Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Getting a job

Good news!

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Samantha: Did you hear? He did it! He got the job!

Guy: Fantastic. Amazing.

Samantha: Just graduated, economy’s in tatters and he’s snapped up by the first company he interviews with. We have to celebrate this.

Guy: Doesn’t it just make you feel like… feel like…

Samantha: Like kicking your heels up?

Guy: Or letting your hair down?

Samantha: Or…or… Can you think of another expression, a jubilant one, ending with a preposition?

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Cutting edge

Hu asks Ng, both computer science grads, about a job advertised.

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Hu: What do you think?

Ng: No.

Hu: No? It’s good pay.

Ng: I applied there last year. Don’t even go for an interview.

Hu: But their ad says they’re on the cutting edge of the computer industry.

Ng: Sure. They buy in old computers and you have to disassemble them. Cut them up.

Hu: All those toxic components?

Ng: Exactly. Cutting edge.

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