Ah yes, it seems that I have lured Nordberg out of his cave. Speaking of his cave, it could quite possibly be, aside from Canada, "The Saddest Place in the World." It has not had a phone line for a month, electricity for about three, or basic cable since 1987. (Real shame, too, you've missed about 896 commercials in the past 24 hours for TBS' airing of the Mask of Zorro next weekend.) You see, the Swedish lad has pretty much perfected the fine art of "phoning it in." Despite the obvious jokes considering he works for an unnamed telecommunications giant, much can be said about his (in)activity. He's practically rewritten the book on phoning it in. Work-related correspondence is down 74%. Calling and e-mailing friends to "entertain him" has skyrocketed 63%. Sitting around drinking peach champagne out of his coffee mug has reached an all-time high. The next term of the vernacular Nordberg will be perfecting is "sitting on the fence." After all, William and Mary football will be in Chapel Hill on September 4.
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
How to Deal with a Swedish Chef.
Written by Chris Condon at 9:13 AM
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Days left in the cave: 4.
Ah, yes, The Mask of Zorro. The movie that introduced us to that deceiving Welch wench, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Talk about someone who's "phoning it in." You know, cause of all the horrible cell-phone . . . never mind, you probably got it.
And I think the cave is probably a sadder place than Canada - after all, Canada has lots of beer and hockey!! All the Nordcave has is peach champagne and some walls.
Oh, by the way, when I signed up for this thing, it wouldn't let me use "Throckmorton" as my log-on name. Someone is out there stealing my identity as we speak!
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