Feb 18, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Untitled Read I work in a nursing home. There’s this one particular resident that just cracks me up, the same one from this story. The other day, O was walking by the nurse’s desk and she was sitting there ...
Feb 18, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Sub-Par Substitution Read Sub-Par Substitution Woman: "A croissant sandwich with no tomatoes, sub with avocado." Me: "I can't do that. Tomatoes and avocado are not equivalent—" Woman: "—they've done it for me before." ...
Feb 18, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Grueling Fueling Read Grueling Fueling I had already put my two weeks in at the gas station when a woman came with a van and tried to pump gas with the vehicle running. I tell her over the intercom to shut the engi...
Feb 18, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Bear-ly Got There In Time Read Bear-ly Got There In Time Manager: "Ma'am! We. Are. Closed." Me: "I know but—" Manager: "—Closed!" *Begins to close the window.* Me: "STOP! There is a BEAR in your dumpster!" Read Bear-ly Got ...
Feb 18, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Two Of A Feather Read Two Of A Feather Me: "I'll have the half roast duck. I enjoyed it last night, so can I have the other half of the same duck?" Read Two Of A Feather
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com A Reptile Dysfunction Read A Reptile Dysfunction I managed to tear a van I was trying to tow almost in half the other day. It wasn't some rattling rust bucket where breaking apart was going to happen sooner or later. It...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com When Diplomacy Hits The End Of The Road Read When Diplomacy Hits The End Of The Road Johnny: "I don't care if you're the f****** president of the USA, unless your car can fly, you're going to go around. Now get the f****** f*** out of he...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com They’re So Advanced That They’re Computing In Three Dimensions Read They’re So Advanced That They’re Computing In Three Dimensions A woman in accounting wanted help with something, and I showed up to do it for her. Me: "So, let me set this up so that—" Woman: ...
Feb 17, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual CSS, grau, grey und gray Ist es in CSS „grey“ oder „gray“? Und wie ist es mit hellgrau und dunkelgrau?
Feb 17, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria February 2026 So Farrr... Wow. It has been long, yet all it has been is a lot of ruminating, longing, yearning, guilting, depressing, daydreaming, waiting, intruding, and not a lot of change, huh? Since the last update in J...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com That’s How They Burn Bridges Read That’s How They Burn Bridges Boss: "You need to return your three work shirts and both lab coats, or you'll have the costs garnished from your last check." Me: "They are a pile of ash at the s...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Analog Pop-Ups Read Analog Pop-Ups After trying some usual troubleshooting steps over the phone, I decide it’s worth a visit to the reception desk in the next building. I get there, and I see exactly what the mes...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Cash Strapped Read Cash Strapped Me: "I can't take money from your underwear." Customer: "What? It's my bra!" Me: "That's your underwear." Customer: "I'm not like a dirty person!" Read Cash Strapped
Feb 17, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria Nobody is here. Nobody is here.Nobody is touching me.Nobody is beating me.Nobody is hitting me.Nobody is engulfing my space.Nobody is screaming at me.Nobody is manipulating me.Nobody is scheming behind me.Nobody i...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Allow Me To Amplify Our Return Policy Read Allow Me To Amplify Our Return Policy Customer: "This is nonsense! You saw me last week! You know I bought this here!" Me: "Madam, it doesn’t matter if I know, the system doesn't. I need a rec...
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Just… Whut? Read Just… Whut? I'm interviewing for a new job at a supermarket; the role, I think, hardly matters. After we get through the formalities... Interviewer: "So, what makes you want to work here?" Me:...
Feb 17, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software Happy Anniversary: Revisiting the AGPL and CLAs The first post I made on this blog was on this date in 2003. Rather than engaging in my usual anniversary navel-gazing, I wanted to respond to a post I saw recently on Mastodon. Disclaimer: I curre...
Feb 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300) Unruly steeds from King Mu’s mythology, cavorting across a silk scroll.
Feb 17, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Pigeons Transmogrified: Hannah Glasse’s Art of Cookery (1751 edition) A bestselling 18th-century cookbook, containing the first recipe for curry in English.
Feb 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Failed The Name Game, Part 13 Read Failed The Name Game, Part 13 One morning, I realized that I had accidentally left my name tag at home, so my manager gave me hers to use for the day. Her name was very normal for a woman her ...
