I don't know but if someone named "Party Hat" started asking about... It was hilarious, you had to be there XD

 

[FalloutJack]

Okay, I got one.

This happened at a convention, in fact it was the first time going to said convention. Four guys are sitting at a hotel lobby table one night, talking and laughing. One of them goes then goes into a Richard Jeni bit...

"And what's with the name 'I can't believe it's not butter!'? You could call anything 'I can't believe it's not butter!' if you're stupid enough. You're in K-Mart looking at lawn furnature...
Person1: "i can't believe it's not butter!"
Person2:"It's lawn furnature."
Person1:"I know, I was expecting butter.""
"~Richard Jeni.

And suddenly it is decided among the four that this should be a joke among them, to proclaim - on occasion - that something is not butter, for someone else to say what it IS, and then for the first person to go "I know, I was expecting butter.".