I hate it when the TV in the break room ends up on Faux news.

[Haole Girl]

Our very brief conversation:

Me: Mind if I change it to CNN?

Response: I only watch Fox News.

Me: You must be a staunch Republican.

Response: (She simply smiled and nodded her head)

:eyes:

Oh, it gets better. Another co-worker had to add, "If Obama gets elected you better hang on to this (grabbing his wallet out of his pants pocket).

I asked why. He pointed to the TV and said, "Because you'll have to pay for THAT!" (he was talking about the bail-out of Wall Street). To which I replied, "If McCain gets elected WHO do you think will pay for it?! He couldn't answer.

Just another day in freeperland. *sigh*

[NJmaverick]

1. You need to make it a point to get to the break room before the

freeper and put on the good news station.

[Kutjara]

4. I doubt the breakroom TV is capable of time travel.

That's about the only way you'd be able to find a "good news station."

[Haole Girl]

5. Ah, would be nice...

but we have assigned break times. :-(

[NJmaverick]

9. Go in to the menu

see if there is a child lock out. Then lock out Faux news :evilgrin:

[Haole Girl]

11. hahaha!

Another great idea! Thanks!!

:evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

13. BEST POST OF THE DAY!!1!!

:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

10. Go in to the menu

see if there is a child lock out. Then lock out Faux news :evilgrin:

[malta blue]

2. Just take the remote in the morning and keep it at your desk

:evilgrin:

[Haole Girl]

6. Ha-ha!

That must be why it's on a wire cord! lol

[malta blue]

8. damn

:(

[Resuscitated Ethics]

3. I hate the "you'll lose your money" scam the pukes push

You mean you'll have to hold on to HIS wallet? I vaguely remember the fear nuts in '04 seriously worried that their taxes were going to triple if Kerry got in-- these are the lower-middle-class provincial types who trade in stereotypes--

Where does "the democrats will take your money" even come from? Hasn't it been obvious that Bush has robbed the country blind without even so much as a thank-you air kiss?

Easy enough to "edit out" channels in the TV-- go in to menu,select channels, edit, and make sure a minus sign is by the Faux number. Until someone does a retune that channel is lost. It may save you a time or two.

[Haole Girl]

7. ooooo....

Good idea there.... if I'm ever here when it's quiet, I'll try that!
:evilgrin:

[Initech]

12. I hate it when I go into doctor's offices and they have either Fox Noise or Xtian Rock on.

I always try to ask them to change it, but thank god for iPods.

[Haole Girl]

14. I actually stopped going to one doctor for that very reason

Well, that, and the fact it cost a fortune in gas to drive to his office!

[Z_I_Peevey]

15. It took months of complaining but I finally got Faux taken off

the TV in my bank's lobby. It's now CNN, not much better, but hey, it ain't Faux!

[Haole Girl]

17. I think I'll complain everywhere I go

Faux says they are fair and balanced. Maybe if enough people complain, they'll at least PRETEND to be!!

[FloridaJudy]

16. They used to play it in the laundry room

And the friggin' controls are locked behind plexiglass. Someone must have figured our how to change it, because it plays BET now. Still has lots of late night commercials for sex lines and rip-off check cashing places, but that's a bit more tolerable - especially with a book and an MP3 player.

My bank and the post office seem perpetually tuned to CNN, but the bank will switch to the cartoon network if I ask politely. The post office is too damned noisy to hear anything anyway, so I don't know why they bother. Those places and the dentist - who tunes to the Food Network - are about the only times I watch television anymore. Ever since I figured out how to watch "Firefly", "Lost" and "Olbermann" on my PC, the television's gotten really, really dusty.

[Haole Girl]

18. On a side note...

I love your carrot pic/sign!! That's funny! :D

[FloridaJudy]

19. I lifted it from "True Majority"

Before Obama got the nomination. Of course Obama>Carrot>McCain.

[BlueJazz]

26. Would you tell this Homeboy how to get Firefly ? Thanks much.

[FloridaJudy]

35. Go to Hulu

http://www.hulu.com/ and put "Firefly" in the search engine. They have all fourteen episodes that were shown on TV. Where one can find the two that never made it to the small screen, I don't know. You can get almost any TV show you want either there, or on the network sites, if you don't mind them being out of date. Since I haven't had cable in over ten years, I have a lot of catching up to do.

[BlueJazz]

36. Tried it..... love it.....I'm in heaven...Thank you so much.

:) :)

[cwydro]

20. They've got it on in the bar at the airport here.

Aaaarggghh.

[Haole Girl]

21. Maybe it's their strategy to sell more booze

:rofl:

[cwydro]

22. Lol!

Put me right off my lunch though.:puke:

[Wapsie B]

23. Yeah, the repugs never have their hands in your pocket.

:eyes:

Myth #1 of conservatism.

[Haole Girl]

24. Yes

It worked out so well, for them last time, to "vote with their pocketbooks."

:sarcasm:

[Graybeard]

25. Every doctor's or hospital waiting room...

...I've ever been in had the TV on Faux. I think some people out there are clicking channels, thinking that is their mission from God.

[Haole Girl]

28. You might be closer to the truth than you think!

:rofl:

[Generic Brad]

27. You get breaks where you work?

I haven't had a break for over 11 years. One of the perks of lower middle management, I guess.

[Haole Girl]

29. Hey...

I bet you are allowed to use the restroom more often than I am in the course of a workday!!

[Generic Brad]

30. With impunity

I can go whenever I want.

But I also allow people who work for me who are paid by the hour (and I insist they take their breaks) to also go whenever they need to. I'm not a total a-hole.

[Haole Girl]

32. I once worked for a company that made everyone take their breaks at the same time..

we'd sit around and talk with each other... a sort of get-to-know you time. Things were so relaxed there. Of course, different industry and different times. Sometimes it's painful to look back. :-(

[Generic Brad]

33. I would think it would be painful to have set bathroom times

Sometimes nature calls and we have no choice but to answer.

[Haole Girl]

34. No kidding!

:rofl:

[Generic Brad]

31. Oops

The dreaded unintentional double post!