I took a chance today and acted like Palin at work.

[Erin Elizabeth]

I wanted to see if it worked, if it "charmed" people.

My boss's boss asked my boss in front of me how my job is funded. This is not ever a good question to hear in my field. It might mean they're thinking "hmmm, do we really NEED that position?"

But for some reason Palin and her weirdness popped into my head and before my boss could answer I said, "Magically. I'm funded magically." And then I winked at her. (I'm not kidding on any of this.)

Boss's boss just blinked for a couple of seconds. Then they both half-laughed sort of nervously.

Boss's boss repeated the question and I said "we DO need to find out how I'm funded, gosh darn it, it's ALL about job creation!" And I winked.

This time boss's boss looked annoyed. Boss looked at me like "SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP."

Boss said "she's funded normally, not through Title I."

Boss's boss said "ok" and gave me a VERY weird look when she walked out.

So I'm telling you guys--it doesn't actually work in real life. It just weirds people out.

(Before you ask, YES, I really did all of that. I'm planning on telling boss's boss tomorrow what I was doing. She does like a good joke and she's hinted that she can't stand Palin, so I'm sure she'll laugh. But I wanted to try it out. I even have the same sort of hair and glasses--don't laugh.)

[Bicoastal]

1. Um...

...wow.

Here I thought *I* was obsessed with the election this year!

:rofl:

[Erin Elizabeth]

4. I actually have been really good about not talking politics

outside of DU and my husband. I keep it pretty mum at work, though most people would be on my side.

But this.....it was just too perfect of an opportunity to try it out. I know she'll laugh when I tell her.

[moonlady0623]

2. Both bosses are women?

Women are hip to that trick. Men seem to be unable to maintain the appropriate level of blood-to-brain ratio.

On edit: ok that IS sexist. Let me amend: Many men, it appears, seem to be unable to maintain the appropriate level of blood-to-brain ratio.

i get in trouble a lot these days, just tired of the bullshit I guess, open mouth toads and snakes slither out.

[Erin Elizabeth]

5. Yes and I do think that's where I went wrong.

They didn't even appreciate my gams, durn it!

[LiberalFighter]

24. That was the problem. You did it on women. Might had worked better on male bosses.

[abumbyanyothername]

19. I would have made a heck of a college professor but . . .

I didn't think being in an environment thick with 18-25 year old females was the right spot for me.

Unfortunately, I am now just an unemployed former financial rocket science attorney.

I can explain the meltdown, and I even predicted it one year ago August. But I am still unemployed.

[Erin Elizabeth]

21. You reminded me of a history professor I had a HORRIBLE

crush on as an undergrad. I think every other girl in his classes had a crush on him, too. He was considerably older than us, maybe by 20 years, but rugged, tan, blond. Vietnam vet. Asian girlfriend. All of us wanted to get him away from his Asian girlfriend, but he wasn't having it, despite it being the late 80s and all the denim miniskirts we might have accidentally had hiked a bit too far up.

Ah he was gorgeous.

Wait, where were we?

I'm sorry to hear about your employment situation, it seems like it's bad all over, I just posted about my brother being laid off today. Things just SUCK. I hope you find another job soon!

[abumbyanyothername]

22. Well maybe Philosophy wouldn't have been so bad.

Long hemp dresses and unshaven legs and armpits.??

:rofl:

[yojon]

3. These people are irony deficient.

If they cant take a joke,......

[still_one]

6. I hope your job is OK. You are definitely gutsy /nt

[Erin Elizabeth]

8. Oh you mean the question she was asking?

I think so, I THINK she was asking because the equivalents of me in other areas are funded differently. I'm the only one not funded like them and I think they're just trying to figure out the origin of that.

(I hope. LOL.)

[still_one]

14. Good /nt

[Lint Head]

7. My boss did the Palin imitation in front of me. I'm not sure but I think she's

a liberal Democrat. We usually don't bring up politics where I work. But, she is from Idaho and said she can't understand how someone from Alaska can get a North Dakota accent. :dem:

[Erin Elizabeth]

10. ROFL!

I know, it's weird. I have a friend who lives in Fairbanks who doesn't sound anything like Palin.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. unless you are backed by the current fascist regime it's not going to work

[Occam Bandage]

11. The tragedy of conflating life and DU, here for all to see.

[Erin Elizabeth]

12. Well, DU, Wonkette, TPM, The Rude Pundit

and everything else seeping into my brain.

[janx]

13. This is one of the funniest posts I've ever seen here!

:rofl:

And you ask us not to laugh?! :rofl:

[Erin Elizabeth]

15. Well, not to laugh at the fact that I have an extremely

similar hairstyle and glasses to Palin, because I really do. (Hiding.)

[Ilsa]

16. Winkin, blinkin, and noddin, don't work on me. You should have

tried Sarah-phonics. Dropping "g"'s isn't enough. Misplacing participles and verb disagreement might work if you're lucky. ;);););););););););););););););););););););););) See? It doesn't work.

[rhiannon55]

17. You have a wacky sense of humor and no fear

Yay you! Hope your boss's boss is not a Palin fan!:)

[Erin Elizabeth]

18. I doubt it very seriously based on things she's said.

She'll probably bust a gut when I tell her, she has a really wicked sense of humor.

[barack the house]

20. I think you have called it in most responsible jobs you can't behave as she did being evasive and >

unaccountable. It's the likes of that in the corporate world that brought us here really, the main way out is to reject it wherever we find it really.

[Cha]

23. No it doesn't..I could have told you that just

from living for many years..none of that shit mccain and palin pull works in real life.

Does lying help us in our family, work, relationships? Hell no.