How the hell are eggs weird? Hard boiled eggs go with so many things, or are a kick ass protein packed snack you can eat with one hand.
I'm with @Bingo and @joelmw - unless my food smells back, freaks you out, or can kill you; I don't see why it needs to be a discussion. Feel free to talk to me, just leave whatever weird opinion you have about my lunch alone.
@Thumperchick The irony is that the guy who makes the most stupid comments about my food has, hands-down, the stinkiest food in the office. And he eats, on average, about three times throughout the day.
@Bingo (If that truly is your @name-o) The writing is always incredibly creative and entertaining. Yeah, I heart Irk (not that there's anything wrong with that.)
My Dad wasn't a lover of mustard, and felt compelled to comment on the volume of mustard I put on whatever it was going on. Needless to say, I make it a point to put extra mustard on stuff whenever he's around. I found that pretzels dipped in mustard are really tasty.
Great great writing on this one. By far my favorite 'Ask Irk' to date. Considering Irk answered one of my questions, that's saying something. Regarding bring weird shit to eat to the office, I agree with the other comments. Leave my hard boiled eggs out of the conversation. I do draw the line at microwave tuna fish casserole though. A certain coworker in my office periodically brings this in for lunch and it just about has me (and everyone else) heaving at my desk. And the smell lingers for hours.... HOURS
@Cinoclav Looks like I have my finger on the pulse.... but I do enjoy my microwave popcorn a little bit over-nuked. To my defense I never burn popcorn in the office microwave.
@jimmyd103@cinoclav I can confirm that both are terrible. Had someone in a previous job that would microwave leftover fish, like just a piece of tilapia or something, and @hart burned the crap out of some popcorn a little while back and it was awful.
@Cinoclav@Bingo@JonT@jimmyd103 All this talk of horrible office smells makes me even more thankful that I work from home. It's just my own odors that I have to deal with :P
@Cinoclav Same guy that brings the other stinky food in our office probably brings fish more than anyone and whenever he makes popcorn he burns it (I'm pretty sure it's on purpose: not quite sure if he likes it that way or is just being an ass).
@jimmyd103 We had a serial fish-for-lunch eater in my office. And just before we moved into the new building, some people told her there was a policy about no fish in the microwaves in the brand-new space. She bought it. :) However, the rat bastard who thought the company needed to own a popcorn MACHINE, needs to be smacked. Too often burned, too often made in the am, too often dribbled all over the building. Animals.
@jimmyd103 I unknowingly brought leftover scallops for lunch a couple years ago and heated them in the microwave. I completely stunk up the place. Even I thought it smelled horrible. I promised my coworkers I would never reheat scallops again. They still tasted good, though.
As a Southerner in New England, people get wierded out when I bring in leftovers like pork neck bones or other southern foods. They can scoff all they want, it is still tasty to me.
While I watch Irk videos during lunch I typically get asked, "What's that weird shit you're watching."
Seems no one cares what I eat.
@cinoclav me too...
Moral of the story: don't bring weird shit to eat at the office.
Yeah, I'm with @Bingo: whatever I'm eating, just leave me the fuck alone unless you've got something intelligent to say. Sheesh.
@joelmw
How the hell are eggs weird? Hard boiled eggs go with so many things, or are a kick ass protein packed snack you can eat with one hand.
I'm with @Bingo and @joelmw - unless my food smells back, freaks you out, or can kill you; I don't see why it needs to be a discussion. Feel free to talk to me, just leave whatever weird opinion you have about my lunch alone.
@Thumperchick The irony is that the guy who makes the most stupid comments about my food has, hands-down, the stinkiest food in the office. And he eats, on average, about three times throughout the day.
The best thing about having Irk actually answer one of your questions is being totally surprised by just where the hell he goes with it.
@Bingo (If that truly is your @name-o) The writing is always incredibly creative and entertaining. Yeah, I heart Irk (not that there's anything wrong with that.)
My Dad wasn't a lover of mustard, and felt compelled to comment on the volume of mustard I put on whatever it was going on. Needless to say, I make it a point to put extra mustard on stuff whenever he's around. I found that pretzels dipped in mustard are really tasty.
Great great writing on this one. By far my favorite 'Ask Irk' to date. Considering Irk answered one of my questions, that's saying something.
Regarding bring weird shit to eat to the office, I agree with the other comments. Leave my hard boiled eggs out of the conversation. I do draw the line at microwave tuna fish casserole though. A certain coworker in my office periodically brings this in for lunch and it just about has me (and everyone else) heaving at my desk. And the smell lingers for hours.... HOURS
@jimmyd103 Polls have shown that the worst two things to microwave in a public place are fish and popcorn that you burn.
@Cinoclav Looks like I have my finger on the pulse.... but I do enjoy my microwave popcorn a little bit over-nuked. To my defense I never burn popcorn in the office microwave.
@jimmyd103 @cinoclav I can confirm that both are terrible. Had someone in a previous job that would microwave leftover fish, like just a piece of tilapia or something, and @hart burned the crap out of some popcorn a little while back and it was awful.
@jimmyd103 True story - someone here burned popcorn just this morning. Yes this morning. At 9am. Burnt popcorn. Thanks EVER so much for that.
@Bingo Lol - Quite possibly the worst smell ever. Like a truckload of used tires smoldering down the hall.
@Cinoclav @Bingo @JonT @jimmyd103 All this talk of horrible office smells makes me even more thankful that I work from home. It's just my own odors that I have to deal with :P
@jsh139 Wait, you're from my area, right? Is that what I smell?
@Cinoclav Same guy that brings the other stinky food in our office probably brings fish more than anyone and whenever he makes popcorn he burns it (I'm pretty sure it's on purpose: not quite sure if he likes it that way or is just being an ass).
@Cinoclav Collegeville area. You might. I just made a strawberry-banana smoothie. Yum!
@joelmw sounds like you work with the devil.
@Bingo 9am. I don't believe it. Must have been @studerc
@jsh139 And if that makes you nauseous then you have a really big problem
@jimmyd103 Nah. I bask in the glory of my own odor.
@jsh139 Havertown for me. But I'm currently at work in Dirty Jersey so that's all I smell. You need to make a bigger smoothie apparently.
@jimmyd103 We had a serial fish-for-lunch eater in my office. And just before we moved into the new building, some people told her there was a policy about no fish in the microwaves in the brand-new space. She bought it. :)
However, the rat bastard who thought the company needed to own a popcorn MACHINE, needs to be smacked. Too often burned, too often made in the am, too often dribbled all over the building. Animals.
@JonT He's actually a friend and not a bad guy. He's just got some super annoying habits. You may still be right, though. ;-)
@JonT By the way, you're welcome.
@jimmyd103 I unknowingly brought leftover scallops for lunch a couple years ago and heated them in the microwave. I completely stunk up the place. Even I thought it smelled horrible. I promised my coworkers I would never reheat scallops again. They still tasted good, though.
As a Southerner in New England, people get wierded out when I bring in leftovers like pork neck bones or other southern foods.
They can scoff all they want, it is still tasty to me.