the "what are you doing instead of working" thread

[Inner_Silence]

do you have to work and you are in kendo world forums??
do you need to study for that test but you are watching tv???

Too much work and no play makes YOU a dull boy

Ally and I started this to avoid and relax your mind away from stressfull work that you have to do, but you know that you wont...

we hare the king and queen of procrastination and are prefecting our skills daily!!!

[Alison2805]

I need all the distraction I can get! Anything to keep me awake..
I didnt know you could chat about absolutely nothing for hours at a time, but we are managing. What is everyone else doing to waste time? Other than YouTube surfing!

(Wasting time id better with a cup of tea and wasabe coated peanuts mmmm)

[Inner_Silence]

tea is better than lots and lots of cofee...

besides

you are the boss!!! you can call your underlings to do the tea ;)

[Fred27]

Good idea for a thread :)

I usually spend/waste my time with YouTube, lolcats (http://icanhascheezburger.com/),loldogs (http://ihasahotdog.com/), wikipedia and of course MA-forums.

[gholam]

What an excellent choice of thread name! It feels great to know that your not alone in avoiding all the work that must be done...

[Raindrop]

Work? What's this "work" thing you're all talking about?

[Fred27]

Work? What's this "work" thing you're all talking about?

If we tell you, you'll only be frightened. :emb:

[JCM]

Actually, I use it even when busy. Few days ago I had a 20 hour day, so I would check here every so often to take mind of things for a couple of minutes.

Slow days in work are the worst, you keep hitting that "today's posts" button :)

[Chaby]

If we tell you, you'll only be frightened. :emb:

Yes there are few scary things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Qh3tWImXM) to discover...
:)

[dwez]

Last night I was going to watch Lost but the wife asked me to tape it so we could spend time together [not in that way...]. So I go downstairs, set the video I remember I have a couple of things to do on Travian [my waste of time] and put away the dishes. 1 hour and 45 minutes later I was back upstairs...

So my TWE [time wasting exercise] is Travian (www.travian.co.uk) a rather cute online game where you build either a Roman, Gaulish or Teuton village and manage it on an hourly basis. Build troops, harvest resources and attack other villages. I started it last Summer with the nipper for something to do only for him to lose interest. Now I have ten villages, named after fruit and vegetables, reside in the top 180 of 6000+ players and can't wait for the whole thing to finish, which it periodically does when the scary race the Natars descend like banshees on the Travian world.

Additionally my latest fun with google maps is trampoline spotting. I may even start plotting them but it's a great way to lose a few minutes.

[Inner_Silence]

oh!
the resoults of my youtube waste of time, I found

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmcu5Y8p4fA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimiDBAK2wA&feature=related

man stroke woman, SO FUNNY!

[NoNameKleenex]

Oh . .. wikipedia, google maps, and google earth are my favourite ways to stay "busy" while at work. I also like drooling over bogu I can't afford, bikes I can't afford, and you tube. The interweb is an amazing time-waster. I'd rather read an interesting book to kill an hour . . . but it's not so popular with the boss when it looks like a lazy Sunday afternoon in the office.

I'm also a bit of a geek, so crusing the JPL website (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm) for the early test pilot pics and technology is another one I like to kill a couple hours with.

[Kenzan]

At any given moment, I am performing no less than 20 different tasks.
KW is a cog in my daily routine of insanity.
:D

[SmellsLikeBogu]

when I get bored at work, I usually start coding my own websites, finishing projects I don't get the time to do at home. As long as there is code on my screen, nobody asks questions at work :p

oh there is always this:

"Aren't you supposed to be working?"
-"I'm compiling"

god I love IT :D

[Fred27]

At any given moment, I am performing no less than 20 different tasks.
KW is a cog in my daily routine of insanity.
:D

You think you should put that in yer sig! :p

[JCM]

"Aren't you supposed to be working?"
-"I'm compiling"

god I love IT :D

What do you write and compile your software on, a spectrum? :D


Dang you powerful machines of today!, I can no longer get away with constant coffe breaks...

mhhh, I think I need to go back to BI "The query is running, it will take an hour or so, zzzzzzzzZZZZZ"

[SmellsLikeBogu]

doing a full mbuild of our application takes about 30 minutes :)

[brianMedine]

Have to transfer all the files again, and the client ftp server is extremely slow, drops connections constantly. Will probably take an hour or so. :ko:

[Bee]

I have to say I facebook and msn a lot when I'm suppose to be doing work...

[Alison2805]

Bah, today I actually had shite-loads of work to do. Ive had no chance to fill my quota of youtubeness for the day. Appalling.

[Inner_Silence]

good morning ppl

I knew this thread was gonna work.

what would have been of our world if everyone of us actually do what we have to do always...?
for sure it would be a better place and, ehm, maybe I would actually be in the "future" that they promesed me when I was a kid for the year 2000.
where are my rockets to go to the moon in the weekend?? where is the robot that would do my homework?? the flying cars?? my holographic 3d TV?? my personal jetpack??


hahaha

[SmellsLikeBogu]

where are my rockets to go to the moon in the weekend??
hahaha

they found out the moon isn't really made of cheese, and there were no good nightclubs either.

[corwyn]

they found out the moon isn't really made of cheese, and there were no good nightclubs either.

Wallace and Gromit proved that it's made of cheese...

[Inner_Silence]

Wallace and Gromit proved that it's made of cheese...

I agree with that!!!!

what! the moon isnt made of cheese hahahaa thats funny, next time they are gonna say that the world is round, or the earth isnt the center of the universe...

[ccheck5]

when i'm supposed to be working i just kick it in the backroom, MySpace on my phone, flirt with the girls i work with, day dream about absinthe, or sleep. but don't tell my boss that. i'm due for promotion soon

[Inner_Silence]

when i'm supposed to be working i just kick it in the backroom, MySpace on my phone, flirt with the girls i work with, day dream about absinthe, or sleep. but don't tell my boss that. i'm due for promotion soon

have you had absinthe in real life? besides daydream?

[absenteekendoka]

On cold snowy crap days at the office I spend an awful lot of time on KendoWorld:)

Or on Ebay.....bidding on things that always skyrocket in price on the final day/few hours.

[ccheck5]

have you had absinthe in real life? besides daydream?
yes. i'm buying a bottle when i get my next saycheck. spring break is coming up yo. tho its quite a pain to do the whole melting of the sugar cube on a fork. i should invest in the special spoon.

[Kenzan]

good morning ppl

I knew this thread was gonna work.

what would have been of our world if everyone of us actually do what we have to do always...?
for sure it would be a better place and, ehm, maybe I would actually be in the "future" that they promesed me when I was a kid for the year 2000.
where are my rockets to go to the moon in the weekend?? where is the robot that would do my homework?? the flying cars?? my holographic 3d TV?? my personal jetpack??


hahaha

RIGHT HERE.
(http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=9x56vxm42y)

[Kenzan]

yes. i'm buying a bottle when i get my next saycheck. spring break is coming up yo. tho its quite a pain to do the whole melting of the sugar cube on a fork. i should invest in the special spoon.

I know of something that is much much better than Absinthe and has the exact same effect;

Walk up to any random stranger, given them your wallet, and ask them to kick you in the balls.

Well, to be honest, Absinthe doesn't hurt your balls.
But it is a big fat waste of money.

:smoker:

[Inner_Silence]

RIGHT HERE.
(http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=9x56vxm42y)

:confused2:confused2:confused2:confused2
wow

[ccheck5]

your probaly not drinking it fast enough

[Kenzan]

your probaly not drinking it fast enough

A.) It's illegal.

B.) The effect you are thinking to obtain is moot considering that the actual wormwood in the drink is made in modern times (where legal) from trace amounts, which, even in it's heyday of popularity in France more than 100 years ago, was dubious at best.

C.) The chemical which is at the heart of the mystique about Absinthe is actually similar in structure to THC, and is called Thujone. It NOT a cannabinoid, however it IS a neurotoxin which can kill you. -although since the alcohol content in the drink is so high you would most assuredly pass out in a drunken stupor long before you could consume enough of the toxin to have a harmful effect.

D.) The sellers of Absinthe in modern times are simply put; Snake Oil salesmen.

In any event, not what i'd call "Super-happy-fun" time.

~and now you know.
and knowing is half the battle.
Geeeee-Eyee-JOooooooE!!
Yo Joe!
:D

[Fonsz]

A.) . Stuff

B.) Stuff

C.) Stuff

D.) Stuff

In any event, not what i'd call "Super-happy-fun" time.
My, my, aren't we very knowledgeable and well informed into this subject? I wonder if we hit a nerve here? :confused::eek:

[Kenzan]

:chinese:I wonder if we hit a nerve here? :confused::eek:

Yes, that Binge drinking neurotoxins (http://memeticpress.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/retards.jpg)is generally not a good idea.
Pretty reasonable advice I think.
:chinese:

[Raindrop]

How did we move from a happy, fun topic about avoiding work to the consumption of illegal and life-taking substances?

What kind of Kendoka needs drugs anyways??? A good 3-hour practice makes you high, too :)

Back on topic, I use my DS at work :-O Legally even, since I got a kanji dictionary for the DS to help me read Japanese documents and now the sound of the Nintendo DS "bling" fills my office and it just makes me happy :D LOL

[Fonsz]

How did we move from a happy, fun topic about avoiding work to the consumption of illegal and life-taking substances?

What kind of Kendoka needs drugs anyways??? A good 3-hour practice makes you high, too :)

Back on topic, I use my DS at work :-O Legally even, since I got a kanji dictionary for the DS to help me read Japanese documents and now the sound of the Nintendo DS "bling" fills my office and it just makes me happy :D LOL
Remind me to ask you what kind of work you do where you can spend on the internet and get educated in Japanese. My daughter only has pet shops and Sponge Bob on her machine. Never knew that grown ups could use it. And then at work.:confused::eek:

[Inner_Silence]

facebook, and KW forums consumes my boring time...

[Alison2805]

sorry buddy, Ive actually been flat out with work for the last two days so I havent had a chance to just sit and chat online!! Being the long weekend here, Im busy doing "idiot patrols" out on the mine site. Enjoy your last few days of holidays, and Ill chat to you later :]

[Inner_Silence]

dont worry, during next week we'll catch up...

anyway...

Ive been very busy too, yesterday I had a Barbecue with my dojo mates that ended like about 6 am... Im still dealing with hangover :S, as you know this last week I havent been in my home much... it seems that this week has vindicated the last boring days...

[gholam]

This link... (http://linkinn.com/_How_to_light_a_cigarette), and I'm watching him instead of working (and so are you)!

[Fred27]

This link... (http://linkinn.com/_How_to_light_a_cigarette), and I'm watching him instead of working (and so are you)!

Jebus! Is that a tracer round he's using? :eek: