Code Phrase Enthusiast Gifts

"Don't forget out code phrase for leaving is 'Let's go home'."

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"I can't find my other boot. I need to be rebooted."

'Why do they call him Neckline Ned.' - 'He's always plunging down the middle but never showing anything.'

"After a long day at the office writing business software...Bob loves to relax writing game software."

Mort Park! You mean Killer. You're sprung, Killer. I'm free to go? Unless you're so tough now you'd rather stay. I mean a guy named Killer probably likes jail. Mail me my blanky.

'Es-yay. E's-hay ere-hay ight-ray ow-nay and-ay e-hay oesn't-day uspect-say a ing-thay!'

"Why do people think using big words is a bad thing?"

"Are you the one they call El Cóndor?"

"I've been reading a book of famous quotations. It's amazing how many are by a famous Greek named Anonymous."

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

'When I registered for this class, in computer programming, nobody told me that it's all about converting caffeine into computer code.'

'After his web site got going we bought this 5000 sq. ft. home, but he never leaves his computer.'

'Quotes, woof, woof, woof, woof, closed quotes.'

Frog Prince thinks: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horsefly.'

Silicon Vale

"So, what do you think about the web developer course you are taking?"

'Lance, what does 'NSFW' stand for?'

"Yes, binary is really kicking in."

'You failed your Latin exam! But Sweety, it's important to learn Latin: All your friends' names have Latin roots...'

'I know it's the truth, but on this promo for our site, do you think we should use the promo code 'desperation?''

'Then again, who says we can't call it a mangelwurzel?'

Male On Sunday

"Wait ... I always thought taking each other for granted was a good thing!"

'I know you can make this project go. That's why I call you 'The Magic Motor'.'

His real name is Jasper Underwood Farthington III...but we just call him 'Stinky'.

Department of Unrealistic Dividend Earnings: 'We realize it is an unnecessary department but the acronym was just too cool to shut it down.'

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

"The are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't."

'For the sake of convenience everybody just calls me Joe.'

Could you be a little bit more specific than an 'arm and a leg'?

I was thinking about something more like a slogan.

It's good news when an agent says "This is a big break" to an aspiring actor. But not good when said by an orthopedic surgeon holding your x-ray! It's jarring when your business partner says "We're going under while he's looking at the books. But it's very routine when said by a submarine captain speaking to the crew. "You're on fire" is nice to hear when you're playing an excellent round of golf. But not what you want to hear when you're grilling burgers. "A thumb on the scale" often mean

Yep, that's me in a pea pod! In a pea pod�?? I think "nutshell" has been vastly overused.