Star date: Friday.
Status: slightly hungover.
Purpose for post: attempt to approach elusive standard of “daily content” with use of meandering filler post.
Last night’s activity: drinking, food.
This morning’s activity: TPS reports.
Pop-culture origin of “TPS reports” comment: The Wonder Years (sitcom).
Underrated 90s sitcom: Family Ties.
Marilyn Manson: the older brother on Mr. Belvedeer (sp?) that played the drums.
Member of the Jo-tel that stayed at the Gough-tel last night: Hip E.
Number of times I started [correction: startled -Ed.] The Deepa this morning: 2.
Number of To-Do post-it notes affixed to my desk drawer: 11.
Possible ways to effectively end this post: 0.
-Shark
11 responses so far ↓
Shannon // Jul 25, 2008 at 12:39 pm
How do you start The Deepa?
Shark // Jul 25, 2008 at 12:50 pm
By startling her.
Turd Ferguson // Jul 25, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I heard 4 margaritas and a nine iron.
Trey // Jul 28, 2008 at 12:45 am
I thought I saw a fruitier and more homeless looking version of The Shark stumbling down Fell Street this morning.
Then I realized it WAS The Shark. In a neon pink XS woman’s tank top. Clearly hurting from a night of houseparty debauchery…
Load // Jul 28, 2008 at 10:33 am
The Wonder Years?
From Wiki
[edit] In popular culture
TPS report has come to denote pointless mindless paperwork after its use in the comedy film Office Space. In the story, a primary character is reprimanded by several of his superiors for forgetting to put the new cover sheet on his TPS report.
Mentioned in a line of dialogue from the series Lost in the season one episode entitled “Walkabout.” In a flashback sequence, Locke is reminded by his boss that he needs to submit his TPS reports by noon.
In the “Terry’s World” episode of Terry Tate: Office Linebacker, Terry tackles a coworker for failing to put a cover sheet on a TPS report.
Mentioned in the episode “High” in the fourth season of “Rescue Me.” Janet hands in TPS reports at the office she is now working in.
Seen in the background of a “team-building” video of the episode “Isla de Chupacabra” of Sealab 2021.
Shark // Jul 28, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I realized I had accidently typed “TPS report” wrongly. I agree with wiki that “TPS report” started in Office Space. What I was thinking was “W-2 forms”, which is, obviously, a really common tax form and didn’t need The Wonder Years to popularize it. But what I was thinking about was that scene were Kevin asks his dad what he does and the dad is all grumpy and replies simply “I fill out W-2 forms all day”. I did realize this after the fact, but I was hoping no one noticed. Damn you Load. Damn you.
Hip E. // Jul 28, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I just read this post, and also noticed this, and went to wikipedia to confirm that I was right, and highlighted and copied the Office Space part, and came back here, and was about to paste it in the comments box, and then I read Load’s comment. Big Oil, that will be $2.75.
Load // Jul 29, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Shark - Kevin Arnold’s dad worked at a software company and then made furniture. Why would he fill out w-2 forms all day?
Turd Ferguson // Jul 29, 2008 at 2:33 pm
http://progressiveboink.com/archive/wonderyears.htm
Shark // Jul 29, 2008 at 4:46 pm
You don’t think employees at furniture and software companies get W-2 forms?
Load // Jul 30, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Sure everyone gets W-2 forms but why would his job but why would he fill the forms out all day? Unless he was HR, but the character’s temperament suggests otherwise. I highly doubt that a furniture shop in the 60’s would have an HR department or have such a high turnover that they would have to fill out W-2’s all day long. And it’s the employee’s responsibility to fill out their own W-2. If it was the software company the same thing could be said in that that industry was in its infancy and not near the volume of personnel as we see today.
Perhaps he could have been killing time since the internet wasn’t around yet or possibly he was obsessive compulsive which, if he was would have shown up in other areas of the script.
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