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[flip from jersey]

Wait, is it 4pm already,
time for me to talk a long walk off on a short pier.
no, that will get the Brick House cigar wet, I'll just walk
to Penn Station and get on a train heading west, stopping at Secaucus...

[A Friend of Charlie]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

no

I'm procrastinating because I need to call this developer who is the Indian version (dot, not feather) of Doug Whiner.  He doesn't look anything like him and I suppose he's not actually whining but the inflections in his voice, plus his accent have kind of a whiny drone sound.  The Irony of my incessant whining too isn't lost on me but I just can't help but get frustrated when I meet with this guy.  I think I'll meet with him tomorrow instead when I'm better rested.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Wait, is it 4pm already,
time for me to talk a long walk off on a short pier.
no, that will get the Brick House cigar wet, I'll just walk
to Penn Station and get on a train heading west, stopping at Secaucus...

Later, Flip.

[Travellin Dave]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

Indeed I do, and I'm reminded it of it regularly here.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-whiners/n8967

[A Friend of Charlie]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

Indeed I do, and I'm reminded it of it regularly here.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-whiners/n8967

I forgot that Joe Piscopo played that part.  Hell, I wasn't even positive it was SNL.

[razgueado]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

no

I'm procrastinating because I need to call this developer who is the Indian version (dot, not feather) of Doug Whiner.  He doesn't look anything like him and I suppose he's not actually whining but the inflections in his voice, plus his accent have kind of a whiny drone sound.  The Irony of my incessant whining too isn't lost on me but I just can't help but get frustrated when I meet with this guy.  I think I'll meet with him tomorrow instead when I'm better rested.

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

[razgueado]

Well that broke the banter. I promise, it wasn't racism.

[A Friend of Charlie]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

no

I'm procrastinating because I need to call this developer who is the Indian version (dot, not feather) of Doug Whiner.  He doesn't look anything like him and I suppose he's not actually whining but the inflections in his voice, plus his accent have kind of a whiny drone sound.  The Irony of my incessant whining too isn't lost on me but I just can't help but get frustrated when I meet with this guy.  I think I'll meet with him tomorrow instead when I'm better rested.

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

50% of the people I work with are Indian.  This one guy is at a completely different level.  I left the office and lit a La Reloba Sumatra.  I'm very happy right now.  If only I could meet with this whiner while smoking.

[razgueado]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

no

I'm procrastinating because I need to call this developer who is the Indian version (dot, not feather) of Doug Whiner.  He doesn't look anything like him and I suppose he's not actually whining but the inflections in his voice, plus his accent have kind of a whiny drone sound.  The Irony of my incessant whining too isn't lost on me but I just can't help but get frustrated when I meet with this guy.  I think I'll meet with him tomorrow instead when I'm better rested.

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

50% of the people I work with are Indian.  This one guy is at a completely different level.  I left the office and lit a La Reloba Sumatra.  I'm very happy right now.  If only I could meet with this whiner while smoking.

That would be a win-win, best for both of you.

[A Friend of Charlie]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

no

I'm procrastinating because I need to call this developer who is the Indian version (dot, not feather) of Doug Whiner.  He doesn't look anything like him and I suppose he's not actually whining but the inflections in his voice, plus his accent have kind of a whiny drone sound.  The Irony of my incessant whining too isn't lost on me but I just can't help but get frustrated when I meet with this guy.  I think I'll meet with him tomorrow instead when I'm better rested.

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

50% of the people I work with are Indian.  This one guy is at a completely different level.  I left the office and lit a La Reloba Sumatra.  I'm very happy right now.  If only I could meet with this whiner while smoking.

That would be a win-win, best for both of you.

#WINNING

[Travellin Dave]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

Indeed I do, and I'm reminded it of it regularly here.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-whiners/n8967

I forgot that Joe Piscopo played that part.  Hell, I wasn't even positive it was SNL.

That's what you keep me around for Mr. Mayor.

[KC]

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

Maybe you should ask Kirpal Sukumar (Dalek, on the CI Banter) maybe he could help you out with that question.  He's a lot smarter than I am. 

[cigarbreath]

On a completely different topic... Does anyone remember the skit (I think it was on SNL) of Doug and Wendy Whiner?

Indeed I do, and I'm reminded it of it regularly here.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-whiners/n8967

I forgot that Joe Piscopo played that part.  Hell, I wasn't even positive it was SNL.

That's what you keep me around for Mr. Mayor.

Repository of all things trivial.

[razgueado]

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

Maybe you should ask Kirpal Sukumar (Dalek, on the CI Banter) maybe he could help you out with that question.  He's a lot smarter than I am.

Well, again, I said "to western ears." Along the same lines, German sounds guttural, various Asian dialects sound nasal *to western ears*, Argentine Spanish sounds slurred, and we won't go into the clicks and pops of, say, Swaziland.  So no offense was intended, and there was no racism or derision behind the question.

Perhaps I'll ask Kirpal to describe how American English sounds to a native Hindi speaker.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Good plan.

And don't all Indians sound whiny to western ears?  Isn't it just the nature of their native language?

Maybe you should ask Kirpal Sukumar (Dalek, on the CI Banter) maybe he could help you out with that question.  He's a lot smarter than I am.

He drops in over here on occasion.   Evening KC