the ultimate in lameosity?

[progmom]

I live in a house with a DUer. We're both working from home in adjacent rooms, about 15 feet away from each other. And we're communicating via IM. So exactly how lame is that?

[Debi]

1. Um, Robb is a dingbat?

My husband and I call each other on our office phone rather than go into each others offices!

[Richard Steele]

2. Damn, that's lame! Are you Swatties, or just ordinary friendless virgins?

[progmom]

6. swatties? friendless virgins?

uh....none of the above. not sure why my post would lead you to believe either was true.

[Richard Steele]

9. Then you are far from the 'peaks' of lame-osity.

Stop worrying, you still have far to travel before you
will ever need a name for your degree of lameness.

('Swatties' is what Swarthmore Alums call themselves;
they have a shared history which is it's own chapter in the Book of LAME.)

[progmom]

10. ha...well that's a relief

:hi:

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. We've been known to do that.

[jane_pippin]

4. It's totally lame...

However, I think I can say that because the boyfriend and I do the same thing in our house. His office is on one end of the apartment, the spare bedroom where my computer is is on the other. It's lame, but it beats yelling or, you know, actually getting up for once. :)

[progmom]

8. well i have progspawn sitting here next to me while i work

we're watching Blues Clues together. so when something of interest comes up on DU, i get a little IM message with a link. :D

[jane_pippin]

13. Oh, I don't fault you for it.

Not at all. My "getting up" quip was mainly me making fun of me because unlike you, there is absolutely no reason why I can't just get up and go talk to the boy. I'm just lazy when I get home. That, and he hates emoticons so I try to send him some periodically to annoy him.

[Fleshdancer]

5. I thought I was the only one who did that

When my husband is working in the home office and I'm in the living room with my laptop, I'll IM random questions. I hate yelling and I don't want to get up every 2 minutes so I just IM him. :D

[Cathyclysmic]

7. Meh

Beast Man and I discuss what to make for dinner and such about every day Of course, we are 18 miles away from each other and both acting like we are working at computers...:yoiks:

[billyskank]

11. Lame, but far from unique

:D

[Misunderestimator]

12. I'm on a conference call... so it's not like I have a choice.

:P

[progmom]

14. you walked into the room to remind me to log onto messenger

:rofl:

[Misunderestimator]

20. Well, yes.... that's true.

But I put the phone on "mute"... :P

[1gobluedem]

15. I had to vote for incredibly...

Sorry. :crazy:

[progmom]

17. damn

and i thought we were friends. :cry:

[1gobluedem]

22. But I hadn't seen the Blues Clues post yet

I would've picked something else had I known.

Am I forgiven? :hug:

[progmom]

25. ha - you're silly

yes, all is forgiven.

now can we talk about the food on my shift during the fundraiser? :D

[1gobluedem]

26. Sure...

Is there a problem?

[progmom]

29. yeah - i want all Zingermans all the time, dammit

:D

[1gobluedem]

30. It's hard to get Zingerman's on Saturday...

...because of all the Farmers' Market traffic. But I'll make a note of it for fall. Unless it's a home football Saturday.

Hey, I took it off Joe's show -- got to give me credit there!

Just be glad it isn't Earthen Jar. I have no idea what that it but it doesn't sound tasty.

[progmom]

32. Earthen Jar is vegetarian Indian Food

actually quite good! :)

and ha! about Joe's show. :rofl:

[1gobluedem]

33. Indian food = ugh.

I hate curry. :thumbsdown:

I'm glad I have to go to Ain't Misbehavin'-- I won't be around for Earthen Jar.

[progmom]

38. indian food = yum

but then i like beer with flavor too. :P

[DS1]

16. Drill a hole through the wall

[progmom]

21. and string some tin cans together?

brilliant. :)

[eyesroll]

18. My SO will sometimes send me an e-mail, from the dining room table,

as he's doing some work...while I'm sitting in the living room (note: these are two connecting rooms).

And the dumb thing is...he's using my laptop, so I'm not at a computer, and I sometimes don't get the message until the next day, and he wonders why I never replied/addressed his question/etc.

[progmom]

19. ok....that takes the cake

:rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

23. Been there, done that.

:hi: ;)

[seaglass]

24. Not lame at all. My daughter calls me on her cell when we're

both home. She loves to hear me run across the room to grab the phone.:o

[TheBaldyMan]

27. Have you tried shouting, it's lots of fun and good for the circulation.

much less chance of RSI too.

[ZombieNixon]

28. I'm lamer.

I regularly IM my friend across the hall when I could walk five feet and talk to him face to face. Hell, I've even IMmed my roommate when I could have swiveled my chair around and talk to him.

It went something like this:
Him: Hi.
Me: Yeah, this is pointless.

We don't do that anymore.

[ghostsofgiants]

31. I do that with my roomates constantly.

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[Texaroo]

35. Only one thing lamer..

..and that would be the lameness poll!!

[progmom]

36. aw shucks

glad you approve

[Texaroo]

39. But note I responded, so...

...I'm obviously somewhere toward the bottom of the list my own self!

[progmom]

40. ha

excellent point. :hi: so we're down there together. :)

[Reverend_Smitty]

37. My roommate and I do that on a daily basis

and we are only sitting about 3 feet from one another and are in the same room. It's great for when we both have our headphones on. Sometimes turning around and speaking is just too much work

[guinivere]

41. Well, kinda lame, but

I voted "get back to work".

You are wasting company time blah blah, resources (insert remainder of corporate boss type speech here).

[progmom]

42. meh

they get a lot of my time. a silly poll here or there won't make or break 'em. ;)