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Old 07-18-2005, 01:27 PM
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So....how exactly did Tom land this gig?
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Got suckered in by Augustus Claudius Linkus I.
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must've spiked his diet coke.
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Well ... first I got a list of minimum standard requirements from Titania ...
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Well ... first I got a list of minimum standard requirements from Titania ...
and there was a rigorous "interview", followed by activities that we could tell you about, but there's a code of silence in the "brotherhood"
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and there was a rigorous "interview", followed by activities that we could tell you about, but there's a code of silence in the "brotherhood"
Right -- L. Mo was in charge of screening applicants
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Well ... first I got a list of minimum standard requirements from Titania ...
Then I definitely need to see some pictures...
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Then of course there was the "orientation session" with all of the WCC
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We approached him after seeing his www.actuarialnews.org masterpiece.

Then, yes, we brought in the WCC and Titania for screening.
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I hope he was suitably indoctrinated on the necessity of a spam-filled diet?
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