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Wednesday, May. 03, 2006, 9:00 p.m.

Really Truly Random Quote-y, Conversation-y Things From Work This Week (keeping in mind that we are all military journalists and write "military news" all day, and also that we are all insane, in our own little way):

Number One Thing
Loud-Ass Co-worker to Filipino Co-worker: "Don't you people eat dogs?"

Number Two Thing
Loud-Ass Co-worker: "Can I use 'masticating' in a sentence?"
Me: "Can I answer the phones when Bubba [our name for the common reader] calls and yells at us for using dirty words?"

Number Three Thing
Civilian Co-Worker: "For the question of the week, I want to ask the soldiers what their favorite First Amendment right is."
Loud-Ass Co-worker: "Do the soldiers even know what the First Amendment is?"
Everyone Else: "HAHAHA no."
Civilian Co-worker: "You really think they won't know?"
Editor Co-worker: "Dude. This is the Army. When most soldiers raise their right hand and swear to defend the Constitution, they have no idea what it says."

That's about all I have today, because I have to go to sleep early tonight to prepare for my

[cue ominous music]

PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST OF AGONY AND DOOOOOM

Please pray for me (to any and every god/dess you believe in), because right now I am about as Physically Fit as a jelly-filled doughnut, except less energetic.