Have a Blessed day
ok.
I'm gonna eat strawberry fruit bars till I poop red.
you can't stop me.
Jim just LOVES Him some Mondays Don't he !!
that's not Bless-edd
that's Bless'd ...one syllable
and fuck you some more
Well it looks like someone's got his cranky pants on today doesn't it. lol
i knew it was coming...at the end of the voicemail message.
i'll be glad to get back to you at my earliest convenience....have a blessed day.
I don't know if it was a subliminal memory from the last time i called her 6 months ago, or just the tone of voice she speaks in......but i knew it was coming.
She's a nutbar holy roller that I had to spend over an hour with signing her deal, and closing her on the warranty and gap.....and made nearly nothing for my effort. She selfishly read every document as though I had invented them all specifically for her and had surely hidden some clause in there which had her promising to have vigorous anal sex with all of the mechanics twice a week for the next 6 years. The whole time, I knew that she was looking at the words, and understanding nothing.....just appearing to read them...because she is a teacher and she was taught that you should always read every thing you sign no matter what. I don't know what the hell she wants from me but I've been playing phone tag with her all day trying to return her lousy call....and every time I have to hear that shit. blessed day. eat a dick
have a blessed dick
I had a sales rep that sent out a bulk email to 2000, yep two thousand prospects and clients that said " A Merry Christmas and blessed wish for the new year. I personally fielded at least a dozen people who were PISSED.
i have caller ID....i'm not answering when she calls back. I wanna see how long I can avoid her...while appearing to be trying to reach her.
ha....i just 'missed' her call.....
her message:
she has a meeting now....ha ha ha.....she'll try me again tomorrow...ha ha ha
it's SO funny!
bless these
I HATE that, when people foist their 'blessed day' on me. (I just thought Jim was being his usual non-sequitor self up there, but NOW....)
I truly do; I am not being sarcastic. I want to punch their stupid face. It usually means they are the worst kind of (place religion *here*) that there is. They're usually judgmental fukkers.
I think the appropriate response would be "Shalom," or something - "the Goddess be with you", etc. :mad:
Would someone kindly explain what the fuck a blessed day is exactly?
Seriously - what the hell is it? Get that dingbat on the phone and tell her Beestie wants to know exactly what in the flying fuck a blessed day is.
And it better make sense.
Don't make me channel George Carlin on her ass.
Sigh... Beestie, Beestie, Beestie.... I'll pray for you. But not for Jim and Brianna, they're obviously going to hell no matter what.
HABD Helicopter Aircrew Breathing Device
HABD Hot Axle Box Detector
HABD Have A Blessed Day
Ojala que tienes una dia bendita.
ha, ha, ha, read this one:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/72806My MIL leaves long, rambling, slowly spoken incoherent gibberish involving blessed nouns, adverbs, and adjectives. And she pronounces her Rs like Ws "Bwed" for bread.
I actually have no idea what her messages are about anymore, I just skip them and tell my wife.
Oh jim, dear jim - just send her an email with a link to the "fuck you" thread. that or spam rick roll her a couple dozen times. That outta do it.
Mor
http://hubpages.com/hub/What-If-I-Dont-WANT-To-Have-A-Blessed-Day
http://matthaber.com/b2evolution/blog5.php/2008/05/21/have-a-blessed-day
This is pretty funny. We have a lot of people around here say it. I see it more at work than anywhere else. I think I am going to start to tell people "Shine on you crazy diamond" and see what happens. I could start a new movement, or maybe a new religion.
/me runs to erase offensive answering machine greeting recording instead at the end ...
EABD
I've been hearing 'have a blessed day' a lot lately here, too. I thought it was the, uh, culture change.
I wish, just once, a student would end our conversation with "you've been very helpful. Have a great fucking day!"
and wouldn't we all rather have a great Fucking day?
or, possibly, that thing with the vigorous anal sex, but I won't push it . . .
"Shine on you crazy diamond" and see what happens. I could start a new movement, or maybe a new religion.
I'd join.
To get out of jury duty, I end all of my replies with "as it is written in the Prophecy."
day two:
oh, look at that. I missed her call again.
this time, the message gives some indication about the nature of her need. She wants to ask me about refinancing her loan to get a lower monthly payment.
.....time goes by.....
I called her back, and she answered on the first ring.
..answered her questions.....told her i can't re fi her...she has to go do that on her own....
oh well.....that's that then.
In French, "blesser" (BLESS-say) means "to wound".
"Vous me blessez" (Voo meh BLESS-say) = You hurt me
ironic, non?
no....we speak English
no irony involved. just arrogance and stupidity trying to foist itself off as being intellectual.
..answered her questions.....told her i can't re fi her...she has to go do that on her own....
so does it still qualify as a blessed day if she has to do it on her own? or does it now revert to a 'fuck-ed day' - ?
How dare you.
Oh, I dare, sir.
I do dare.
Indeed I do.
dare.
sir
so does it still qualify as a blessed day if she has to do it on her own? or does it now revert to a 'fuck-ed day' - ?
That's a great point. I mean you might presume that this saying is offered in a spirit of generosity. However, specifying that any one particular day should be blessed implies that at least some of the other days were NOT blessed. And, to my way of thinking, that kind of contradicts the concept of infinite grace and mercy. "Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God, except on those days that aren't blessed. Then you're just fucked all to hell."
If she has blessings to bestow, perhaps she could bless me.
What's that?
I'm already blessed with beauty, brains and boobies?
You're right.
She can stick her spiritual sort of blessings up her blessed arse.
I believe someone said "forgive 70 times unto 7" so that equal to 490 times to be forgiven. I probably ran out of forgiveness in my mid-twenties.
anyway - have a blessed day.
I've been hearing 'have a blessed day' a lot lately here, too. I thought it was the, uh, culture change.
I wish, just once, a student would end our conversation with "you've been very helpful. Have a great fucking day!"
You should come and work over here. No one says have a blessed day. lol They might not tell you to have a great day, but you're almost certain to get a 'fuck' in there somewhere. ;)
Would you have felt better, LJ, if she'd said "Blessed be"?
At least you'd have known she was a Pagan. Of course, Pagans virtually never say anything like that to someone unless they know them to be Pagan.
Pagans are the worst proselytizers on the planet. This is probably due to the fact that we don't get J&C Salvation Stamps with each blessing.
What's that?
I'm already blessed with beauty, brains and boobies?
Sweetie, if you were any more blessed with those things, you'd be required to start your own religion.
You should come and work over here. No one says have a blessed day. lol They might not tell you to have a great day, but you're almost certain to get a 'fuck' in there somewhere. ;)
And dammit, that's how it should be. :p
Would you have felt better, LJ, if she'd said "Blessed be"?
I guess the issue I have with it is the obvious assumption that it's acceptable for her to dump her religiosity in my(everyone's) lap on her business voice-mail message. And the rest of the message sounds as though she is either aping other professional sounding messages she's heard, or she's reading it out of a handbook of some sort. And the whole time you can hear it building....to that.......have a blessed day bit.
I'm fucking tempted to post her phone number so you can hear it yourself.
PM me. damn.
Oh, hey, I hate that shit, too. I wasn't disagreeing with you at all.
The best thought I can come up with in these cases is something like, "At least she didn't tell me to go fuck myself".
The best thought I can come up with in these cases is something like, "At least she didn't tell me to go fuck myself".
Yeah, but somehow "go fuck yourself!" sounds more sincere than "have a blessed day!" Blessed by what, exactly? That persons vengeful god? Their sick sense of superiority?
Don't mind me, kids. I've got my cynical shoes on.
Oh, what color are they? Jade!
Would someone kindly explain what the fuck a blessed day is exactly?
.
You get blessed a lot when suffering from seasonal allergies... not something I'd wish on most people, though
Would someone kindly explain what the fuck a blessed day is exactly?
It's when the saints name is in red on the calender.
New Orleans football calendar?
Assuming that the woman is not a hypocrite, believes in someone/something with the power to bless, and wants you to have this blessing, I can't see why anyone would be offended.
Is it that it comes in a religious context? Can't you accept it in the spirit it is given? Should anyone here be offended when Jim uses 'cock' in a message? Doesn't he expect us to take it in the spirit it was intended?
I don't understand all this anger over something that seems well-intentioned.
I am a cynical jade. The "blessed day" smacks of Christianity to me.
Call me what you will but I am nothing if not sincere when I curse you. (and, truly I say, I curse none)
I just don't want a certain diety's blessing...so shoot me. or hang me...or make me do the "if she weighs the same as a duck..." thing.
oh, I WISH i weighed the same as a duck....
eta: when jim uses 'cock' in a message, i know he REALLY means it. saying "have a blessed day" is like saying "have a good day!"
cliche, cliche, cliche, and LAZY. Like, "I'm all saved and good and going to heaven and shit coz I blessed everyone!"
yeah. some people don't NEED blessings. they need something else.
I don't really mind it. I said once that I never understood people who would get mad if someone told them to "have a nice day." They'd say "don't tell ME what kind of day to have!" It's just someone being polite, in their way. A little more "nice" never hurt anyone. Also, I think in jim's situation, she's annoying in WAY more ways than that, "blessed" is just the topper.
However, as I said, I just wish someone would tell me to "have a fucking awesome damn day, dude!"
shawnee- your brain has obviously been rattled by too many shiny bracelets that tinkle/tinkle/tinkle in the office sprinkle.
and have a fucking awesome fucking fuck fuck day! DUDE!
PS - i WILL find the blessed cat who is using a non-authorized area for litter and then BLESS said cat all the way to Philly - so mote it be.
shawnee- your brain has obviously been rattled by too many shiny bracelets that tinkle/tinkle/tinkle in the office sprinkle.
and have a fucking awesome fucking fuck fuck day! DUDE!
:lol: I don't doubt that! It's madness! Oh, and guys, secure your change in your pockets: I don't want to visualize what it's clanging up against.
shawnee--do NOT go soft on me.
keep the non-faith, chick.
kick their blessed ass.
I think next time, after they have told me to get blessed, I will start screaming as loud as I can "FUCKKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUU....HAVE A FUCK-ED DAY YA FUCKING FREAK."
Then I'll laugh, and the lady on the phone will laugh, and my office mates will laugh, and the director will laugh, and campus police will laugh, we'll all just laugh and laugh. :lol:
PS - i WILL find the blessed cat who is using a non-authorized area for litter and then BLESS said cat all the way to Philly - so mote it be.
Philly?? Wait, what did we ever do to you??
She just knows that we're all blessed to live in this area.
I am a cynical jade. The "blessed day" smacks of Christianity to me.
I agree - probably a Christian.
What I'm hearing in the rest of that is - "She is a Christian and therefore a hypocrite."
I have prayed several times for your sake, Bri. Does that make me a hypocrite too?
I have prayed several times for your sake, Bri. Does that make me a hypocrite too?
... and me?
When people say things like that I chalk it up to a communication style and move on. I have several "Born again" clients who repeatedly ask me about being saved and all that. I politely shrug it off and go about gently changing the subject. To each his own and all.
You reminded me of this exchange from
The Good Girl:
Corny: You got any interest in reading the Bible?
Justine: I have my own, you know, beliefs.
Corny: Well, we don't preach fire and brimstone. 10 Commandments, gotta live by those. Other than the usual ways, we're not interested in scaring people. We're about loving Jesus.
Justine: Mm-hmm. Yeah, I kind of like my nights to myself.
Corny: Well, maybe you'll have night after night of eternal hellfire all to yourself. Just kidding you. Drive safe. Bye-bye
I must admit, I'm with Dar on this one. Either it's just something she says in which case maybe after a bit it grates a little...but not exactly maddening. Maybe she actually means it...in which case that's quite a nice thing to wish on you. I know it's an awful assumption on her part, that you would relate to 'blessings' the way she does, but there are worse crimes than not seeing the world the way others do.
She doesn't say who is doing the blessing... give her points for that at least.
Assuming that the woman is not a hypocrite, believes in someone/something with the power to bless, and wants you to have this blessing, I can't see why anyone would be offended.
Is it that it comes in a religious context? Can't you accept it in the spirit it is given? Should anyone here be offended when Jim uses 'cock' in a message? Doesn't he expect us to take it in the spirit it was intended?
I don't understand all this anger over something that seems well-intentioned.
maybe we should pray that one day you'll be blessed with a functional sense of humor, you hater cock.
maybe we should pray that one day you'll be blessed with a functional sense of humor, you hater cock.
What are you on about?
There's a guy who sells newspapers at the metro station by my office. He makes eye contact with everyone who gets off the escalator each morning and says "have a blessed day' at first it didn't bug me, but after a while it became incredibly annoying. I actually used to get pissed off as I started to approach the escalator and knew what was coming.
It seems to me that if you routinely bless everyone you come across each day, it ceases to have any meaning. It's a holier than thou, almost hypocritical, move. Insincere. You shouldn't bless anyone unless they want to be blessed. Feel free to pray for them to yourself if you want, but don't try to get credit for it by telling them about it unless you know they would want to hear it.
What are you on about?
I'm on about you being an hater.
you do this all the time. I say something that is meant to be funny....in my own particular idiom of over the top spazzing out way.....
and you stroll by and take it seriously as though i am 100% serious or ACTUALLY angry in real life about whatever it is....and then you climb up on your high horse and pass judgment on me and anyone else that has been seen in my company.
I expect that you prod me specifically because you enjoy my reactions. a little trollish of you, I think. why don't you stop it?
Speaking of blessings, I remember when I used to go to church and the priest would say to the congregation "May God bless you." And the congregation would reply "God bless you" back to the priest.
Sounds all good and fair right? WRONG!
Ok, so the priest says to us 'bless you' so we, the congregation, have to take that one single blessing and split it amongst ourselves so I get a whopping one one-hundreth or so of one blessing. What's that gonna get me? But the priest, to whom the full-on one hundred of us said 'bless you father' gets one hundred blessings! Yeah, sounded so good at first blush but start deconstructing things a bit and we, the congregation were getting hosed while the priest was raking in the goodness.
I actually asked that question in Cathecism once. The room full of blank or horrified stares that I got back confirmed what I had pretty much already figured out.
Fuckin' Father, always bogartin' the blessings. :headshake
(One more in the "going to hell" column.)
I'm on about you being an hater.
you do this all the time. I say something that is meant to be funny....in my own particular idiom of over the top spazzing out way.....
and you stroll by and take it seriously as though i am 100% serious or ACTUALLY angry in real life about whatever it is....and then you climb up on your high horse and pass judgment on me and anyone else that has been seen in my company.
I expect that you prod me specifically because you enjoy my reactions. a little trollish of you, I think. why don't you stop it?
Great Googly Moogly, Jim. It's not always all about you. Yours was not the most vitriolic message in the thread by far and I did not single you out.
But the dogpile on the blessed woman got pretty high and I felt it was time for an alternate viewpoint. That's the point of a message board like this, yeah?
It's possible that the woman is a sanctimonious bible-thumper. But maybe not. Not all Christians are like that and I
will point it out when the subject comes up.
And don't try to tell me this thread was
just for laughs. There was some venting behind your humor.
Great Googly Moogly, Jim. It's not always all about you. Yours was not the most vitriolic message in the thread by far and I did not single you out.
Should anyone here be offended when Jim uses 'cock' in a message? Doesn't he expect us to take it in the spirit it was intended?
And don't try to tell me this thread was just for laughs. There was some venting behind your humor.
I didn't try to tell you that it was
just for laughs. I tried to tell you that it wasn't 100% serious, and that you should stop trying to treat the things I say like that.
but whatever. you go ahead and do what makes you feel good. listen to the beatles, pray for stuff, eat healthy foods, and play your bass.
I'm gonna go stand over here now.
I didn't try to tell you that it was just for laughs. I tried to tell you that it wasn't 100% serious, and that you should stop trying to treat the things I say like that.
but whatever. you go ahead and do what makes you feel good. listen to the beatles, pray for stuff, eat healthy foods, and play your bass.
I'm gonna go stand over here now.
First of all, I already said I wasn't particularly talking to you. The 'cock' thing was just an example of something that people
could take exception to but shouldn't because people should take stuff the way it's intended.
But if you really want to make it about you, I was talking to the part of you that was part serious.
Ah Jim you know me so well. I like the Beatles well enough, but they're not a thing for me. Also I have Crohn's disease so eating healthy really isn't an option for me. But I do pray and play the bass from time to time. Thanks for your permission.
sorry, but this needs to be said
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Oh noes. Jim's devastating wit. I am wounded unto death.
ya know what's funny?
when you click through that blahblahblah video to youtube, the related video list includes a rick roll
Speaking of blessings, I remember when I used to go to church and the priest would say to the congregation "May God bless you." And the congregation would reply "God bless you" back to the priest.
Sounds all good and fair right? WRONG!
Ok, so the priest says to us 'bless you' so we, the congregation, have to take that one single blessing and split it amongst ourselves so I get a whopping one one-hundreth or so of one blessing. What's that gonna get me? But the priest, to whom the full-on one hundred of us said 'bless you father' gets one hundred blessings! Yeah, sounded so good at first blush but start deconstructing things a bit and we, the congregation were getting hosed while the priest was raking in the goodness.
I actually asked that question in Cathecism once. The room full of blank or horrified stares that I got back confirmed what I had pretty much already figured out.
:D You devil you. :evil2: :devil:
I just receipted a check from a customer, and as she left, she wished me a Bless'd day.
Didn't really bother me. She was nice.
Am I mellowing, or was it just because she said it to me, personally, as opposed to an insincere voicemail with a 'form letter' blessing referenced in the OP? anyway, it reminded me of this thread.
boy, I'm glad that dar512 guy doesn't post here anymore. the pole up his ass had a pole up it's ass. ;)
This greeting happens every day at the pawn shop.
Didn't really bother me. She was nice.
Am I mellowing, or was it just because she said it to me...
When you hear it in person, you can gage the verbal nuances that separate a wish, from an order, and a threat.
This greeting happens every day at the pawn shop.
From the customers, or the employees?
From the customers. The employees joke about it.
To all of you all, Have A Blessed Day!
I'd rather people say "Have a blessed day" than have a blessed week, month, year or life; so, the numbers will be more impressive when I go to count my blessings. :D
I'd rather people say "Have a blessed day" than have a blessed week, month, year or life; so, the numbers will be more impressive when I go to count my blessings. :D
Bless you, sexobon, to infinity.
Well that should cover all the sneezing I'll ever do.
You never said you were superstitious.
The proper response to "Have a blessed day," is "
Well, bless your heart."
:D
You never said you were superstitious.
You spelled supercilious wrong.
:bolt:
:eyebrow: ............................. :lol:
I work with someone who regularly tells customers to "enjoy the rest of your day"
She is sincere and sweet, but given that I only ever work with her in the morning, it sounds slightly sinister to me.
I think she probably heard someone say it and took it on board as a way of saying "have a nice day" without actually saying that.
It's just to me, picky picky me, it's only really appropriate at the end of the day. And if you just discovered it's someone's birthday or something.
I settle for just saying thank you to customers unless I've had a proper exchange with them. In which case I might hope they enjoy what they're trying, or have a good party etc etc.
While over-using the word lovely of course. Deliberately left that out until now. I'm trying to wean myself off it. It's become a verbal tick, like grim used to be.
Still, that's a positive progression, right?
Lovely sounds lovely in your voice though.
I usually, after signing a customer up, tell them to "drive fast, Take Chances!"
They love it. and usually tell me how slow they drive, or blah blah blah......
I'm at 97.5% CSi, though, and that one bad survey was a customer that I never met. I swear.
Even that lady who told you that God wanted her to have a PT Cruiser? :lol:
I'd rather be told 'have a nice day' by some insincere shit that didn't mean it than be told to 'fuck off and die' by some sincere shit that did (mean it).
Even that lady who told you that God wanted her to have a PT Cruiser? :lol:
You gotta get approved to get a car... And you gotta get a new car to get a survey.... It would take a miracle.
I'd rather be told 'have a nice day' by some insincere shit that didn't mean it than be told to 'fuck off and die' by some sincere shit that did (mean it).
Hahaha. Nicely put.
I work with someone who regularly tells customers to "enjoy the rest of your day"
...
It's just to me, picky picky me, it's only really appropriate at the end of the day.
It seems to me that it means more at the beginning of the day.
In the morning, it's like "enjoy the whole day!".
In the evening, it's like "well, the day's running out, make the best of the time you've got left...".
NY Times: "Blessed" becomes a hash tag in social media
Ladies and gentlemen, the New York Fucking Times. I think the author made this shit up entirely based on one Google search.
Really? Seems to fit in with my experience more or less, with social media.
I don't agree necessarily with the observation of how it's used - I mean, it does get used in that braggy way, but mostly I see it used in a fairly innocuous way by people who aren't necessarily talking of God in particular but a general sense that the world or fate has shined on them - for having a loving and supportive hubbie, for surviving breast cancer, great days when their kids make them laugh etc
A vogue for hashtagging it and using it to brag may well be the case but chances are if the press are noticing it, it's already begun to run out of steam.