Kaikoura, Te Wai Pounamu, Aotearoa (Kia Kaha, Aroha to all) Superthread

[Kieran McConville]

Done.

 

[Axver]

Oh ok, right. It is strange but there you go. Mine is my longrunning alter-ego and former and future US president Brett Nathaniel Brettison.

Motherfucker, that first name is a big reason why I don't use my real last name, because I am so sick of people calling me Brett. Especially since I've got to the point that I just smile and answer to it.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I'm Ian Ritchie. Page is @coolian2

Right-ho.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Motherfucker, that first name is a big reason why I don't use my real last name, because I am so sick of people calling me Brett. Especially since I've got to the point that I just smile and answer to it.

Pure coincidence. It started out as a parody of an upwardly mobile Amway guy and I wanted the most obnoxious name I could think of.

 

[coolian2]

Motherfucker, that first name is a big reason why I don't use my real last name, because I am so sick of people calling me Brett. Especially since I've got to the point that I just smile and answer to it.

"HI Ritchie...."


You must be fucking kidding me who the fuck and the rant goes on

 

[Axver]

Pure coincidence. It started out as a parody of an upwardly mobile Amway guy and I wanted the most obnoxious name I could think of.

Oh good this is pure Kieran, I am pleased.

 

[Axver]

"HI Ritchie...."


You must be fucking kidding me who the fuck and the rant goes on

Hahaha.

To be fair I work with a Richie.

I find it hard to really like him because he mumbles too much.

 

[coolian2]

Like at ANZ our email format was first name.last name@ANZ.com

You couldn't work out what the hell my name was? How fucktarded are you?

 

[coolian2]

Hahaha.

To be fair I work with a Richie.

I find it hard to really like him because he mumbles too much.

My last post was something I said in the office a lot. It was most fucking not mumbled

 

[Axver]

Like at ANZ our email format was first name.last name@ANZ.com

You couldn't work out what the hell my name was? How fucktarded are you?

My uni in theory has the format first initial dot last name. Problem is they're not at all consistent. Mine has my middle initials instead of the dot. One person I work with has just her initials, no name at all. A rare few have their first name and last initial. Thanks guys, this was meant to help us out.

 

[Axver]

My last post was something I said in the office a lot. It was most fucking not mumbled

It's actually funny, this Richie is universally adored by the women of the department and universally found boring as fuck by the men of the department.

Let's be honest, the greatest Ri(t)chie, first or last name, is Benaud.

 

[coolian2]

My uni in theory has the format first initial dot last name. Problem is they're not at all consistent. Mine has my middle initials instead of the dot. One person I work with has just her initials, no name at all. A rare few have their first name and last initial. Thanks guys, this was meant to help us out.

Brilliant. At least we've covered universities are actually stupid

 

[coolian2]

It's actually funny, this Richie is universally adored by the women of the department and universally found boring as fuck by the men of the department.

Let's be honest, the greatest Ri(t)chie, first or last name, is Benaud.

Well yeah on that spelling.

I'm awesome.

Okay I'm not but fake it until you make it.

 

[Axver]

Okay I'm not but fake it until you make it.

Basically my motto.

Hey it got me a postdoc.

 

[coolian2]

Also depending on pace I've changed my mind on thread location

 

[Axver]

Also depending on pace I've changed my mind on thread location

You didn't even clarify the first option!

 

[coolian2]

Basically my motto.

Hey it got me a postdoc.

It got me a training role at ANZ where these conversations happened, and this is word-for-word:

Her: I need help
Me: Sup babe, have you checked the page on the Intranet :feels smug:
Her: Oh it says this
Me: Fuck me! That's new :goes to computer and realises I've missed something:
Me: Well if you're going to be wrong, do it with total confidence

You have no idea how many newbies listened to me because I went to resting bitch face and pretend like I knew everything with confidence.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Has this thread ever been called Paris, Texas?

 

[coolian2]

You didn't even clarify the first option!

It was Tāmaki Makaurau, Te-Ika-a-Maui. But given we're respecting events lately, I was thinking Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

 

[Axver]

It got me a training role at ANZ where these conversations happened, and this is word-for-word:

Her: I need help
Me: Sup babe, have you checked the page on the Intranet :feels smug:
Her: Oh it says this
Me: Fuck me! That's new :goes to computer and realises I've missed something:
Me: Well if you're going to be wrong, do it with total confidence

You have no idea how many newbies listened to me because I went to resting bitch face and pretend like I knew everything with confidence.

Oh this isn't too dissimilar to tutorials.

Student: "Hey André, I was reading about Thing Ax Definitely Knows Nothing About, and I was wondering how did X, Y, and Z happen?"
Me out loud: "Oh yeah well..." ramble for two minutes "...and that's the point."
Me internally: "Gee in the end that actually cycled around to something that sounded smart and the student looks content. Phew. Still have no idea though."

 

[Axver]

Has this thread ever been called Paris, Texas?

As it happens, no. Not even Texas, Queensland.

 

[Axver]

It was Tāmaki Makaurau, Te-Ika-a-Maui. But given we're respecting events lately, I was thinking Chapecó, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

See I was thinking we need to use Ashley's discovery of Gnaw Bone, but here you are being all topical.

 

[coolian2]

As it happens, no. Not even Texas, Queensland.

How did we ever agree on Craggy Island?

 

[coolian2]

Oh this isn't too dissimilar to tutorials.

Student: "Hey André, I was reading about Thing Ax Definitely Knows Nothing About, and I was wondering how did X, Y, and Z happen?"
Me out loud: "Oh yeah well..." ramble for two minutes "...and that's the point."
Me internally: "Gee in the end that actually cycled around to something that sounded smart and the student looks content. Phew. Still have no idea though."

Ax/Ian: "I must check that later"

Later:

Ax/Ian internally: "I feel like I was going to do something" :cracks bottle open:

 

[coolian2]

I met one of my best friends teaching at ANZ. One day we took our break together and I told her I legitimately was making most of it up.

This continued when I got promoted and pulled her into my team.

Oddly, nobody has trusted me more, and she sometimes called me at home on my days off for my thoughts on messages she had to deal with.

 

[coolian2]

See I was thinking we need to use Ashley's discovery of Gnaw Bone, but here you are being all topical.

There's the off-chance we may have enough pace to actually be topical and/or funny!

 

[Axver]

Ax/Ian: "I must check that later"

Later:

Ax/Ian internally: "I feel like I was going to do something" :cracks bottle open:

Hahaha no shit.

Or the worse version: "there was something I was going to check before..."; ten minutes later somebody asks a question. "Oh shit, that's what I meant to check."

On the other hand I'm not sure the kids ever cottoned on to how little I knew about some weeks.

 

[Axver]

I met one of my best friends teaching at ANZ. One day we took our break together and I told her I legitimately was making most of it up.

This continued when I got promoted and pulled her into my team.

Oddly, nobody has trusted me more, and she sometimes called me at home on my days off for my thoughts on messages she had to deal with.

That moment when you think you know nothing about something but actually know a thing or two.

 

[Axver]

There's the off-chance we may have enough pace to actually be topical and/or funny!

Don't get ahead of yourself now, that hasn't been true for at least five or so years!

 

[coolian2]

Hahaha no shit.

Or the worse version: "there was something I was going to check before..."; ten minutes later somebody asks a question. "Oh shit, that's what I meant to check."

On the other hand I'm not sure the kids ever cottoned on to how little I knew about some weeks.

I think I got away with it because sometimes I'd just admit (in front of seriously important people in some cases) "I've got nothing, hold on a minute"

That meant when there was something I wasn't sure about but could bluff, they trusted me because I'd had to admit failure earlier.

Plus you know, when in doubt, be confident. It's not only effective, but if you have someone giggling behind you because you've given them the look, it's really funny when you go get an ice cream on lunch.