Help me make a "zinger."

"Well, you know how it goes." He shrugged. "More cash for less time spent at poxy meetings."

“Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

“Equally pathetic. Here, it was a little bit more money, and little bit less meetings.”

sleepsheep said:

I have the following bit of dialogue in my manuscript:

“Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

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"The coffee is slightly better at this University."

"Their 'No Drinking' policy is really more of a loose guideline than a hard and fast rule."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“The coeds are hotter here."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“I didn't want to work for a university whose standards were so low that they would have accepted Paris Hilton."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
"It was a party school . . . the party was usually at my house."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“I graduated from [name of school], and you see how screwed up I am."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“It was a football school. The math students could only count as high as the numbers on their jerseys."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“I told the dean that the only people who went to that school were football players and sluts. He told me that his wife had gone there. I asked him what position she played."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“I was hoping to get a better parking space."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“The dean there not only taught Moby Dick, I think he'd went to school with Melville."

Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
“During the homecoming game I got into a fist fight with one of the alumnists. As it turned out, he happened to be the same alumnist whose name was on the new engineering building."

"Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

"When's the last time you were over there--across the board? It pays a lot better over here."

"Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

"Location, location, location."

"Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

"I have no outstanding warrants here."

"Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

"Same pay, fewer hassles, even fewer morons, and that's hard to find in an Academic setting."

"Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

"They agreed to let me borrow the mascot costume on non-game Saturday nights."

I think the OP forgot about this thread.

Heck, I don't care, Alley, it's a nice primer.

I just left a primer in my "Patent Writing Help" in Biz writing, I'm curious about the reaction it'll get there.

Go check it out.

sleepsheep said:

“Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”

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"The board's on a slope. This place was at the bottom edge."

Cheers,
Rob

“Why did you leave that job?” I asked him. “It couldn't be the money. University salaries are pretty much equal across the board.”
"But half the tenured guys here remember Pearl Harbour."
"So, more low-hanging fruit?"
"Ike Newton never climbed an apple tree. He just stood around and waited for them to fall on his head."