
It can be a struggle to get through the second half of the day.
Palmerston, Chief Mouser for the British Foreign Office, has announced his retirement. Outwardly Palmy, as he’s known to his friends, says he’s looking forward to relaxing away from the limelight.

But rumor has it that a senior colleague may have been jealous of Palmerston’s success. We’ve all had bosses who take credit for our ideas, co-workers who undermine us, and teammates who covet our positions. But I thought our animal counterparts were better than that. Enjoy life in the country Palmy, living well is the best revenge.
How’s your job going?
shouldnt that be relaxing away from the limeylight?
*cough* ill see meself out
anyhoo…for the next 3 weeks my job is going fine as i dont have to do it 🙂
after that who knows…company might not survive the rona
Good one, lol. Enjoy your time off.
in unrelated news my daughters been home for about 6 hours now…and im already wondering if i can ship her back to france
somehow in a measly 6 hours she managed to create a pile of dishes, mostly empty the fridge and bread bin and leave a trail of mess in the living room all without ever putting her phone down
Been there!
You’re telling Noah about the flood. That’s my life, every day. I need this pandemic to end before she finishes high school, so I can ship her off to college.
i shipped mine off to college…. she picked one 15 minutes away by train…
pain in the arse mess monster
I hope you just like the song and aren’t trying to survive on minimum wage!
First thing I thought of was Lord Palmerston from Victoria.
As for my job, it’s going swimmingly. I think I mentioned previously that I was lucky enough to make the switch into my current role literally two weeks before we all got sent home–and this job can be done 100% remotely. So, my whole group has standing orders to not even worry about coming back to the office for an indefinite period. My guess is that we probably won’t be called back until next summer at the very earliest. Even then, we’ll be able to pull 1 or 2 days per week from home.
I’ve worked with people who were happy to steal credit, but one of the weirdest encounters I had was with my boss’ boss in another department. One of my subordinates had developed a good workaround for a problem we were having. My boss was on vacation so I took it to her boss to get clearance to implement it. I brought my subordinate with me so she could answer any questions. So, this guy proceeds to praise me for a job well done, and I said to him, “it wasn’t me, it was Jenny.” At which point he ignores the comment and then talks a little more about some other shit and then wraps up with giving me another atta boy. I remind him that it was not, in fact, my idea but Jenny’s, and he ignores me again. I was dumbfounded, but when my boss got back from vacation I made damned sure to let her know about the exchange in the event that he might have told her about this fantastic idea that I had that wasn’t mine. At least she got it.
I’m guessing he couldn’t believe a woman came up with the idea. Jenny was lucky that you aren’t the type of guy to let everyone go on believing that.
I’m glad you’ll be working from home for a while if not permanently. I’m worried this thing is going to get a lot worse over the fall and winter.
Oh, strap in for the fall and winter. It’s going to go completely apeshit crazy. If Trump pulls out a win (still not outside the realm of possibility with Biden as the nominee), expect it to essentially never get better–only worse.
teeeheeee i can gif nao
welp..there goes the neighbourhood
…maybe a seperate line break
…after the gif?
…only on my phone that first line of text is off to the side instead of beneath the pic
probably a good idea
not like i know what im doing….learning by button bashing here 🙂
…if it’s any consolation, I still haven’t figured out what part of myo’s instructions I’ve failed to follow since I don’t have the “add image” button in the comment editor that most (nearly all?) other people have been graced with for a bit
I still don’t have the image button 🤬
i only just noticed the image button….no idea how long its been there…lol
don’t worry, you have fanny!
how’s doing btw?
Good 🙂
*plays with image button*

behold!
fish and chips a la farscythe
right ok…i think ive had my fun now
(eta) huh…thats nifty..tiny pic in the thread full size when clicked…that sure keeps the clutter down
I appear to have it, too!😁

So this:
From this movie😉;
Did you make that? It’s looks really good.
it was i
panfried hake fish and wokked chips
and thanks
also…i think this one might be up your alley
(im a little hyperactive today…kinda always happens when i get too much exercise…welp..too hot for sleep anyway)
Ooh, I like this!
You should do a Food You Can Eat post, your meals always loo delicious.
lol…im more of a fan of commenting than creating
(not to mention my aproach to cooking is pretty will o the wisps…i just make shit up as i go)
but who knows…i may change my mind.
You SHOULD do a Food You Can Eat post. I mean, I did tuna casserole one week…your fish and chips is better than that!
I wouldn’t say it’s better than your tuna casserole. But I’d still like to see a Farsythe FYCE!
lol..ill consider it once the heat breaks
my heatwave diet is what the family calls japanese breakfast lol
basically sticky rice served with chopped tomatos,cucumber soy sauce and whatever fishy i happen to have tinned (wich is currently a lot…found a bargain bin full of tinned fishies for $1 a tin) sometimes lettuce too…if it hasnt gone off again
easiest thing in the world as i only cook the rice and chop the salad and then let everyone put it together as they please…. nice light heatwave food
Did not work!😆🤣😂
I mean, it LINKED and all, but doesn’t show up right for me😉🙃
Trying something else🤫
https://tenor.com/blMDK.gif
Hmm….. I seem to have the image option, buuut I dunno the sizing bit, annnnd there’s a bit of… oddness… for me (on a phone), because the “ok” button only shows when i turn my phone to landscape, annnnd then I have to “back” out of my keyboard, because when I’m in landscape (Samsung S9), it basically takes up everything but *one line* of the screen visability-wise…. and then the backing out means I get popped back up to the top of the page, somewhere in there, too….
So for those of y’all having issues with it, is it perhaps that we’re trying on phones?🤷♀️
Samsung 8 here; it won’t even show some of the videos of DUAN posts (music plays, image is black screen.)
*boop*

oh yeah…i got the magic touch 😀
(but yeah..seems with the tenor gifs you need to open the gif in a new tab and use that url)
thanks!😁
In the olden-days of Giphy, before they were taken over by The Evil Empie (aka ZukCo, et al.), I would’ve just headed over there, to do things the easy way….
But i LOATHE that scumbag, and everything he & his Thiel/TrumpCo cronies stand for…. sooooo, it’s Tenor for now🙃
Look at you guys having so much fun! Wish someone would give me an image button! 🙂
Me too 😭
OK, trying it out. Here’s an image (I hope):

Here’s a gif:
https://media.giphy.com/media/KZdaJU4SPaNzA3VPMF/giphy.gif
OK, so the gif didn’t work. Trying Tenor
Yikes. That really didn’t work. I opened the gif in a new tab and copied the url, but clearly there’s some special sauce that I am missing.
*boop*

seems giphy works the same as tenor..gotta right click the gif and open image in new tab and use that url… should end in giphy.gif
edit…huh…just noticed yours does end in giphy.gif
welp…clearly i really am just magic then…coz i dont know what im doing differently
Farcythe are you by chance posting the magic via a keyboard with a mouse, or are you on a cellphone?
And is THAT perhaps the magical difference?😉
i am on my pc yup
i can barely use my phone lol
Yup, I think I’m just hosed.
https://media1.tenor.com/images/6d566484d1be9cf1b4942e3991d92694/tenor.gif?itemid=14792433
could it be coz im using chrome?
I’m on Chrome, too, but on my phone… no right-clicky to be had…
I’m wondering if *that* is the bit of magical difference?😉
I’m off to work now, so i won’t get a chance to test the theory ’til later on tonight/tomorrow,but I’ll see if that might be what’s making it work/not work
Unless someone else manages to try, before 10-12-ish hours from now😉🤣
I’m on my phone too, I’ll have to get the laptop out after dinner and give it a try.
I’m using my laptop on Firefox.
Perhaps hosed, BBTM, but your .gif game, as Farscythe’s, is EXCELLENT!😉