Mental Illness - Page 4

Gravdigr · 03-05-2012, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

pssssst. how much for the badger balls dude?

If you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Gravdigr · 03-05-2012, 05:00 PM

I gotta go.

'S coming up on powdered badger testicle time...

Clodfobble · 03-05-2012, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

I don't know if this applies, or even true, but we thought we saw it actually happen during business trips in several cities of Japan.

We were told that "after work" gatherings with the boss were part of normal business, and excess alcohol was permitted or encouraged because it permitted underlings to say all sorts of things to their overlings.

On a couple of occasions, I felt there was some "fake" drinking going on, followed by remarks to the boss that could have otherwise been career-enders.

Custom then required that nothing be remembered or amiss at work the next day. All was ignored on assumption that any improprieties were alcohol-induced.

I think it was a very good system for communication with the boss.

I have been told similar things by friends living and working in Japan. When your culture is cultishly devoted to "saving face," you have to have an outlet or nothing will ever get done.

HungLikeJesus · 03-05-2012, 06:38 PM

I used to work for Mazda, and I saw this happen on a few occasions.

Griff · 03-05-2012, 06:49 PM

I dunno how Japanese that custom is, same thing applied at GE BITD. The

was real though, no pretended intoxication.

ZenGum · 03-05-2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

They'd smoke powdered badger testicles if ya told 'em it was an aphrodisiac.

Undertoad · 03-09-2012, 02:56 PM

That's been the setup in all of Pennsylvania, for generations. Maybe you were in Delaware?

classicman · 03-09-2012, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

That's been the setup in all of Pennsylvania, for generations. Maybe you were in Delaware?

Def NOT DE. Md perhaps or that godforsaken state of NJ.

Spexxvet · 03-10-2012, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Def NOT DE. Md perhaps or that godforsaken state of NJ.

No gas station booze in NJ. I've seen that in MD.

infinite monkey · 03-09-2012, 03:00 PM

Or Ohio?

All us Merkins look alike.

limey · 03-10-2012, 11:12 AM

This has drifted a little, hasn't it

.
Here, my favourite off-licence (= liquor store) is also a petrol (=gas) station and DIY (Monster! Help! What's the American for DIY?!?!??) store.

HungLikeJesus · 03-10-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by limey

... DIY (Monster! Help! What's the American for DIY?!?!??) store.

You mean like a hardware or home-improvement store?

ZenGum · 03-10-2012, 04:56 PM

Here, hold my beer, watch this ... boom ... all in one store.

In the US, it would be a drive-thru.

wolf · 03-11-2012, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Here, hold my beer, watch this ... boom ... all in one store.

In the US, it would be a drive-thru.

I didn't used to be a drive-thru ...

Actually, there was a drive through beer distributor in one of the towns I lived in. You drove in, popped the trunk, told the guy what you wanted, they loaded the beer into the trunk (must not be accessible from the passenger compartment in Pennsy, you see), and handed the money out the window to the fellow.

limey · 03-11-2012, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

You mean like a hardware or home-improvement store?

That's the one!!

Sent by thought transference

03-05-2012, 05:00 PM	#2
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HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I used to work for Mazda, and I saw this happen on a few occasions. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-05-2012, 06:49 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I dunno how Japanese that custom is, same thing applied at GE BITD. The was real though, no pretended intoxication. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-10-2012, 11:12 AM	#11
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	This has drifted a little, hasn't it . Here, my favourite off-licence (= liquor store) is also a petrol (=gas) station and DIY (Monster! Help! What's the American for DIY?!?!??) store. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

03-10-2012, 04:56 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Here, hold my beer, watch this ... boom ... all in one store. In the US, it would be a drive-thru. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's been the setup in all of Pennsylvania, for generations. Maybe you were in Delaware?

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