Comments on: A little bit pregnant? http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/ General musings and programming stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:21:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: linda http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-231875 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:58:36 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-231875 This is a very old fashion joke. it would be quiet something to be partially pregnant This is a very old fashion joke. it would be quiet something to be partially pregnant

]]> by: Joe http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-135758 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:38:22 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-135758 I found this page in google and I do not get it as well. I found this page in google and I do not get it as well.

]]> by: Anna http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-128904 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:03:36 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-128904 'A little bit pregnant' is just a joke - the joke is that it is impossible to be a little bit pregnant.. you either are or you aren't! ‘A little bit pregnant’ is just a joke - the joke is that it is impossible to be a little bit pregnant.. you either are or you aren’t!

]]> by: Maternity Wear http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-127244 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:36:15 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-127244 I am not sure myself I am not sure myself

]]> by: Darya http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-115866 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:58:04 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-115866 I'm an American, and I assumed the boss meant something like get her interested or ready before the official meeting, but I also wasn't familiar with the term, and my dad has never seen it used that way. I’m an American, and I assumed the boss meant something like get her interested or ready before the official meeting, but I also wasn’t familiar with the term, and my dad has never seen it used that way.

]]> by: Giving Birth World http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-105835 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:37:11 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-105835 Unfortunately the link to the cartoon is down so I can't really comment. Unfortunately the link to the cartoon is down so I can’t really comment.

]]> by: daindivin http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-64726 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:41:45 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-64726 well i'm here in india .. and just the same comic strip appear in the paper today.. maybe they appear a little later here than in the west its December 22 here and I see its been over month since this discussion started.. and i googled the same phrase ..and WHOLA!!! not only do i find some explanations about the phrase ...but the context is the same ..the same strip...well i am little pregnant...hehehe ... it'll help to get some native americans to comment on this... well i’m here in india .. and just the same comic strip appear in the paper today.. maybe they appear a little later here than in the west its December 22 here and I see its been over month since this discussion started.. and i googled the same phrase ..and WHOLA!!! not only do i find some explanations about the phrase …but the context is the same ..the same strip…well i am little pregnant…hehehe … it’ll help to get some native americans to comment on this…

]]> by: Chano Pedersen http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-64621 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:13:02 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-64621 Pregnant also means convincing , so get our customer a little bit convinced. Pregnant also means convincing , so get our customer a little bit convinced.

]]> by: bugs http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62426 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:33:46 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62426 probably just means, to load her with some work or may be trouble. probably just means, to load her with some work or may be trouble.

]]> by: Oliver Sturm http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62408 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:24:51 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62408 Stu - I understand and I assume you're right. If only anybody had ever said something like that before, so we could find it in Google :-D Not a classic, no. Stu - I understand and I assume you’re right. If only anybody had ever said something like that before, so we could find it in Google :-D
Not a classic, no.

]]> by: Stu http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62406 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:54:50 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62406 I think that what he was saying was to get the client interested (a little bit pregnant) before they realised what they had signed up for. (the whole 9 months!) Not a classic though. I think that what he was saying was to get the client interested (a little bit pregnant) before they realised what they had signed up for. (the whole 9 months!)

Not a classic though.

]]> by: Oliver Sturm http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62327 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:27:08 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62327 Hm... I understand your comments and I agree with the assessments of Dilbert's boss :-) Problem is, why would he ask Asok to "make the client a little bit pregnant"? That does still not conform with any meaning of "a little bit pregnant" that I heard of so far. Of course that could just be the point here, but then I don't see how that would be funny... plus, the last image of the strip seems to point to the fact that the misunderstanding is supposedly on Asok's side, not on the side of the boss. I mean, I see how Asok is taking the whole thing literally, but I still can't understand what the point is, as the boss is apparently making this totally useless and meaningless request in the first place. Hm... Hm… I understand your comments and I agree with the assessments of Dilbert’s boss :-) Problem is, why would he ask Asok to "make the client a little bit pregnant"? That does still not conform with any meaning of "a little bit pregnant" that I heard of so far. Of course that could just be the point here, but then I don’t see how that would be funny… plus, the last image of the strip seems to point to the fact that the misunderstanding is supposedly on Asok’s side, not on the side of the boss. I mean, I see how Asok is taking the whole thing literally, but I still can’t understand what the point is, as the boss is apparently making this totally useless and meaningless request in the first place. Hm…

]]> by: Alvaro Arraes http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62326 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:12:52 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62326 I'd say that two characteristics of Dilbert's boss is (1)he is completely clueless; and (2)He uses to make bad analogies. So, he is very likely to use an expression like "you can't get just a little bit pregnant" improperly and tell Asok: "Make our client a little bit pregnant". I agree with psam: probably the boss wanted Asok to convince the costumer of something impossible. Cluelessness example: Once he asked Dilbert to put the company database to work on the e-mail system. Bad analogy example: When Dilbert told him that he needed to know the requirements for the new project in order to make a design, the boss said to him: "That's like saying you can't play on the beach unless you know how many grains of sand there are". I’d say that two characteristics of Dilbert’s boss is (1)he is completely clueless; and (2)He uses to make bad analogies. So, he is very likely to use an expression like "you can’t get just a little bit pregnant" improperly and tell Asok: "Make our client a little bit pregnant". I agree with psam: probably the boss wanted Asok to convince the costumer of something impossible.

Cluelessness example: Once he asked Dilbert to put the company database to work on the e-mail system.

Bad analogy example: When Dilbert told him that he needed to know the requirements for the new project in order to make a design, the boss said to him: "That’s like saying you can’t play on the beach unless you know how many grains of sand there are".

]]> by: psam http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62303 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:29:27 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62303 After same searches, I raeched the same conclusion.Except for the Boss request, which was, I guess, to try to explain the customer that lihe is neighter black nor white, and to force her to accept an impossible compromise on the bad performance of anything made by the Company... But, like all of you, I am not native American (only French), so it's all assumptions. After same searches, I raeched the same conclusion.Except for the Boss request, which was, I guess, to try to explain the customer that lihe is neighter black nor white, and to force her to accept an impossible compromise on the bad performance of anything made by the Company…

But, like all of you, I am not native American (only French), so it’s all assumptions.

]]> by: Burhan Habib http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62279 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:22:03 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62279 Well... I found this blog as a result of my search attempt on google... to find the meaning of "a little bit pregnant". Another search result just above this blog entry was Yahoo Answers and there were some explanations there. Although the question is still open and will be closed in another couple of days. From what I have gathered, the term is used to express affirmation I believe... One is either totally pregnant or totally not pregnant! So probably The Boss wanted Asok to confirm if the customer was in for the deal or not! or may be it was intended to confuse the customer... regardless, Asok, being in the same boat as you and me, went in for a genuine attempt :D Hope it helps! Hehe! Well… I found this blog as a result of my search attempt on google… to find the meaning of "a little bit pregnant". Another search result just above this blog entry was Yahoo Answers and there were some explanations there. Although the question is still open and will be closed in another couple of days.

From what I have gathered, the term is used to express affirmation I believe… One is either totally pregnant or totally not pregnant! So probably The Boss wanted Asok to confirm if the customer was in for the deal or not! or may be it was intended to confuse the customer… regardless, Asok, being in the same boat as you and me, went in for a genuine attempt :D

Hope it helps! Hehe!

]]> by: Oliver Sturm http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62250 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:36:21 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62250 Good to hear :-) Good to hear :-)

]]> by: Eric Bergman-Terrell http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62238 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:53:36 +0000 http://www.sturmnet.org/blog/archives/2006/11/27/a-little-bit-pregnant/#comment-62238 If it's any consolation, I'm a native American English speaker and I don't understand the cartoon either. If it’s any consolation, I’m a native American English speaker and I don’t understand the cartoon either.

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