During the Tamanend Park Clean-Up my nipple apparently composed and then sent a text message.
It appears my chest prefers blank verse.
Tag: phones
Dropper Battle
I needed around 150 eye droppers to make Cartesian divers for my Webelos weekend. I checked with a scientific supply house to see if they had any. They were out of 144 packs but still had 12 packs of which I was able to purchase 12. I wanted to see if I could get the 144 price which was 20% less so I called:
Me: I see you’re out of 144 packs of medical droppers. Can I just get 12 12 packs and have it rung up as a 144 pack?
Service Person: No, we’re out of stock of 144 packs and combining 12 12 packs would not be the same as there’s more packaging involved.
Me: But it’s the same number of medical droppers. Do you have a bulk discount program?
Service Person: Yes, special orders placed with a quantity greater than 11 receive a discount.
Me: How much is that discount?
Service Person: 20%
Me: So I can’t get it listed as a 144 pack but I can buy 12 packs in the same quantity and get 20% off bringing it to the exact same price?
Service Person: Yes, I’m sorry that’s the best I can do.
Me: …. I’ll live.
Text Replacement
Text replacement is a standard technology on mobile devices. Â Each dictionary combines common spelling errors with contact names and some logic based on what keys are near other keys. Â I enjoy cursing, so I got around fuck turning into duck and shit turning into shirt by adding fuck shit as a contact. Â Joe has an Android device which goes the extra step where okie turns into pliers. Â So, if you ever get a message with the text of pliers dokie, you know why.
On my first phone, attempts to type cool were replaced with book and I think the following phrase will pop up to confound future linguists. Â “That’s ducking book, pliers dokie”.