Only jointed boxcars with tame oysters! / Free training / Political nicknames

High-scoring words of the night:

BOXCAR (105 points) - against Dana G.-G. [5W] {a good deficit-erasing word!}
ONLY (200 points) - against Timmy F. [two 5W]
JOINTED (204 points) - against Doug Y. [4W, 3W]
TAMERS (130 points) - against Alan C. [5W, 5L on M]
OYSTER (115 points) - against Linda H. [two 4W, hook off YET to make TO]


[22:30:22] Corey: I have to go to the kids' school here soon... dammit
[22:32:50] Corey: to watch classes (the same thing over and over again), and not get any new information and not work. this is "training," going to watch classes for weeks without actually being taught anything whatsoever about the job, and no information about when the hell they might start paying me
[22:39:33] Flami: so, basically they're not paying you to do this
[22:39:52] Flami: I assume you've asked about this
[22:40:48] Corey: I can't ask them, they don't speak English


Trivia fact for Thursday, May 27: Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was nicknamed The Iron Lady. What 20th-century female political figure was known as The Steel Butterfly? Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos.