I liked the second one the most, but I may be biased towards Snatchbuckler interruptions. ;)

For all the F-Bomb people: Dead silence works as well. The system will assume you are on a rotary phone.

This ties in perfect with WA State unemployment which requires three searches a week while you collect.

Yes to the first, and no to the second.

@Deprong Mori: Add to that consistency. After cooking with gas for years, I moved to an apartment with an electric stove and my cooking suffered. I bought myself a gas oven and now I'm right back where I was. :)

Stop me when this becomes familiar:

@fullerenedream: ...or any state other than California?

Your disclaimers are not thick enough, so thank you in advance for the "My iPhone broke when I hacked it, so I demand a refund" stories bound to flood Consumerist in the next few weeks. :)

I pack mine away in the plethora of foam shipping peanuts I get.

Step 1: Got to supermarket.

"They do not want to fuck "Moe." "

Same thing.... small accordion file.

@Binks:

FTA: Instead of an offering to the gods of commercialism, a few suggestions: sponsor a needy family, make a donation to a food pantry, write a check to support cancer research, or any of numerous worthy causes.

@eeefresh: Not knocking your idea, but 'food gifts' depend a lot on "who" you're working with.

I usually go for cheap and humorous:

@cv: I had a CS rep at BofA tell me that was the best way to handle my security questions for their online banking. Seems to defeat the purpose for me.

Bah... linked to the SITE and not the recipe.

For easy Garlic mashed potatoes, just add in a package of Boursin. You can usually find it with the fancy cheeses in the deli section.

@muzee: I had the same issue. You may need to run it from your programs list.