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View Poll Results: How Do You Handle Stress?
I drink 10 9.62%
I take pills. 7 6.73%
I drink AND take pills 5 4.81%
I excercise. (running, workouts, whatever) 27 25.96%
I meditate, use a relaxation technique or bio-feedback 19 18.27%
I cry 18 17.31%
I come to MobileRead and lose myself in the Lounge 30 28.85%
I play online games/surf the net 27 25.96%
I watch TV 19 18.27%
I read 57 54.81%
I have a hobby......please post what it is. 17 16.35%
I use one of those little "stress balls" 3 2.88%
I throw one of those little stress balls at someone 7 6.73%
I sleep 27 25.96%
I eat 28 26.92%
I kick my kids, dog (s), cat (s) wife, husband, who/whatever happens to be nearest 3 2.88%
The blue one next to the fish. 11 10.58%
None of the above....please post what you do. 11 10.58%
I'm not voting, I just want to keep track of what others do. 1 0.96%
I eat bacon and donuts (or a bacon-filled donut.) 2 1.92%
I pray. 9 8.65%
I go shopping. 4 3.85%
I smoke. 9 8.65%
I turn to my dog(s)/cat(s)/squirrel(s)/llama(s)/whatever animal(s) for comfort 16 15.38%
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Old 10-19-2010, 08:53 PM   #196
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Maybe we could combine the two - go after the folk on the other end of the phone call and use swords on them!
Great idea! That's why you wear the green hat!
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Old 10-19-2010, 09:15 PM   #197
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I can provide replicas for anyone who doesn't have a sword. They're dull at the moment, but the steel will take and hold an edge
I work Renaissance Festivals (I have a two weekend gig coming up two weekends from now) and have access to all the live steel (with an edge) I can afford. I prefer my wit and my tongue for weapons (with which I have unmanned many a man).
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Old 10-19-2010, 09:26 PM   #198
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Old 10-20-2010, 12:45 AM   #199
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Damned Jedi.
I would have thought Bene Gesserit rather than Jedi.


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Old 10-20-2010, 01:07 AM   #200
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kicking my mate..... haven't tried that as a stress reliever yet. I try to laugh in the face of stress. Sometimes it comes out more like a strangled cry.
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Old 10-20-2010, 01:07 AM   #201
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Old 10-20-2010, 01:29 AM   #202
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I used to relieve the stress of some of those by putting them on loudspeaker for the entertainment of the rest of the office (the most memorable one was trying to derail the guy from his script for about 10 minutes... he kept asking me what happened when I turned a server that was half full of water on...)



Now that looks fun! I used to fence (sport-fencing, foil), but dodgy ankles, being built more like a cob than a thoroughbred and a complete inability to take it seriously stopped me
I also used to fence! it is very hard to find a fencing partner!

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Storm the call centers!! Slash the phone lines!! Rout the unintelligible!! Plant your sword in the heart of the switchboard!
yesssss! and provide me more work!!!!
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Old 10-20-2010, 02:05 AM   #203
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I say you track the offender down to their workplace and leap into their cubicle like a rabid flounder. Drive them to the floor, kicking them about the head with mad abandon. Use whatever is at hand to bash their little skull in. Staple them with glee. Whip them with random wiring. Violate their nasal cavities with the phone. Improvise. And then, slip off your shoes and dance barefoot in their brain matter. Wiggle your toes in it. Giggle if the spirit moves you. Then take a deep breath, slip on your shoes, and leap screaming into the next occupied cubicle. Now that you've warmed up, you can go completely narking phutz.
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So did I. I have built many fences.
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I work Renaissance Festivals (I have a two weekend gig coming up two weekends from now) and have access to all the live steel (with an edge) I can afford. I prefer my wit and my tongue for weapons (with which I have unmanned many a man).
I have very occasionally run into people who are too dull and unimaginative for that to work on.

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I say you track the offender down to their workplace and leap into their cubicle like a rabid flounder. Drive them to the floor, kicking them about the head with mad abandon. Use whatever is at hand to bash their little skull in. Staple them with glee. Whip them with random wiring. Violate their nasal cavities with the phone. Improvise. And then, slip off your shoes and dance barefoot in their brain matter. Wiggle your toes in it. Giggle if the spirit moves you. Then take a deep breath, slip on your shoes, and leap screaming into the next occupied cubicle. Now that you've warmed up, you can go completely narking phutz.
I feel less stressed just reading that *mmmm squishy brain dance*
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I have very occasionally run into people who are too dull and unimaginative for that to work on...
Oh, those are the most fun! They stand there, going, "Duh!" or, "Hunh?" and everyone else is laughing!
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Old 10-20-2010, 03:17 PM   #208
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I work Renaissance Festivals (I have a two weekend gig coming up two weekends from now) and have access to all the live steel (with an edge) I can afford. I prefer my wit and my tongue for weapons (with which I have unmanned many a man).
I'd like to have a go at something like that. I'm too old and slow for swordplay, but maybe I could be a monk or something.

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Old 10-20-2010, 03:55 PM   #210
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