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I'm so shallow, A new T-Shirt makes me happy

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(idea) by dizzy (2.7 y) (print)   ?   1 C! I like it! Fri Jun 16 2000 at 14:10:27

My mood has been getting worse all morning. (see The Joy of Being a Technician)

So, imagine my delight when a package arrives for me. The rumour of a delivery spreads meme-like across the department. Engineers of all shapes and sizes pop their heads above cupboards and partitions. I am a little scared of this new arrival, who knows what the package will contain. Some Engineers look jealous - why should a lowly technician receive a gift? Who loves dizzy enough that they would send him a present? Others look like they want to high five me and say things like "Well done mate!", or "Some of that, eh? Nudge Nudge, say no more!" Suddenly, because I have a non-spam package, I am a Sexual God.

I am dizzy's sense of trepidation.

I make my way to the Post Room, and ask the Post Guy for my package. "Oh, you mean the T-Shirts" He says. T-Shirts? I got all worked up about some Clothing?. I thank him, and wander back across the building to my desk, pausing briefly to wonder how he knew that there were T-Shirts in the package. (there's a customs sticker which states the contents) When I get back to my desk, I open the package. Some engineers try not to look too interested, while others nonchalantly stroll past my desk just as I'm opening the package. Inside are 3 T-Shirts from copyleft.net, which I had forgotten ordering. "T-Shirts?" asks an engineer. I feel like saying, "Yeah, my Girlfriend, who coincidentally looks just like Sandra Bullock and has many Bisexual close girlfriends, sent them". But I don't, I am admiring my new possessions:

  • A T-Shirt with "damn recursion" and several T-Shirts displayed within each other
  • A green T-Shirt with <body> on the front and </body> on the back.
  • A blue T-Shirt with a reversed copyright symbol on the front - copyleft, get it?

Yes, my happiness (and maybe loyalty or love) can be bought with a handful of T-Shirts


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The joy of Being a Technician Things that people do more over and over that I haven't even done once Antigravity boobs Blank T-Shirt Rebel
The girl on the train copyleft Did you mean for it to look like this? Should I be happy?
Annoying Things Heard at Funerals copious free time What do girls think about guys when they catch guys staring at their breasts, but the guy is actually trying to read her shirt? emergency telephone numbers
Cooking with Maximum Power shallow You make that sound like a bad thing tautomycin
Having the courage to be an absolute nobody The room labeled "Leave your bullshit at the door" GSF January 9, 2002
genre Jason X psychopath What I deduced from his reading matter
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