On the day after the company I work for issued my department blackberries I was meeting my manager in the ATL airport. Our flights came in at the same Terminal and amazingly landed within 10 minutes of each other. :eek::eek::eek:

Via blackberry messgenger (the subsequent downfall of my life) we agreed to meet at the center of the concourse near where you go down to the tram station. We meet up and she says "I have to use the restroom." I did as well so we agreed to regroup in a few minutes.

Being a guy I take care of my business relatively fast and stand outside the restrooms.

2 minutes go by. 4 minutes. ... now we're approaching 10 minutes and panic mode starts to set in. Could there be a more socially awkward event?

So I try and rationalize with myself. "Perhaps there's a line..." So I track a woman who goes in and about 3 minutes later she comes out. No line. And she was in there too long to have just washed her hands.

So now we're approaching 15 minutes. I didn't want to call because what if she was having a night in Havana (she flew in on CO in Y at meal time) but we were approaching an absurd amount of elapsed time.

Finally, just as I was dialing her number she comes out. Asks if I'm all set (completely disregarding that an extraordinary amount of time hadn't just elapsed) and off we go to the Avis counter.

I was dying inside. Asking questions like "how was the flight. Burgers tonight?" and "have you been to our Mexican facility recently..." but no dice.

I'm back in the office a couple days later and my IT guy busts out laughing when he sees me. We meet in a covert location and he proceeds to tell me that she had dropped her blackberry in the toilet in the ATL airport. Which explains why she spent 15 minutes in there.

Why she didn't just tell him she lost it is beyond me.

So, if anyone found a blackberry in a toilet in the ATL airport in the CO concourse about two years ago... uhm.... PM me.

If there is truth to the rumored discussion that there is a not insubstantial body of opinion that thinks that this thread should be closed, this morning's activities will certainly add fuel to that fire.

This Forum desperately needs a containment pond for literary effluvium. It's like radioactive waste storage - unsightly, but necessary. We wouldn't want it escaping and polluting the rest of the forum. Heaven forbid that the latest serious and sober discussion on 31" pitch, merger speculation, minutiae discovered in 10Q/K reports, calzones or persons of size be polluted with the taint of levity.

Hey, this is the internet. If we can't right obnoxious/offensive (or in some cases downright horrifying) material WHAT CAN WE DO?????;)

Agreed.

I usually post in here any questions that I have that may have already been answered a long time ago (and I don't want to start a new thread) or just simple observations that don't deserve a thread. Gotta keep fctsty happy.

Well, there are the FT Terms of Service, which one should always abide by (at least on this site).

I don't disagree with ALCO and Hartmann that excellent information and discussion of pertinent matters is the general tone of this thread. I do enjoy coming over here to see how the other half lives.

I also have been one of its staunchest defenders since the inception, but the latest "effluvium" will not help the cause of keeping the thread alive.

Indeed, the toilet/potty humor is a bit below the lowest common denominator...but the relative merits of Hot Dipped Galvanized Nuts vs. 2H Grade Slotted Nuts is serious business ;)

That last topic is one of those charming things about this thread that keep me coming back..

And here I thought the fart jokes were a serious request...but then again, I was really tired last night.

Is there such a thing as cold dipped galvanized nuts?

Not that I've ever seen.

Geesh, go away for a day to attend a Christmas party and I see I've missed nuts, turds, urinals and farts. *insert female roll of eyes here* :D

Indeed there are. If you look on the Continental website, they're served in a tepid ramakin designed in the early 60's by Audrey Meadows as part of Continental's famed "pink buffet" and served each February 30th on 757-200BusinessFirst flights of 5000 NM or longer.

Minor Miracle
 

In the B PC at IAH, it's not excessively crowded, and the wi-fi is usable :eek: