Open letters

[bktheirregular]

Dear whoever designed the Greek keyboard pattern for computers:

Would it have been that hard to put an "ano teleia" key somewhere on the keyboard? You know, for people who like to have a separator other than a colon or a comma? I know, I know, there's a semicolon, but you guys use that as a question mark, and that's not going to cut the mustard.

Yours in frustration,
BK

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Dear colleagues:

I understand you're upset. But when you're carrying on your gripe session, could you either (a) turn down the volume about thirteen notches, or (b) take it outside? I'm working on something that requires ninety-six percent concentration here.

Sincerely,
BK

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Dear Presidential Candidate:

You come thisclose to calling your opponent a terrorist, your supporters are calling for his assassination at your running mate's rallies, and you think you have the right to call me your friend?

Burn in hell,
BK

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Dear Mass Transit Workers:

You've managed to snarl up an entire city with your walkout. Great job. Really great job.

(PS: your average sarcasm detector needs maintenance at least once a year. See to it, okay?)

Yours in snark,
BK

Comments

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

OMG! The "my friends" thing was grating SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO badly on my nerves.

[bktheirregular]

Probably just as well that I only caught it at a remove. Some days I'm thankful that prime time starts at 3 in the morning here...

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the 'my friends' thing got on my nerves, too. Better than Palin's cndescending faux-folksy schtick, but still... *shudders*

[bktheirregular]

From the way they've been going recently, when they stand up to be judged before the ultimate court, whenever that may be, they shouldn't bother with harp lessons. And they'll need either sunblock in the 10^68 range, or barbecue sauce.

[honorh.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain on the keyboard. I'm using one that not only has the apostrophe and quotes in strange places, but it's prone to switching into hiragana at the least provocation. Not convenient!

[bktheirregular]

In general, you may want to watch out for hitting the Alt and Ctrl keys at the same time - that's the switch from English to Greek, anyway, and it may be the same for the Japanese keyboards.