--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_re...@...> wrote: > > Marek, > > I might have a Bite Lite around here somewhere....stay tuned. > > And, yeah, I am kid's kid and always have been -- except for > the fact that I, you know, raised four kids, had jobs, made > money for my guru, etc. > > I don't think I've ever been in any other frame of mind than > "let's play!" This is my burden --
Or gift. You have said that you believe in God. Do you still have some believability in the idea that the reason given for creation was Lila, play? Wouldn't "Let's play" put you *in tune* with the purpose of creation rather than being a burden? Just asking. > I've never been able to quite overcome > it, and I'm pretty much unemployable, but I play at "playing > a real person," so I have not been readily fired from my jobs > but probably should never have been hired for half of them. > I really hate those meetings where I know I can't shout out > a joke from the back of the crowd. I have a severely bitten > bottom lip. > > I remember this meeting with three patent attorneys, a > President of a company, and his right hand guy, and then me > all on the 40th floor of some Chicago skyscraper. Huge huge > room, 30 foot ceiling, wall to wall windows overlooking the > city's vistas, and everyone in the room getting, arrrgh!, > $500 per hour to be there -- except me. Ya don't waste time > with a joke, then, let me tell ya, but I burn, I burn, I > burn like Spock in rut to bust out a pun. Just to present an alternative Way to you, I have been in more than my fair share of 40th-floor meetings. I have made jokes in all of them. They kept hiring me. Go figure. I did it in the TMO, too. That is one reason why I have no interest in giving Jerry a hard time. The man was FUNNY. He could crack a joke anytime and get away with it. So could Rama. So can I. It's a matter of 'tude as far as I can tell. If you walk into the room wearing the 'tude that you Really Don't Need These People, and that you can walk out at any time, often they perceive that as competence, or Personal Power. Or whatever they think. I really don't know what they think. All I know is that I have gotten away with Being Myself in most situations in my life, whether it be the uptight, behind-closed-doors meeting rooms of the TMO, or the uptight, behind-closed-doors meeting rooms of IBM. I now find myself working for IBM again, because they just bought the company I have a contract with. So far, I've been getting away with cracking jokes in their meetings, too. Again, just saying. > But you, an attorney, have this as your daily fare. How often > do you get witty? I somehow suspect that Marek gets witty -- and gets away with it -- more often than you would imagine. Surfer thing. :-)
