tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post4381522504204029293..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: A day at the officeCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-87345203991327620012011-01-05T17:39:25.254-05:002011-01-05T17:39:25.254-05:00Although I do sympathize with the wretched start t...Although I do sympathize with the wretched start to your day and the damage to your car, Jeffrey, you might find solace in learning that very similar circumstances to your own were once mined for comedic gold by the likes of Harvey Korman and Tim Conway in their underrated masterpiece "The Longshot." Here's a clip of the scene to which I refer. (You might also be pleased to learn from this clip that things could have gone much worse for you.)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbqL4bZJIC0<br /><br />-JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-60243258732370612022011-01-04T17:11:38.965-05:002011-01-04T17:11:38.965-05:0051??!! I never expected to live so long.51??!! I never expected to live so long.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-34987512821837315762011-01-04T16:05:08.182-05:002011-01-04T16:05:08.182-05:00Wish I were that productive.Wish I were that productive.Heide Esteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022964463219865228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-84077044832024049742011-01-04T15:51:25.760-05:002011-01-04T15:51:25.760-05:00"Prominent Medievalist decapitated by Parking..."Prominent Medievalist decapitated by Parking Garage barrier"<br /><br />Professor Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (51) was pronounced dead at the scene by a Washington D.C. police officer this morning, before standing up from his vehicle, picking his severed head up from the footwell on the passenger's side, and declaring that he would wait for a year-and-a-day before returning the blow on the malicious wooden barrier.<br /><br />A spokesperson from George Washington University declined to comment at this time, although it is rumoured that the English Literature department is commissioning a Middle English romance to commemorate the passing of its most plauded academic.Mike Prykenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-22565489295359885032011-01-04T15:38:27.414-05:002011-01-04T15:38:27.414-05:00Myra, some sympathy please! If I'd been drivin...Myra, some sympathy please! If I'd been driving a convertible I might have died. Imagine how you'd feel then.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-70027313815539822222011-01-04T15:35:30.414-05:002011-01-04T15:35:30.414-05:00That sounds like a pretty much perfect day, to me....That sounds like a pretty much perfect day, to me. Even including the Incident at the Garage. I've been giddily learning how to produce blogs for my courses (Robert's trying, thus far unsuccessfully, to get me to call them "pedablogs.") Where the technology is in place, the syllabi will simply follow.Myra Seamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785617479392033454noreply@blogger.com