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Another super short piece of gold. I definitely enjoyed it and I am so glad that you decided to write it after toying with the idea on IRC. 
Battle On,
Deadly Chakram
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  What? Nothing about Jimmy?  Or the constantly playing Elvis CD in Perry's office?  My cheeks still hurt. Loved it!   /Pssst: You have a capital I in the middle of the word Daily at the top of your memo... of course, Maintence staff aren't the best typists... never mind.
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Too funny! If only they knew how much Clark really was to blame for those...
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Very funny. I enjoyed all of it, especially this ... We’ve had to replace bathroom stalls in the men’s room three times this week. Someone repeatedly leaves holes in the stall doors. What the hell are you people doing in there? Corrina.
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What a great chuckle to start the day!
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That was really funny, Shayne! I agree with the others that this is great! I hope it goes to the archive quickly so it can be eligible for the next round of Kerth voting.
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This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. Thank you for the laugh! I wonder what drastic actions the janitorial staff will take if things don't shape up? edit: I also wonder how guilty Clark will feel when he reads the memo? Perhaps the memo is what caused him to develop his spin-change technique? Joy, Lynn
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Funny story. Thanks for the laugh. B
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Works for me - especially like the health and safety advice.
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Cute and funny; a winning combination.  And Clark gets off with a compliment when he's the one causing the bulk of the damage. LOL! Kathy
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Shayne, I love it. So funny!
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Loved it too!
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This is hilarious!!
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Oooh, that's hilarious, Shayne! Chocolate and bananas don’t belong in reporter’s desks. Who's keeping the bananas? This is something that has been a problem with numerous reporters, but one desk drawer had to be completely replaced. I’m not naming names (Lois Lane), but it needs to stop. But are they allowed to go through drawers? If you must leave butt prints on the copy machine, at least have the decency to windex them away. On an unrelated note, Cat Grant, we have your ID. The cleaning staff would like to thank Clark Kent. While he’s new to the Daily Planet, he sets an example the rest of you should follow. His workstation is always neat and tidy. Yes, that's because he leaves a mess everywhere else. Otherwise we may have to take drastic measures. Video surveillance in the bathroom stalls? Shoeshine on the chocolate? A covert switch to gay porn? Did I mention hilarious? Michael
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What a wonderful funny memo just love it I would love to see a fellow up with janitorial staff taking some action and putting jimmy in too would be great
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I bugged you to write another story, and you sure did. A funny one too!!!
I love that the janitorial staff thinks Clark sets an example for the rest of the newsroom. If they only knew!?! And I agree that you could have had Jimmy lose his little slips of paper with phone numbers of females all over the newsroom. Or he puts down a bunch of his research papers to follow a girl, forgets where he left them, and starts over again. Jimmy has a weakness of the female gender that could lend itself to all sorts of problems.
Thanks for this story. If I start bugging you for the next one right now, think I can have it soon?
Pat
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Originally posted by angelsgmaw:
I love that the janitorial staff thinks Clark sets an example for the rest of the newsroom. If they only knew!?! And I agree that you could have had Jimmy lose his little slips of paper with phone numbers of females all over the newsroom. I like this idea. You should let the Janitorial staff let him know that most of the women who have given him their phone number have given him either a bogus number (6 instead of 7 digits) or the same number (a pre-recorded "This woman doesn't want to date you in this century" message). I know, poor Jimmy, but a good chuckle for us.
VirginiaR.
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I just now read this story on the Archives. My co-workers wanted to know what I was laughing at.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
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