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Ok, so my boss has asked me to give him timings on everything I do at work.  Easy enough, but I'm in a bit of a quandry as to what I should put down under a certain category.


You see, every time the new senior manager has a computer problem, whether it's a minor glitch, user error or major catastrophy, he calls out to me and says 'Can you come over here and help me...it'll only take a sec'.


Problem is, all of those 'secs' actually seem to take 'mins' or in one or two cases, 'hours'.  In fact I recall one that resulted in 'days'.


So what do I records these 'just a sec's as?  Should I record the individual 'sec' as just that... secs?  In which case, I'd say that I spend maybe a 'sec' or two a day sorting out the man's computer.  Or do I record the actual timings...  in which case, I suspect I will be recording more time than actually exists on this plane of existence.


I'm so confused



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A 'sec' is quite clearly Quantum.



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You may well think that, but given the focal point of the quantum deregulating adonisers, I think you'll find that the a 'sec' is, in fact unquantifiable and therefore not quantum at all!



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I guess you'll just have to declare it as an unknown variable in the space time continuum.

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Or a vacuum into which any amount of time can be poured to be lost forever?

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Put it under the Black Hole category, time is irrelevant

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Or the Bermuda Triangle cause things just disappear there.



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Cleaver thinking darling

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Cleaver as in meat cleaver???

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ssss..sorry


 


Clever



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Now I understand you, my love.


Maybe we could work on your spelling & punctuation over dinner???



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hmm...yeah I would love to :dinner:

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"Or a vacuum into which any amount of time can be poured to be lost forever?"

Hmmm.... I never thought to include Dyson's Cyclone Power theorem into the equation.  Or even Henry's Bagless Vacuum hypothesis.


I shall have to think sum more...



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Good plan, oh Masterful one.

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I know.  That's why I'm King.

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We bow meekly to your higher being in our humble servitude.

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Um.  Yeah.  Go on then.

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I assume that Sooty is bowing on behalf of all the Bored Boarders.  That's too much bow for one person.

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Susan could be our elected representative!

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Wow.  I have an official capacity: Board Bower.


I'm stunned.



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Congratulations darling


I'm sure you will do a fine job clap



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