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We are all in the sort of field that attracts eccentrics and let's face it downright weirdos. The place I work has quite a few I will list them here.
1.) MW. I think I have mentioned him before, he stares at his screen-saver for two hour periods(no exaggeration) he also disappears for longer periods, nobody anywhere on site sees him during these periods and nobody knows where he goes. We suspect he returns to the Mother Ship.
2.) SJ. He collects Oranges, Clementines and Satsumas on top of his Desktop in various stages of decomposition. Some have been there for over a year and are nothing but a small grey furball, I have no idea why he does this, I don't really talk to him so can't really ask out of the blue, but I would love to know. I can only he assume has a bad case of syphilis and needs to grow his own Penicillin.
3.) IS. This man is more of an eccentric than a weirdo. He has made it to this list because he lets his kids dress him in the morning. That's right whatever they choose he wears it. Sometimes he doesn't match, sometimes he clashes but everytime without fail he looks like a Dick. He does it because his Kids like to do it so good on him.
What weirdos do you work with name and shame them here.
P.S. If you can't think who the weirdo is at your work then it's you!
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Jimmy Savile wrote: What weirdos do you work with name and shame them here.
It would be unfair of me to single out any of the underlings as they are all quite "normal". I have no doubt that they view me as the weirdo - and rightly so - my particular eccentricity being to quote from 70s and 80s rock and metal, as well as quoting vast chunks of H2G2 or Python.
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If one cannot quote Python verbatim, one has no business being sat in front of a computer.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
CCC Link[ ^]
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Oh wait I'm not alone, You are never alone!
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I work for myself, so it's me, I'm afraid - I'm the weirdo....
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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What ever you do, you are outstanding in your field. Or is that out standing...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I do win "employee of the month" nearly every month. 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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The cat gets the other months? 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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The cat, or the pencil sharpener, yes. 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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Must be a dandy of a pencil sharpener!
Or it just has a better attitude than the cat. I have two cats that have tempted me on a few occasions to toss them outside for a month or two.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Well i knew it wasn't the cat.
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All the weirdos I know are in my wife's family...
I guess that makes me the weirdo; well there is that guy that looks like Santa Claus, oh and the dude dressed up like a cowboy, and the little fella’ with the big, I mean big, truck. I better quit before I get to someone who’s a CP member.
They're not weird they're just, different.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: well there is that guy that looks like Santa Claus, oh and the dude dressed up like a cowboy, and the little fella’ with the big, I mean big, truck.
Do you work in Toy Story?
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Jimmy Savile wrote:
Do you work in Toy Story?
Now that you mention it... 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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My wife's family is full of scientologists. My wife thankfully is not.
Brett A. Whittington
Application Developer
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bwhittington wrote: My wife's family is full of scientologists
How does one break the ice with that lot?
So, ever been to Xenu? How's 'ol L Ron doin these days?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Three keys to successful interactions with Scientologists
1) Do not bring up psychiatry, counseling, depression based drugs. If they bring it up, just nod your head. Do not argue with them about it. They have been brain washed to say that they are all bad despite evidence to the contrary.
2) Do not bring up anything that might possible critize the church. I made this mistake once when I asked why their cource material was so expensive. The story here is that a prospective member needed to cell $20K worth of cource materials before they could become part of the C-Org (a person who works for the church). The 20K worth of stuff was just 5 or 6 items (Book Series, Audio Tapes etc). My inlaws immediately got offended and refused to talk to me about it. They didn't speak to me for about a month (a blessing ).
3) Do not say anything derogatory about L Ron. He the modern day jesus to them.
Except for these 3 things, they seem like mostly normal people but I have quite a few stories that are very eye opening.
Brett A. Whittington
Application Developer
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Will they tolerate any fun poked at Tom Cruise or other celebrity scientologists?
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Depends on who. Tom Cruise is somewhat ridiculed by some individuals because of his antics in public about his "faith". Other celebs are a no-no though with John Travolta being an example.
Brett A. Whittington
Application Developer
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At the moment it's only me but as a contractor I've worked with some characters, OCD and hypersensativity mostly, the occasional freezer gnome, one or two schitzos, international socialist revolutionaries, dishonest Canadians, Brixton hard men, frighteningly clever Indians, Geordie PE teacher... Everyone one of as lovely as can be of course.
The strangest tale I've ever heard of wierdness in the IT workplace though is the one about the phantom log layer but we'd better not get into that in the lounge 
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage."
Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Where I work, I sit opposite a chap when he swings his legs back and forth he looks like something that a dog does to your leg!
Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce, served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pate, brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam - Monty Python Spam Sketch
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There's this one guy who single-handedly empties the soft drinks in the pantry. No matter when you pass across his desk, you'll see several empty bottles of pepsi, coke, and whatever else was available in the fridge. The guy carries something like 3 or 4 bottles to his desk at once.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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is he fat by any chance? If he isn't yet he will be.
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