Corporate corner (incorporating management bollox-speak)
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- FrogBoxed
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And I hate anyone who picks low-hanging fruit.
Since when did business take place on a fruit farm?!
Since when did business take place on a fruit farm?!
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- FrogBoxed
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And no one, but no one will get any ticks in boxes for getting their ducks in a row.
Since when did business take place in the bath?!
Since when did business take place in the bath?!
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- Richard Ruck
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Oh yes, another pet hate - I think this use of nouns as verbs is a primarily American habit, isn't it?FrogBoxed wrote:I hate being "tasked" with a job. Yuck, yuck, yuck.
If anyone has any examples please feel free to name and shame.
That reminds me of another 'think-tank' word. Has anyone else seen notices on a buses which let you know the number of passengers the vehicle can carry?
Something along the lines of ' 45 seated, 28 standees'.
Now, what in the name of John Prescott is a 'standee'?
Ba.A / Mid. B 1972 - 1978
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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- jtaylor
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"D'ya get me" and "You know what I mean" (Lenny Henry used to do that one justice"
"Init" - hate it.
J
"Init" - hate it.
J
Julian Taylor-Gadd
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Office of the Executive Vice President
for Administrative & Fiscal Services
900 qqqqqqqqq Drive, Suite 330
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4441-123456
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For heavens sake, I've stayed with this person, my wife was at school with her ...................... I KNOW where she works (and has worked for the past umpteen years). I'm not so thick that I have to be reminded - and it is a personal email anyway. Can't the st*p*d c*w think?
Office of the Executive Vice President
for Administrative & Fiscal Services
900 qqqqqqqqq Drive, Suite 330
Rzzzzzzzze, Mx 123456
4441-123456
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@yyyyyyyyyyyycollege.edu
For heavens sake, I've stayed with this person, my wife was at school with her ...................... I KNOW where she works (and has worked for the past umpteen years). I'm not so thick that I have to be reminded - and it is a personal email anyway. Can't the st*p*d c*w think?
What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
- marty
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What people think they're saying
1. "I'm just going to the ATM machine"
2. "Please enter your PIN number"
What they're actually saying
1."I'm just going to the Automatic Teller Machine Machine"
2. "Please enter you Personal Identification Number Number"
Another query - why do ambulances have the word "ambulance" written backwards on the front of them? Don't answer - I'm being rhetorical. I know the quick answer is so that you can read it in the rear view mirror. What I want to know is who wouldn't realise that the large white van with flashing blue lights and screaming siren behind them is an ambulance?
And why when I went to Washington DC did I see cars driving around with 'Secret Police' written on the side? Duh!!!
1. "I'm just going to the ATM machine"
2. "Please enter your PIN number"
What they're actually saying
1."I'm just going to the Automatic Teller Machine Machine"
2. "Please enter you Personal Identification Number Number"
Another query - why do ambulances have the word "ambulance" written backwards on the front of them? Don't answer - I'm being rhetorical. I know the quick answer is so that you can read it in the rear view mirror. What I want to know is who wouldn't realise that the large white van with flashing blue lights and screaming siren behind them is an ambulance?
And why when I went to Washington DC did I see cars driving around with 'Secret Police' written on the side? Duh!!!
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.
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3. The HIV Virus....marty wrote:What people think they're saying
1. "I'm just going to the ATM machine"
2. "Please enter your PIN number"
J
Julian Taylor-Gadd
Leigh Hunt 1985-1992
Founder of The Unofficial CH Forum
https://www.grovegeeks.co.uk - IT Support and website design for home, small businesses and charities.
Leigh Hunt 1985-1992
Founder of The Unofficial CH Forum
https://www.grovegeeks.co.uk - IT Support and website design for home, small businesses and charities.
- englishangel
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It is called a signature and it's attached to all emails.sejintenej wrote:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Office of the Executive Vice President
for Administrative & Fiscal Services
900 qqqqqqqqq Drive, Suite 330
Rzzzzzzzze, Mx 123456
4441-123456
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@yyyyyyyyyyyycollege.edu
For heavens sake, I've stayed with this person, my wife was at school with her ...................... I KNOW where she works (and has worked for the past umpteen years). I'm not so thick that I have to be reminded - and it is a personal email anyway. Can't the st*p*d c*w think?
I thiink you all know I was at Hertford 65-72 but there it is every time I post.
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"