Memo To Human Resources

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song name	Memo to Human Resources
artist	They Might Be Giants
album	Indestructible Object, The Spine, Experimental Film (Single), TMBG Clock Radio
year	2004
first played	Jan. 25, 2004 (121 known performances)
run time	2:02
sung by	John Flansburgh; John Linnell adds sympathetic harmony.

JF: This next song is about the guy who you work with at your job who doesn't like you at all. (Shows/2004-07-02)
JF: This song is called "Memo To Human Resources". It was gonna be called "I'm Down," but that title was taken by a group called The Beatles...OUR ARCH-NEMESIS. Scooped again! Damn you, Fab Four. All your good ideas. All your history. (Shows/2004-03-19)
"Nevermind the furthermore, the plea is self-defense" is a reference to Zilch and No Time by The Monkees. The line was originally from the Rodgers and Hammstein musical "Oklahoma!", and the Monkees quoted it in their songs. The "again" would seem to imply it's an intentional reference to that use.
In the Spine liner notes, the line "Talk you through the finer points..." instead is "Walk...", and in the liner notes for Indestructible Object, the written line is "With finer points..."
The bass on this track is played by John Flansburgh, not Danny Weinkauf. (If you notice, Danny's name is absent from the credits of Indestructible Object.)