Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession 185
Bulgarian Dimitar Kerin won't have to decide if he should tend his crops or pay attention to Plovdiv City Council business anymore. The committee voted him off 20-19, saying that he obviously "needs more time for his virtual farm." From the article: "Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev had previously warned several of them that the new wireless network and laptops provided to all 51 council members were not to be used for playing games on social media sites during budget meetings. Kerin was singled out for continuing to manage his farm and milk his cows despite Iliev's warnings. "
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.
My question is: Should a poster with the moniker of 'RightSaidFred99 [wikipedia.org]' be allowed to criticize anything at all?
Using a computer on company time? (Score:5, Funny)
I'd fire anyone who uses a company computer on company time for personal reasons.
Exempting this comment posting, of course.
Idiot! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:2, Funny)
>Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.
*draws deep breath*
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Oblig. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Idiot! (Score:3, Funny)
For a serious look at the sociological (Score:5, Funny)
implications of Farmville see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI [youtube.com]
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:3, Funny)
Nevermind the popularity of Locke.
Re:Using a computer on company time? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:two news in one. (Score:5, Funny)
The other 19 were thinking: "With Dimitar gone, who will fertilize my crops"?
Re:I Want Him For My Councilman (Score:3, Funny)
I've considered throwing a brick through the front glass on city hall ... < snip >... spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things.
Like new windows? Maybe you'd be better off just leaving a playstation on their doorstep.
Re:Too nerdy. (Score:2, Funny)
You people forgot to cite another of his defenses (Score:4, Funny)
he said "Im just level 40. there are councillors who are level 45. why is noone talking about them"
Can you please not (Score:3, Funny)
put half of your opening sentence in your subject line. God, I hate people who do that.
You m (Score:5, Funny)
You've got it backwards (Score:3, Funny)