Update XV: Stuck Inside of Tulsa with the Oklahoma City Blues Again

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Luckily, the South invented a special pie just for this dilemma.



Literally crust with a butter and sugar filling.

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J-Mann makes a great point and Bushie once again ignores it.

I assume the reason he keeps going back to call centers is because he isn't physically able to handle a retail job. Otherwise, I don't get it. It's always been an Update mystery to me considering he has failed at them each and every time. If a call center had actually been a career option, Bushie wouldn't have gone back for CADD.

He said numerous times that the reason for CADD school was so he could stop trying and failing at call centers! It doesn't make a lick of sense.

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You forgot RIP BLONDIE AKA JJ THE DOG.

I'll miss the poor, dead puppy.

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Bushie you should grow a beard. It would fit your face well.

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Speaking of the diet, I believe I have discovered a missing Update.
https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=102437.0

Looking back through Bushie's 2009 posts, I found some more lost Update threads that aren't on the canonical reading list:

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=97579.0

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=100340.0

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=101396.0

Wonderful job guys! Xahar, please add these to the reading list!

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Remember: There's an alternate timeline where Bushie got a job at Braums 5 years ago and is now managing it.

Yeah but he's also 500 pounds in that timeline.

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But seriously, Ramen Noodles are not healthy. You'd be better off eating another burger.

You need VEGETABLES and FRUITS or you will die.

BUY bananas, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli, snow peas, spinach

You can even top the fruits with Cool Whip and the vegetables with butter if you must, but you NEED to start consuming items with some nutrients or life is over.

It really is a wonder that Bushie is still alive considering the lack of essential vitamins and minerals he consumes. When is the last time he even ate a green vegetable?

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Please try to eat vegetables more than once or twice per week.

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Spinach on sandwiches is good, though the best leafy green is arugula IMO.

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Does she approve of The President?

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What did Jesus say about weed?

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I really don't understand Bushie's post about marijuana at all.

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As evidenced here, "grace alone" can truly be made a sick and dangerous concept.

Yes, Protestantism truly is a horror.

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Well certainly Bushie is the protagonist, but I think the writers want us to think of him as more an anti-hero.

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You said that Allison is losing weight. What kind of diet is she doing?

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what if updaet on BET network?

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What are you talking about Duke?  Things are great so far.   I do have to cling to God no matter what.  I have nothing against this at all,  but in my class there are 9 blacks and 4 whites.  African Americans are quite prevalent in that part of Tulsa.  I don't mind it at all,  but it is an interesting fact in white Oklahoma.

Something, or more properly something else is wrong here. It's a strange juxtaposition, admittedly involving phrases he didn't come up with ("cling to God"), that, even if unintentional, is probably indicative of something unpleasant.

Yeah it's weird that he juxtaposes an infamous Obama phrase (reclaiming "clinging" as a positive description of his relationship with religion in the process? or maybe just using it ironically) with completely unrelated seemingly benign observations about the multitude of black folk at his work.

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Bushie, is your boss a black?

Yes, which is just fine with me.

Interesting. Could the writers be turning this season into an Obama allegory??

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I don't really have an aversion to talking on the phone,  but I just happen to prefer face to face interactions.

Yet you've taken countless jobs (including this one) that involve talking to people on the phone all day…

Obviously Bushie needs to become a door to door salesman. He'd even get some exercise!

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Man, if Bushie could spend the rest of his life going from call center training to call center training, he might just make it.

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This is turning into rainbow play systems part 2

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Damn this call center gypsy racket is legit. Getting paid for "training"!

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Does anyone know if travelers diarrhea is contagious?  My aunt came down with it coming back from Spain last week and just got over it.  I was around her all day Saturday and for an hour today.  Now,  I've been gagging all day at nearly every scent.  I'm not in pain at this time and I haven't thrown up yet, but I've been close.

Unlikely. A more-likely reason for your sensitive gag reflex is your aunt regaling you with stories of her traveler's diarrhea.

add to my gagging minor cramping and bowel movements

What did you eat in the past 48 hours?

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Holy crap guys, Bushie might have found a job run by people as averse to working as he is! Bushie, hold on to this baby tight and DO NOT LET GO.

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Oh, and only half the class decided to show up today...

You say that as if it is some sort of justification for you missing. In 2 months (if that), it won't really matter that Billy Sue had as many call offs as you, because the end result will be that both you and Billy Sue are unemployed.

I'm not saying this as a matter of self-justification, or maybe I am.  Missing 3/4 of a day is certainly missing 2 days or more.   Everyone there has at least 1.5 missed days, and in some cases 2-3 full days.  Though not confirmed, I believe three ladies have quit by missing 5 days already.  I certainly don't want to miss any more, but I'm not in any danger at the present time.

Yeah, surely they can't fire all of you.