civ reference at work

Without immediately appreciating what I said I recently referred to a pile of work on my desk as a "stack of doom"! I was so thrilled when I paused and realised what my subconscious had forced me to say. My coworker had no idea about the reference but he still appreciated the phraseology and nodded in agreement. I now give myself bonus points on my overall life score if I can sneak in civ terms into everyday conversations. As a footnote, despite these welcome bonus points, i remain on track for a humiliating defeat by the rest of the world unless i can build a cure for cancer or bonk some heads.

I wish I could tell some of my neighbours:

"My words are backed with nuclear weapons!".