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The Velveteen Ocelot

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33. They do, but at least the other participants won't see the empty beer bottles,

Reply to Bonn1997 (Reply #31)

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 09:03 PM

Feb 2021

empty Chinese food cartons, your cat's butthole and you in your underwear.

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Etiquette for zoom calls. [View all] CTyankee Feb 2021 OP

Don't pick your nose. yellerpup Feb 2021 #1

You got 'be dressed', how about making sure that views outside the immediate ZOOM area be SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #2

that too. CTyankee Feb 2021 #5

I KEEP telling you that wasn't ME!!! ret5hd Feb 2021 #15

Ha ha hehh ha ... thanks for the laugh! Ha ha heh... SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #25

You mentioned "big face" Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 #3

i was sorry I didn't comb my hair better but it's been so long since I got it cut it's pretty awful. CTyankee Feb 2021 #11

I tried cutting my own Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 #19

Except for the Zoom calls leftieNanner Feb 2021 #4

Yes. If eveyone is having wine, I would advise not bolting it down. CTyankee Feb 2021 #8

LOL leftieNanner Feb 2021 #14

I don't drink but if I did on zoom calls I would have the nicest glassware and sip gently... CTyankee Feb 2021 #17

Don't distress people by tossing a cat who comes to lounge on the keyboard with you. Hortensis Feb 2021 #6

But do try to discourage your cats from displaying their buttholes before the camera. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #10

Like this? TheBlackAdder Feb 2021 #22

Ha heh ha! SWBTATTReg Feb 2021 #26

Lol! Yes, like that. But any cat determined to get his head Hortensis Feb 2021 #32

Don't stand up if you are only dressed from the waist up Gregory Peccary Feb 2021 #7

Carefully choose your background scene FakeNoose Feb 2021 #9

Or go to Zoom preferences and install a nice background The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #12

Ugh I hate the artificial backgrounds, which always mess up the participant edges Bonn1997 Feb 2021 #31

They do, but at least the other participants won't see the empty beer bottles, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #33

Pose in front of whatever really nice art you have. On one recent call, I remarked to one CTyankee Feb 2021 #13

Sometimes when I am watching interviews on a news program leftieNanner Feb 2021 #18

That is precisely why frazzled Feb 2021 #23

One of the regulars on MJ has 3 Matisse's behind him. He's rich so they might be originals. CTyankee Feb 2021 #29

No more zoomin' on the throne? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #20

A couple more Midnightwalk Feb 2021 #16

These are really important leftieNanner Feb 2021 #21

Don't pull a Toobin. MrsCoffee Feb 2021 #24

Exactly... jcgoldie Feb 2021 #27

Um, why would anyone do that when they knew they were going to be on TV? CTyankee Feb 2021 #30

Don't show your private parts left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 #28

It depends on who and what the call is about. There are people who eat meals together through JI7 Feb 2021 #34

The problem is that eating (unless you take dainty little bites of something) seems to be CTyankee Feb 2021 #35

Have an Orchid plant or a Pineapple in the background-n/t marked50 Feb 2021 #36

Don't take your laptop to the toilet with you Withywindle Feb 2021 #37