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    JayBird: Now compelled to share my crazy story. I work in IT for a credit card company. Years ago, when I was just project managing, one of the Indian contract... more »
    FrannyR: I also have a co-worker who is definately a bit "off", so I read Lucy's answer, hoping for some guidance. It sucked. I can't really explain what's off... more »
    Erda: I wish that we could submit our own quandaries to Ask a Dead Person, because I have more than a few problem in which I could use the input of Jane Aus... more »
    MargaretMoony: I'm with Jack Kerouac. #askadeadperson more »
    maude_flanders: Jesus Christ: Y'know, you should really be more careful how you treat beggars. That's all I'll say. Verily." Sorry Jesus, not if they handle me; if Y... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: I'm going to have to go with Mr. Kerouac on this one. #askadeadperson more »
    Laulau: I love that you used Henry Darger. That would explain the knife as well! #askadeadperson more »
    Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux: Scarlet O'Hara: It sounds like someone needs a little chin music. #askadeadperson more »
    elixthecat: is this coworker's name creed by any chance? #askadeadperson more »
    Lizard in the Wires - Please, call it hamburger time.: Son of Sam: Hey lady, the neighbors dog wants what the neighbors dog wants. #askadeadperson more »
    Keep it cool: I sort of feel for the dude. You know, one person's crazy is another person's weird. But what if someone is crazy? For real? Do you have a social obli... more »
    Omitofo: Philip K Dick: Perhaps the government has placed him in your office and laced him and/or you with drugs as part of a test to see your collective react... more »
    curiousgeorgiana: I'm going to use verily more often in the future. But for now, verily, I must continue with my evening studies. Verily. #askadeadperson more »
    jigglyball: Charles Dickens: Why, I must pen a tale about these events! Not only will his personage be dusted in working class grime, but his name shall be Mr. Ma... more »
    Kristinkles Ingabogovinanana: Pam and Jim, is that you? #askadeadperson more »
    Ailatan: the Michel Foucault is still making me laugh! #askadeadperson more »
    Lymed: Blaise Pascal: "Men are so necessarily mad that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness." And that was said before death. #askadeadperson more »
    Penny: Every time I just scroll down to Kerouac and smile. #askadeadperson more »
    cantankasaurus rex: ok, the Jeffery Dahmer quote is morbidly funny, but it instantly made me think of the rapist with 10 bodies (so far) in his house. :-/ however this f... more »
    sassyredhead: Every time Kerouac speaks on these ask a dead person posts, I realize how much I am like him. Because basically that was my exact thought. Full discl... more »
  • #askdorothyparker

    "How Do I Explain That My Coworker's A Raving Lunatic?"

    Oh dear. There's a very troubling letter in today's Financial Times by a distraught citizen with a dodgy coworker. Really, there was nothing to do but get the opinions of a bunch of dead people, without delay. More »
  • #olsentwinsbook

    Olsen Twins, Women Of Letters