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October 15, 2008

Barack Slipped A Note In A Boring Meeting Saying "Shoot. Me. Now."

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Do you work in an office? Do you have boring meetings? Do you have a person or several people with whom you regularly attend boring meetings, and do you have a little thing with that person or group of people where you scribble "Shoot me now" on your notepad and subtly push the notepad near them so they can see it and nod, or a thing where you take turns subtly putting a pretend gun to your head and pretend pulling the trigger and pretend blowing your head off during those boring meetings? I think I've done that at every office meeting I've ever been to! And according to this adorable anecdote told in the otherwise much more serious but competely fascinating Frontline documentary on Obama and McCain last night, SO DID BARACK OBAMA:

This post is dedicated to my former coworkers. You know who you are, and Barack understands what we went through. I raise my pretend styrofoam cup of lukewarm coffee in solidarity.

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It makes me love him all the more. Biden does have a tendancy to go on.

Posted by: Genevieve at 10/15/08 1:18 PM  | Reply
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Best. Note. Ever.? No, that would be the Zimmerman Note, actually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann_Telegram

Haha, for a minute Mexicans actually thought they were going to take back Texas, New Mexico and Arizona! Hahahhh...uhhhhh....

Posted by: trevormail profile link at 10/15/08 1:30 PM  | Reply
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Please don't end up being tragically ironic, frontline piece.

Posted by: BradOFarrell profile link at 10/15/08 2:05 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, right? I was to nervous to write it on the picture.

Posted by: Lindsay profile link  in reply to  BradOFarrell's comment at 10/15/08 2:21 PM  | Reply
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I think I may need a bathroom break? Is this possible?

Posted by: tps12 at 10/15/08 2:51 PM  | Reply
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He's JUST LIKE US!!!!

Posted by: N at 10/15/08 6:07 PM  | Reply
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