from the email archives: Comin' Atcha!

I knew this one would flop even before I sent it...

Hi all,

Some new policies comin’ atcha! (Anyone remember the one-hit-wonder sister band Cleopatra of the late 90s? Cleopatra comin atcha Cleopatra comin’ atcha they named their band after one of the sisters which I always thought was lame. Anyone remember? No? Okay, just look it up on youtube, jeeeeeeze.  Moving on…)

[paragraph concerning said policies]

Thanks for letting me ramble,

Rhianna

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As I said before... I knew this one would flop before I even sent it... obviously because of what I wrote in the first paragraph.  It's a pretty obscure reference and you had to be a very specific young teen girl at the right place and right time.  Luckily for me, in June of 1998 I was almost a teenager (a few months shy of my 13th birthday) and I loved the Spice Girls (I had a Posh Spice doll that I kept in her box because I was sure it would be worth something someday) and I watched a lot of Disney Channel Original Movies (oh man, those were the best, the precursors to my beloved ABC Family Originals).  

This UK band got their 15 minutes of fame because they were openers on the SpiceWorld Tour.  Their music video was shown during commercial breaks on the Disney Channel nonstop.  I saw that damn Comin'Atcha! video like 1,000 times.  I didn't even like the band or the song that much but it'll get stuck in your head.

Here, have a looksee...

The poor quality of the video makes this even better.  God, I miss the 90s.

from the email archives: Father of the bride and a baby?! Get out of town!!!!

every once in a while I'll post some email references made in the past if I don't have any current material.
luckily my work inbox has like 10,000 archived messages.
...maybe I should clean it up?

Dear [Staff],

[A paragraph concerning work things]

[A paragraph concerning personal things... because that's just how I roll with my coworkers.  In this morning email I was particularly cheesy]

CHEESE OVER.

Let the rest of the work day commence!

"COMMENCE TO START!"

Rhianna

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This one was a tough reference because it's a quote made by a tertiary character in the movie Father of the Bride Part 2.  And I don't really expect people to have watched it a million times like I have (hello! mid-90s classic!).  Mr. Habeeb isn't in the movie that long, but he's SO GOOD when he is.  This wasn't a completely failed reference as one coworker got it.  But only one.  Bonus points because she replied back with a story of how she almost got to meet Steve Martin.  

Soooooo... partially landed reference! :)

George: "You didn't tell me you were going to destroy it!"
Mr. Habeeb:  "You didn't ask."
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Guests of the new celebrity Ding-Dang-Dong stay at the world-renowned Plaza Hotel.

Yesterday my coworkers were cleaning out the storage closet and came across an old, handheld tape recorder.  They handed it off to me, so naturally I put it towards my mouth and, in a slo-mo voice, said

"This is Peter McAllister, the father."

annnnd blank faces.   Now, to be fair, the tape recorder was not a sweet, vintage (can we say that about the 90s?) talkboy.  BUT!  It was roughly the same size and color. Come on!  Home Alone 2 is a hilarious and sentimental classic to those of us born in the mid-80s.

"Have you guys never seen Home Alone 2?!"  I cried!  I was met with a few Ohhhhhs.

brb, just gonna go hang with the Pigeon Lady now... she won't get my references because she doesn't own a tv, but she will let me feed her pigeons.  

Credit card?  You got it! 
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