Ray, when someone asks you if you're an Avenger, you say "YES!"

Welp, I never did find those recs. C'est la vie. You can have some pics instead.

Oh, but I did want to share a conversation I had with Associate yesterday, because I still keep giggling over it. I can't remember what we were discussing, but he asked me if he should do X, and I said, "No, I think that's unnecessary. That would be gilding the lily." And he was like, "WHAT? What does that mean?" So I explained to him that it basically meant overdoing something. Then, LATER, we were discussing camping. . .

Associate: "Be sure to bring matches."
Me: "I'm not sure I would be able to strike them when I needed them."
Associate: *shows me his zipper* (Yes, by that I mean his FLY, for chrissakes.)
Me: "WHAT THE FUCK!?"
Associate: "No, I'm just showing you, you use your zipper to strike the matches."
Me: "Oh. Oh, my God, that completely threw me . . . I didn't know WHERE the hell you were going with that."
Associate: "What, you thought I was, what did you call it? 'Shucking the lilac' or whatever?"
Me: "SHUCKING THE LILAC!?" *dies of laughter*

So now we keep using "shucking the lilac" in conversation and cracking up. Jesus. The people I work with are characters, I swear.
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