Pretty Damn Accurate.

So I stumbled across this the other day, and it's pretty much dead on. Anyone with a job will appreciate it:

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result -- all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth.

Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked. Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done around here.

And that, my friends, is how company policy begins.

Source

Oprah (play her name backwards on a record, you hear "CUNT")

I don't know if anyone here has listened to Oprah's new XM show, but I know I sure haven't. However, a teacher of mine heard about this and was pissed to see the "heroine" of many females at my school is just another reverse racism facilitator.

Oprah, whom people (who give a shit) know came from such humble upbringings, recalled on her show her grandmother, and her wishes for a young Oprah. Basically, her grandma worked for white people, as some sort of maid, and she wanted Oprah to find some "good white folks" to work for, because the "good white folks" apparently gave away good shit.

Well, her grandmother died in the 1960s, so she never even got to see Oprah start off her campaign of "affirmative action"-like racism. Lucky her.

Oprah says how she wishes her grandmother could see her now, and see that she has plenty of "good white folks"...working for her. It was on this note that my opinion of Oprah was officially affirmed.

THIS BITCH IS THE FEMALE AL SHARPTON!

Now, before anyone calls me racist, I will make one thing clear: I am anything but racist. Prejudiced, however, is another story. I AM prejudiced against ignorant people. That's it, and Oprah and Mr. Sharpton fit right into my little target group.

Honestly, I don't think I can formulate any more actual words to describe how this shit makes me feel, just more inflammatory words and a lot of keyboard mashing, so I think I'll leave it at that.

Check out Oprah's XM audio clip, and hear it for yourself.

Cigar Review: La Unica 200

Alright, well I'm going to start things off with the most recent cigar I've had, a La Unica 200. First off, I have never had a cigar this long (7 inches with a 49 ring). Usually, I try to go for shorter, fatter Torpedoes, rather than longer Churchills. Of course, I think it was the overall look and smell of it that first hooked me. The wrapper was smooth and tight, no signs of peeling. Well, today I went to our local park with a nice cup of iced black coffee and lit it up.

My first impression was how hard it was to draw smoke at first. I'm not a pro, but when it comes to draws, I consider myself adequate in lung power, but this cigar was like a tough one to get rolling. After a few good puffs, I was starting to enjoy it alright, and that kept up for a while (give yourself a little over an hour to enjoy this one). The overall taste wasn't anything to remember, however, and there was somewhat of an unpleasant aftertaste left over, but nothing to really complain about.

Of course, I gotta say, after it got down to maybe 4 or 5 inches, the real flavor of the fillers started to hit me and I started to really appreciate it. For $3.75 a stick and about $57 for a box of 20, it's not a bad deal. I'd have to give this one 2 stars. Good overall taste, just a little too much work on the draw for my preference.