Pentimento

My Collected Comics Fun Week - Working At The Ritz

 

In 1991, while we were living in Florida, I was hired full time as a lobby attendant at the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island.  It's was a very swank place to work and some of my responsibilites like cursory dusting, flower petal clean up and hand towel folding were fairly benign. Not all of them were quite so glamorous...

When I first hired on and began working we had a full staff (male and female) to take care of the men's and ladie's restrooms at either end of the hotel.  As time went by though, some of the lobby attendants couldn't hack the job and either went to different departments, or quit altogether. That meant that those of us left had to take up the slack, including upkeep of the restrooms for both sexes.

It wasn't the work that was difficult, just that men had no reluctance when it came to using the facilities even with me in there! At the time (the hotel was newly opened), we had no way to put up a sign alerting the users that it was closed for cleaning and replenishment.  I'm no prude, but I just didn't want to be alone in the men's room with anyone.  It was too dangerous, and it was also irksome because as the months went on the hotel began asking us to do twice as much work.

So, as you can imagine, when I saw this comic in our paper from the Wizard of Id I almost fell on the floor laughing. It was SO me!

 

My Collected Comics Fun Week At Pentimento - Belated Valentine's Day

Duty Calls!!

You know what they say about the best layed plans...they often go awry. Well, my plan to get this comic posted for Valentine's Day went totally bust when (1) I couldn't get into the Picnik site to edit the graphic. Hence, the wacky low quality look here today too because Picnik is still not working. (2) We had a rather nasty wind, rain and hail storm that blasted through about 5:15 PM and knocked out our power for 7 hours.

I thought the above comic was pretty funny in a warped sort of way, and so even though it's late for Valentine's Day, it's still kind of appropriate.

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My Collected Comics Fun Week At Pentimento

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From Millan.Net

 Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Although I don't have the newest gadget, Flip Pal, I do have a handy little scanner I bought a few years ago that works for small items like photos, clippings, etc. Some comics I like so much that I've kept them for years. Each one tickled my funny bone for one reason or another.

This Kliban one is a favorite. If you're not a cat lover you won't get it. Come back every day to see what's new. I'll be here all week!!

 

 

 

From Millan.Net

Come Back Tomorrow!

Google. Bunny. Pancake. Head. Oolong.

This is Oolong

This is for all of you who need a little something to send to someone when you have no idea what they're talking about. I suppose this is old news since Oolong the bunny is in bunny heaven and his owner, a Japanese man, has since gotten another one, but I was only told about it yesterday by our son so that my story. It occurs to me that some people might have too much time on their hands if they can even find photos like this to send to each other, huh? Geek humor, gotta love it!

 

MillanNet, Camilla Eriksson, and Pull Your Pants Up Zippy

Camilla Eriksson/MillanNet has some really cute animations that you might like to check out. She does a lot of ecards for Care2 also, if you think any of this looks familiar. One of my pet peeves is those twits who like to wear their pants down around their thighs, so this animation is for them!

This is not a paid post.

Universal Laws and My Witty Additions

UNIVERSAL LAWS

*I added these

Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

Law of Gravity: Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Law of Random Numbers: If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

Law of the Alibi: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

Variation Law: If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now.

Law of the Bath: When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Law of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

Law of the Result: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

Law of Bio-mechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

The Coffee Law: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

Murphy's Law of Lockers: If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Law of Physical Surfaces: The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on the floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.

Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

*Law of Printability: You download the the PDF file to fill out so you can get a $100 rebate on that expensive washer you just bought. After printing it you notice that the type is garbled and unreadable.  You can only get the PDF file from one source, so how will you ever be able to print it off so you can send it in? Additional question: why can't they just let us fill out the rebate request online? 

*Leaping Lizards Law: As you're jogging along the sidewalk you see there is a big rattlesnake ahead seconds before you get to it.  The height of your leap over the snake is directly proportional to the length of the reptile.  (With millimeters to spare). 

Care to add any of your own, just for fun?

Squirrel Got Game

What do you think of sports drinks? I think you will agree this squirrel has mad skills.

When You Care Enough To Send The Very Beast

Awww, what a thoughtful and funny guy to make this special Valentine for his wife. Those Minnesotans have a wicked sense of humor, eh? Ya, shure, you betcha! When it doubt, say it with manure. BTW, his wife thought it was funny.

I Birthed One Of These

The Computer Expert

I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard, the 11 year old
next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come
over.

Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was walking away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?'

He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, 'An, ID ten T
error? What's that?  In case I need to fix it again.'

Richard grinned. 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?''

'No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he said, 'and I think you'll figure it
out.'


So I wrote down:       I D 1 0 T

I used to like the little sh*t.

I Was Born And Then Stuff Happened

I saw this test on Comedy Plus and it looked pretty interesting. It sure makes me feel OLD! Oh wait, I AM old...Gah!

In 1950 (the year you were born)

Harry Truman is president of the US Masked bandits steal $2.8 million from Brink's in Boston 35 US military advisers are sent to South Vietnam to aid the anti-Communist government US Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected Communists in the US government North Korea invades South Korea President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races Peter Gabriel, Jay Leno, Bill Murray, and Stevie Wonder are born New York Yankees win the World Series Cleveland Browns win the NFL championship Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is published

What Happened the Year You Were Born?