> 1) When people use the word "literally", and then follow
> it up with a hyberbole. "She weighed, literally, 13 tons".

People who use the word "ideal" instead of "idea".

> 3) Cell phones. Bar none, the single most intrusive
> devices ever invented. Used to be they were a rare
> nuisance. Today they dominate people's lives. The next
> time I have a conversation cut short by the first 4 bars
> of "Ode to Joy", followed by the obligatory index finger
> "just a second" sign, I'm strangling the bastard.
> Literally.

I've never been of the opinion that people by and large should have
cell phones... I've always felt they were a tool best left to people
who actually have some purpose for them, like say, "field agents",
construction workers or maybe travelling sales people. For everyone
else, they're just a big steaming load of BS. I got one last year when
I was still in Dallas because I had a client (telework) who
_freaked_out_ because there were two occasions on which I couldn't be
reached _INSTANTANEOUSLY_ and they had to wait about 2 hrs each time
before they could talk to me. For work that still had days-to-weeks in
its schedule. And that's basically the sort of asinine response people
have to cell-phones not saturating the planet. Most folks throughout
the course of a week go from their home to the office and then home
again - which means that asside from the odd trip to the grocery store
or lunch, they have a cell phone so that people can call them _WHERE
THEY HAVE A PHONE_.


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