Was I on Drugs or Something?
computing, language, work October 9th, 2008
Every month I have to prepare a report of activities at work. I keep notes in my calendar for each task and then quantify them.
Taking a look at one item today, I realized I might have been on drugs or something when I recorded the following:
9/17: Met with Tim to have him login and mortyupe his data; help w/email; sent Thunderbird-at-home instructions.
I have no idea what it means to “mortyupe” your data. But it sounds painful. And who’s Morty? For the record, I asked Tim to review his data to make sure I backed it all up.
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Any idea what I meant by that? I actually typed that word straight to my laptop. From my head. It wasn’t a case where I couldn’t translate my own handwriting.
Help me. Tell me it was an easy mistake to make. What was I saying?!?! If nothing else, reassure me that these mental blips are OK and I won’t soon start speaking in a language no one understands, not even me.
Stumble it!
October 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Oh man, I can’t help. It doesn’t even look like a typo, just a made up word! It would seem your thoughts were elsewhere, perhaps you were due a coffee break about that time?
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October 9th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Fingers on the wrong keys?
October 9th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
1) Simple. Flashback. CIA code. Possible anagram answers for MORTYUPE to follow:
2) “Temp Your…”
3) “Empty Our…”
4) “Yep, Tumor.”
5) (My personal favorite and likely answer) “Ye Rum Pot.”
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I think Geakz is onto something: Maybe you had been hitting the rum pot before you typed the note? I have similar problems when I take notes by hand, which is why I type more than I use cursive.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Morty Upe played third base for the Phillies back in the old days. Maybe you were just having a flashback. He batted 9th and wore # 17. He used to do ads for Ford Thunderbirds.
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
mortyupe
Update his data. I know this is it because I typed the word ‘day’ in today instead of ’sale’. Go figure.
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Quote:
I keep notes in my calendar for each task and then quantify them.
I got lost after that
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Ha ha ha ha! I’ve gone totally blank here! I’ve studied the keyboard and can’t see a possible typo. It seems that every letter was wrong. I have come to the conclusion that it was a ‘Grey cell moment’
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Hell if I know!
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
I have no idea what you were talking about. And I know that you are waaay smarter than I am. So if YOU don’t know, I don’t know. On the upside, I gave you an “award”. Please check out my last post.
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October 9th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
now that is hysterical! i don’t have a guess though.
at least you’re not damaging little children, like me. come see what i did to my son!
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October 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
OBVIOUSLY, you meant, “Met with Tim to have him log in and TYPE MORE of his data.”
How soon can I expect my prize?
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October 9th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I tried transposing the keys and got the word “night” but then I was stymied. I like Geakz’s anagrams – especially “Yep, tumour”, but the question that is niggling at me is, who the heck is Thunderbird???
Kat
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October 9th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Sounds like you asked Tim to verify or validate his data, but the words you typed don’t suggest that. That’s all I got.
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October 9th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
This must be right before the aliens “mortyupe”d our brains with the de-memorizer ray. I can’t remember even meeting with you, so obviously that must be it
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October 9th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Were you trying to have Tim mortify his data? That poor data, probably all defensive in the corner, trying to be all analytical and validated until Tim logged in and mortified the data to a shade of blushing red.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I’ve been designing automated ftp uploads all week – so – mortyup – mark and upload?
October 9th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
you need to dial back on those drugs it seems… :O
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
you need to dial back on those drugs it seems… :O
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October 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I’ll go with Geakz’s pot o’ rum !
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October 10th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Ok this is what I came up withdo to studying my typos when I do such things, whitch aret extreemeleey rarre
_ Met with Tim to have him log in and backed up his data
And then I realized that you had written that below that line but I wasn’t looking at your post when I did it I was looking at the keyboard and the relationship to the anomaly and the relationship of the nuclear vision encountered on the keyboard, uhm
Or something l;ike that.
See very few tyups.
Thank God for spell check, eh?
Beamer
PS: Oh wait, were we supposed to figure out what Thunderbird is as well?
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:29 am
hahahaha you must of been on some strong vicoden that day lol
~ Christopher ~
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October 10th, 2008 at 5:25 am
DJ — And it’s not even like I started the word correctly and got distracted. I don’t know. Maybe too much coffee?
Michelle Hartz — Or maybe I sat on the keyboard?
Geakz — Thank you for leaving what is quite possibly the best 5-point comment ever. It’s either the tumor or the rum. Maybe someone spiked my coffee?
Lee — I wish I could explain this away by saying I couldn’t read my handwriting. I’d be totally OK with that. But this? Good Lord.
Joe — You know, I kinda like that explanation. But what would Morty be doing in my monthly report? (GO! Phillies!)
Scargosun — That’s almost close. I have typed completely different words for other words sometimes, but this is just so nonsensical I can’t figure it out.
Alan — Oh, no. Probably qualifies as the most boring opening blog post in history. Come back later when I will probably be discussing my butt or something.
Babs beetle — Oh, you’re so nice. Yes, I studied the keyboard too. Thought maybe my fingers were one-off the proper key. But it’s not even that!
Lauren — Stupid, isn’t it?
Fancy — An award is the best antidote to a senior moment. Thank you! I feel better now.
Kelly — OMG, Kelly. Poor Bubby! I can’t imagine how bad you felt when he was crying his little head off. I’m sure this wasn’t the first accident and won’t be the last. I’m sure he’s forgotten about it already. But when he’s older, he can check it all out in your blog!
Mama O — But he didn’t have to type his data. That would make perfect sense, but that can’t be. BTW, I emailed Tim to see if he can figure it out. Maybe he can come to my rescue.
Poetikat — Thunderbird is a what, not a who. Best email client ever developed.
Jeff — Hmmm, verify makes sense. But it doesn’t even look close to that. WAAAHHH!
Tim — Mortyupe does sound like some kind of surgical procedure. They took my brain and replaced it with another?
Singular Girl — Funny! Data can be mortified, but only when it’s naked in public.
Data Entry Services — Sounds logical. But no.
kouji — Or something! Vacation, maybe?
james — I do remove you from my spam filter, every time you appear in it. Akismet is supposed to be trained that you are not indeed spam. Crap!
Jaffer — You are the King of Twittery Tools! I’m checkin’ it out. Thanks, Jaffer.
Beamer — So you don’t have an answer either? When I use spell-checker on “mortyupe” I only get “mortgage,” “mortuary,” and “mortality.” Oh, and “Morty.” But I’m pretty sure Morty had nothing to do with the data.
Christopher — You know, I have a wonderful co-worker who always puts on a pot of coffee in the morning before I arrive. Oddly, she doesn’t drink the coffee herself. She makes it for me out of the kindness of her heart. Either that, or she’s trying to poison me.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:17 am
When I used spell check it gave me these substitutions: Mistype and Northup, so either you wanted him to mistype his data to see if you could recreate the situation, or send his data to Northup to see if ‘he’ could help – that’s all I got.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Well, see, “mort” comes from the Spanish word “morto” for death, “y” is the word for “and” in Spanish, and “upe” (pronounced “YOU-pay”) is the Costa Rican phrase for “Anybody home?”
So basically what you were saying was, Tim needed to kill the unnecessary data and check to see the rest of the data was still working properly in its original location.
Mort-y-upe.
It’s SO OBVIOUS!
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October 10th, 2008 at 8:45 am
I am so confused here~Firstly I was shocked by the title, secondly,I am dizzy.
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October 10th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Ah! I see. I thought it was some strange code or something (a la Maxwell Smart).
Kat
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October 10th, 2008 at 9:38 am
You need to send out e-mail alerts if you start discussing your butt!! I don’t want to miss that one.
October 10th, 2008 at 10:54 am
@Lee – That’s why you need to get on Twitter ! We discuss more than butt there. Here’s a sample.
PS. Bring your own herbal-cigarette.
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October 10th, 2008 at 11:37 am
You know, I seriously need to answer BEFORE I read the replies because after everything I’ve read….I’ve got nothin! lol
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October 10th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Corrupt.
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October 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I have absolutely no idea what you could meant.. but it looks like a fun language. Maybe you can branch out a big and develop it further.
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October 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
LOL… better watch it she could be one of those ladies that gonna be on SNAPPED on Oxygen any day now :X
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October 10th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
It’s probably just “Type Up” his data. But I actually like Geakz’s answers much better!
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October 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Marlene — You get an A for effort. Thank you for trying, but I think the situation is hopeless.
Jenn — It’s so obvious if I was Spanish for a split second! I like how you pronounced it U-Pay. I’ve been pronouncing it “Morty-yoop.” Your way sound much more authentic. And like I meant it.
Handbag for life — Sorry for the confusion. Now you know how it is to be me.
Poetikat — Well, it can be if we want it to be. You say that when you don’t want to admit you don’t understand something. Yeah, let’s say that.
Lee — Yeah, what Jaffer said. You miss a lot of butt talk when you’re not on Twitter.
Jaffer — Thank you for not posting that other thing I said. I’d forgotten that I mentioned that. Oh, dear.
Lori — That’s OK. You’re not alone. This is going to be one of those mysteries that never gets answered.
Swubird — The data? Or me? Don’t answer that.
Monique — I’m all up for Kathy-speak. But would anyone still read this blog? I’m already hard to understand half the time.
Christopher — And she’s such a kind and unassuming woman. Those are always the scariest ones.
Angie — I don’t know. I wanted him to review existing data, not mortyupe it. I don’t get it. I loved Geakz’s suggestions, too. He’s the most creative commenter here. Maybe I’ll have him write my reports from now on.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
more type?
type up?
Who knows!!!
You better start searching for your schizo twin if you’re going to start speaking a language all your own! ; )
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October 10th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
That is funny as can be. I tried transposing my fingers from the normal placement on the keyboard, like others said, and came up with nothing close either. However, I downed a few Jack & Cokes, returned to the keyboard and guess what, you got it – the first word I typed was ‘mortyupe’. Kathy, I think it’s clear you need to stop hitting the bottle at work before your notes become totally illegible.
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October 10th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Maybe a ‘mortyupe’ is a temorary lopss of brain, which comes back in a few seconds. If it is, any time you type that, you’ll know you’ll have temporary brain loss!!
October 11th, 2008 at 7:09 am
I’ve decided that the ‘tyupe was meant to be ‘type’ and you hit two keys (yu)by accident. Now you just need to work out the ‘mor’ bit and it’s sorted
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October 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Taht amkes sablutely NO snse! i vahe no daei! Osrry coulnd’t be of ermo plhe!
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October 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Ouch – well I’m beat. Must have been a brain burp.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Ferd — If just one person could understand me, I’d be happy. But for now, I’m in a league of my own.
Vivienne — Thank God I don’t blog drunk!
Regan — Aw, thanks Regan. Makin’ me feel better. Really? It’s just temporary, right?
Babs beetle — Ah, the “yu” letters next to each other is a possibility. I kept thinking I was typing “review data,” but those letters are nowhere near the ones I used. Was I typing part of it phonetically? WAAAH! I don’t know!
Karen, author of My Funny Dad, Harry — Evol ti!
Data Entry Services — And I’m leavin’ it at that. Trying to translate makes me feel worse.
October 12th, 2008 at 8:30 am
maybe a vacation.
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October 12th, 2008 at 10:39 am
kouji — Yes, a vacation! A real one, where taking a plane and having to learn a new language is in order (but not the one I apparently use at random). Hey — You’re not going into my spam jail anymore! Hurray!
October 14th, 2008 at 10:00 am
You know how you are typing one thing but trying to talk at the same time and you end up typing what you were speaking instead of what you meant? I do this all the time. Maybe that was it?
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October 15th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Nicole — Yes, I do that too. But I cannot think of anything sensible that I would have been thinking or speaking about at the time. Not even parts of a real word! Crazy.
October 18th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
“I’ve decided that the ‘tyupe was meant to be ‘type’ and you hit two keys (yu)by accident. Now you just need to work out the ‘mor’ bit and it’s sorted”
This is close — I think the mor was supposed to be “not” — m is one right of n, and r is one left of t.
Maybe?
October 19th, 2008 at 7:14 am
Ann hearn — But it still doesn’t make sense! Waaaah! I give up. I just hope it doesn’t happen again because then I have big, big problems. Thanks for trying!
October 21st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I think you were merely writing down the sound you made as you were hawking up the goober caught in your throat…through your NOSE! Mmmmmortyupe.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
The Midlife Gals — Your guess is as good as mine and it might as well have been a goober. Thanks for the compliment. Your site looks like a hoot!
April 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I really dont know
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July 7th, 2009 at 2:28 am
LOL… better watch it she could be one of those ladies that gonna be on SNAPPED on Oxygen any day now