Don't mind me, I'm only THREE steps behind now

[fredericks]

1. Only yesterday did it dawn on me what the abbreviation BAMF (or BAMF!) meant. For some odd reason I thought it had something to do with teleportation.

2. This morning, I refused to give the guy who routinely begs outside of the Duane Reade near my job any money. But instead of ignoring him I decided to curtly reply "no" to his inquiry for cash. He then took it upon himself to loudly proclaim "Hell in a handbasket. Hell. In. A. Handbasket." all the while staring at me as I made my way past. That amused my cubicle neighbor to no end, because she'd been living under a rock and had never heard the saying before. AND because when I came to my desk I found someone had left me a little ceramic plaque with a "Nurses Prayer" written on it. I figured someone thought I needed saving and the homeless guy had been given advance warning.

3. I decided to go to the office holiday party, even though I'm stuck working the next day (party's on Friday, I work that weekend). Hopefully it's not too awful.

Comments

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

For some odd reason I thought it had something to do with teleportation.

It does. It's the sound effect/onomatopoeia used when Nightcrawler teleports.

(Firefox spellchecker didn't recognize "teleports" or "teleportation". Aren't there any SF nerds at Mozilla?)

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

*grin* I know. But it doesn't fit in this context and I should have realized as much. It was like the way one of my brothers watched Pokemon for years, but only figured out that Ash Ketchum's name was a play on "Catch Them" a few years back over a bowl of cereal. Completely random.

[aearonlinn.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

My husband had never heard "hell in a handbasket"... but he's from Madras. I love that expression.

Also, BAMF. Of course I thought teleportation too, but once I figured it out, I bought my romance editor a thank you card that said: NOT EVERYONE CAN BE A BAMF.

It just made me happy because it reminded me of Nightcrawler.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

My coworker is from Jamaica, but she's been here longer than I've been alive. No way should she not know what it meant. I mean, my folks are from the Caribbean too, and they throw that phrase at me all the time!

BAMF FTW. Can't believe I didn't figure it out earlier. But I did keep flashing back to Claremont-era Nightcrawler panels whenever I saw it. Hilarious.

[captainschlumpy.livejournal.com]

Well, at least he didn't tell you you looked like you sucked a lot of cock like the lady on the subway! Ah, beggars! They put them on buses out of town in these parts. Good times. I hope the holiday party doesn't suck too hard.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

LOL! God, that was the most random thing. There must be an aura about you.

And no holiday party. I'm sure they're going to do some shitty thing in-house that's just going to suck, particularly because I'm going to be out seeing patients and won't be able to participate.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

Dammit. I knew I forgot something. I forgot to give you a Get Out of Hell Free Card in your Christmas card this year. I have a bunch . . .

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

AWW! Dude. That's awesome. Whatever shall I do now???

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

I could drop some into an envelope for you, I suppose.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

'sokay. No need to pay for extra postage. I'll print from the link and keep them on my person.

[alicetheowl.livejournal.com]

That'll work.

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

The handbasket has leather seats with electric warmers, excellent suspension, and can play MP3 CDs. It's not so bad.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

That's an awesome icon, btw.

And yes! This handbasket rulez! *grin* I have no doubt I'm not alone.

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

*l* Thanks. ^_^ I need more George Carlin icons.