knowman's definitions

pump bandit

Someone who drives away without paying for their gas. Some try to claim it's a form of social justice because "the oil companies are ripping us off." Basically it's stealing from the guy who owns the local gas station.

Thanks to the pump bandits you now have to prepay all the time.

by knowman April 22, 2008

flash stutter

When the stream to a flash or other player doesn't supply enough valid data so the player runs, freezes, runs, freezes. Also called breakup, bad connection, corrupted data.

The site has some good movies, bur the flash stutter will drive you nuts.

by knowman April 27, 2008

good deed

An act from which you get no benefit that costs you. No good deed goes unpunished. A good deed will come back and bite you in the ass.

Goring issued an order shielding decorated Jewish WW1 veterans and their families from the Gestapo. That order was used against Goring at his trial. His good deed came back and bit him in the ass.

by knowman March 16, 2008

pretty prancing pony

A coworker who puts on a show for the boss, but does no real work. The bosses' pet,who gets away with murser. As apposed to a pack mule who doesn't look like much, but does most of the real work.

She's a pretty prancing pony and the bosses' pet. The trouble with this place is there are too many ponies and not enough mules.

by knowman March 17, 2008

pack mules

The people who do the jobs and get the work done, that an organization needs to survive. A good boss like a good mule skinner is very concerned with the welfare of his mules because he knows his lively hood depends on them.

Bob really went to bat for our raises he knows good pack mules are hard to find.

by knowman March 17, 2008

proof reader

Someone who corrects the English mistakes in the work of another writer. The shepherd who safely guides thoughts and ideas through the swamps of the English language. A maintenance worker who struggles to keep that cobbled together bridge between the writers mind and the readers mind called English from collapsing. A harmless drudge who works just as hard on a toilet paper ad as on a work that will be considered a jewel of western literature. A pain in the neck when it's your paper they're correcting.

The quality of your paper is A+, the mechanics is D- , you are a miserable proof reader. I really stink at English my spouse has to proofread all my writing.

by knowman March 22, 2008

Dead Doggy

A game for old owners who don't like to throw, and old dogs who don't like to fetch. Both players settle in their most comfortable spots and whoever gets up first is the loser.

I spent the afternoon playing dead doggy with Oliver, and I won.

by knowman March 23, 2008