Would you hire an interviewee named Onan?

[CorpGovActivist]

I'd be apt to think of him as a hands-on manager.

Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism, by http://www.ralphmag.org/onan.html">Mark Twain

Two types: those who do, and those who lie about it.

I like my employees to be straight shooters.

- Dave

P.S. Open-minded is a bonus.

[rug]

1. Yes but I'd be loath to shake his hand.

[CorpGovActivist]

2. Plenty of Wet-Knaps. No worries. We're OSHA-compliant.

[darkstar]

3. Probably a self-starter, huh?

It writes itself....

[CorpGovActivist]

6. I kept a straight face when he said it.

:spray:

[triguy46]

4. Be careful, he might have some stroke with the big shots.

[CorpGovActivist]

8. Works for me.

I'm the owner.

:rofl:

- Dave

[triguy46]

12. So, he might become one of the jerks in the inner circle...

of leadership. Ahem.

[CorpGovActivist]

14. Huddle up.

:grouphug:

[Aristus]

5. I went to tanker school at Fort Knox with a guy named Onan.

Took a lot of guff from the drill sergeants, I can tell you.

[CorpGovActivist]

7. That's like naming a child...

... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichabod">Ichabod.

Who does that?

:shrug:

[Aristus]

9. It was his family name.

As a result, it was on all of his uniforms. Poor guy; if it had been his given name, nobody would have ever known. In rough-and-tumble all-male environments like military training companies, first names are rarely used.

[CorpGovActivist]

11. OMG...

... poor bastard.

I was Navy, briefly, until DODMERB finally got around to reading my ROTC application.

Naval knowledge. Rocks.

How'd you like Kentucky? I have lots of family in the eastern half. Knox is further west, if memory serves.

- Dave

[wain]

10. Drill sergeants knew what the word onanism meant?!

n/t

[CorpGovActivist]

15. I stopped being astounded, long ago...

... at what many NCOs know.

- Dave

[Aristus]

17. Yeah, the backwoods, fuckwad, cousin-fucker, hillbilly, high-and-tight,

King-James-version Snuffy Smith asshole-types ALL knew who Onan was and what onanism was. I tell you, if the South hadn't lost the Civil War, and had become their own country, the U.S. Army would not be able to have drill sergeants.

[CorpGovActivist]

18. If my family tree didn't have multiple convergence points...

... I might be apt to take offense at the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_Fork">cousin crack.

:rofl:

- Dave

[Aristus]

19. Ah. The Tug River.

Are you a Hatfield or a McCoy?

A guy I work with is a Kentucky Hatfield. Great guy.

[CorpGovActivist]

20. Both. Isn't everyone now?

:rofl:

No. But seriously: both.

And yes, both sides are full of some characters.

Ask him if he grew up in or near Pike County. I have all kinds of stories, including my great-grandfather: moonshining superintendent of the school system, during Prohibition.

I could hide out there for years on end, never sleeping on the same cousin's couch twice in a year.

:rofl:

- Dave

[JVS]

13. No way, he'll be spilling his seed everywhere.

[CorpGovActivist]

16. Cleanup, Aisle 3.

[petronius]

21. He'd always be pulling for the team, and wouldn't lose his grip when

the going got hard. I'd worry about sagging performance late in the day, however...

[CorpGovActivist]

22. He seems to be a giver. And a taker.

[madinmaryland]

23. Onan the Arbarian?

:shrug:

[Bucky]

24. Better than the Sperminator

"I'll Come Back"

[meow2u3]

25. Contrary to popular belief, Onan did not use his hands

He simply pulled out because he hated his brother and didn't want to have kids in the brother's name :think:

[Bucky]

27. Actually, the sin was spilling it on the ground. If he'd gone for a face shot it'd been okay

The key to Torah scholarship is the interpretation

[FloridaJudy]

26. I'd fear

That he'd pull out if the situation ever got sticky.