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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:39 PM
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Bi-Baby doesn't believe me that there's an albino in the basement of Boston City Hall
(where she now works) guarding certain city records.

He's really quite surly. You're stupid because if he lifted his pike and let you behind the counter you wouldn't be able to find any of the field books, plans or benchmarks you're looking for; you also wouldn't know of additional records that would supplement your research dummy.

Once you get to know him though, he's a great guy and really helps you out with his vast knowledge of almost every corner of Boston.

This isn't like Rocky boxing a bear - I'm serious this time.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:44 PM
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1. Great name for a song
There's an albino in the basement.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:45 PM
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2. Hmmmmmmmm
a surly albino.....Theres gotta be a backstory with this guy.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:49 PM
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6. "Surly Albino" sounds like a beer
There's a Surly brewery 'round my neck of the woods... I suppose the "Surly Albino" could be some kind of wheat/white bear of some sort.

Note to self:
1) Call Surly brewery tomorrow and propose idea
2) ???
3) Profit!
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:52 PM
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7. now thats a thinking man
right there...:toast:
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:46 PM
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3. Always suck up to the librarian or archivist
if you're doing any kind of research. You'll get things you would never have thought to ask for.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:47 PM
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4. reminds me of Erin Brockovich
"Erin, how did you get all of this"

"Boobs, Ed...They are called Boobs"
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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:48 PM
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5. Oscar...Is that you?
:)
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:52 PM
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8. Isn't The Albino There To Protect The Catholic Church's Secret
That the Holy Grail is really Mary Magdelene, and that her and Jesus did the nasty and had a kid?
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 10:53 PM
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9. Wow. I had no idea you were an albinoist.
Learn something new every day.

Way to go, Sparky.


:eyes:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:03 PM
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10. He's over weight too
Another part of this fantastical story I told Bi-Baby is about how I used to go down into the deep, dark albino lair quite often - some weeks 3+ times - and dealt with him more times than I could count. I usually went there for benchmarks and street layouts but he had many other records down there.

Anyhow, at some point I started doing utility research for some project in Boston which involved filling out premade forms of the locus which include City of Boston Street Lighting utilities. The form was made out to John and faxed off. I had done this several times but never heard back but this time he actually had records of street lighting plans and had them ready to be picked up.

I asked him where I could pick them up and he gave me specific directions through the maze of city hall down to the basement. It didn't dawn on me at the time but when I started following his directions I recognized that I was heading towards the records room. When I got there and saw that John was the albino I was shocked. He didn't sound albino on the phone.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:05 PM
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11. Sniffa wins line of the night
"he didnt sound like an albino on the phone" :rofl:
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:07 PM
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12. He's Albino and fat?



oh, wrong albino.

and we're not supposed to be fattist, especially al-fattist
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:13 PM
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13. Albinos can disquise their voices.
I'm just sayin'.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:14 PM
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14. do they sound tanned?
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:25 PM
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16. they can fake being tanned over the phone, Yes.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 11:18 PM
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15. That's called alpassing for those in the know
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:19 AM
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17. Oh, I can always tell albinos by the way they talk.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 08:44 AM
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18. If you piss him off does he give you the pink eye?
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 09:03 AM
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19. I thought the pike was in the basement of the Alamo???
I smell a sequel!

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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 04:09 PM
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20. Silly. The Alamo doesn't have a basement
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-09 04:35 PM
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21. It's Whitey Bulger in disguise.
Billy probably stashed him down there.

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