hit in the head with a jelly doughnut

In IRC today:

<paul> wow..get this...we have these defect meetings where all the developers have to go over what defects they're working on and status whatnot...basically they're pretty boring meetings...most of the time.. <paul> [name deleted] was in a meeting and this system mgmt developer was getting grilled on all the defects his program had..he was getting really pissed. <paul> someone had brought in dounuts for the group, and this guy must have hit some boiling point because he just grabbed a dounut and winged it at a guy that was giving him a hard time. <paul> then he just stormed out. <paul> damn, i wish I had seen that. <Jesse> wow <dav> damn. <paul> [name deleted] said everyone was silent for about 2 minutes after he left...before someone said they should reschedule the meeting. <dav> it takes a lot to get fired at ibm, but that could get ya there <paul> yeah, it was this morning, so I guess it'll take a couple days to see what will happen. <Jesse> throwing a donut <paul> and he hit the guy right in the forehead. <Jesse> still sane enough to throw accurately. <jeff-b> man <jeff-b> ha <dav> was it a jelly doughnut? <paul> heh, I don't know what I'd do if I got beaned with a dounut <jeff-b> i'd stand up and upturn the table <jeff-b> always wanted to do that <dav> when i repeat this story, and i will, i'm gonna make it a jelly doughnut <paul> not sure...what type it was.. <jeff-b> and when i repeat, i'll say the guy upturned the table <jeff-b> man i love rumors <Jesse> purple monkey dishwasher

Another funny/scary story and the rumors it spawned: A Mouthful of Nitrogen.