hope we can all get on the same page with this one. don't want to drop the ball or throw the baby out of the pram.
we're all singing off the same hymn sheet here right
anyone with similar phrases their bosses spout
maybe we could revive bull s h it bingo
i'm spinning plates
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I used to have a boss who insisted on saying 'had oc' instead of 'ad hoc'. Having studied Latin to A level, you can imagine how much that grated.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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Well it is Friday.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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Are you stalking me or am I under surveillance now?
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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did you want either of those things?Thrash Harry wrote:Are you stalking me or am I under surveillance now?
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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No. He's not butch enough for me.emilystrange wrote:did you want either of those things?
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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*sigh* i'll have to do it then....
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
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You're definitely not butch enough.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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its a disguise...
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You mean you're really Danny DeVito?
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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YOUR coat is next to johnny boy's. see armageddon thread.
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And we'll be taking them to the Smurphs gig on 27th June, while you're sliding around in the mud @ Glastonbury. Hotel with outdoor hot tub indeed!emilystrange wrote:YOUR coat is next to johnny boy's. see armageddon thread.
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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i am honestly NOT going to glastonbury. i can't.
I don't wanna live like I don't mind
Touching base
Networking (Networking!!!!? They mean talking don't they?)
Wash up session - that'll be a discussion then. Hey, talking again!
There are loads more. There's an email going around with them.
Networking (Networking!!!!? They mean talking don't they?)
Wash up session - that'll be a discussion then. Hey, talking again!
There are loads more. There's an email going around with them.
To not know and to ask a question is a moment of embarrassment; to not know and not ask is a lifetime of shame.
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I hate "touching base"!
I had a meeting with a manager last week who suggested that we should "take the helicopter view"
Some time ago my then-manager made excuses for another manager being so busy, as she apparently had "a lot of fingers in a lot of pies". (To prove I can give as good as I get, I suggested that to help out we should "pick up the pie and run with it, no matter how many fingers were in it". )
I had a meeting with a manager last week who suggested that we should "take the helicopter view"
Some time ago my then-manager made excuses for another manager being so busy, as she apparently had "a lot of fingers in a lot of pies". (To prove I can give as good as I get, I suggested that to help out we should "pick up the pie and run with it, no matter how many fingers were in it". )
My boss says "The thing is is that". I hate that. And sometimes he doesn't stop at one extra "is". I've heard "The thing is is, is that..."
That and "quality time". He even writes it in his emails. And he spells it in a stupid way. "I'm going up to spend some kwality time with the IT department".
This is what I get for working in a marketing department, I suppose. Christ on a rope.
That and "quality time". He even writes it in his emails. And he spells it in a stupid way. "I'm going up to spend some kwality time with the IT department".
This is what I get for working in a marketing department, I suppose. Christ on a rope.
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Blue sky thinking.
Outside the box.
Core product values. Unique selling point. Both prone to being redefined.
Stakeholder consultation process (thank you Essex Police press office).
Or, from my new deputy editor last week: "The sports desk doesn't seem to value inter-departmental soundboarding, does it Andy?"
My last instance of "inter-departmental soundboarding" ended in my deputy editor asking me why I was writing about West Ham looking for promotion to the Premiership when she'd always thought they were a Premiership team. That's the quality of soundboard I should value more highly, then.
Outside the box.
Core product values. Unique selling point. Both prone to being redefined.
Stakeholder consultation process (thank you Essex Police press office).
Or, from my new deputy editor last week: "The sports desk doesn't seem to value inter-departmental soundboarding, does it Andy?"
My last instance of "inter-departmental soundboarding" ended in my deputy editor asking me why I was writing about West Ham looking for promotion to the Premiership when she'd always thought they were a Premiership team. That's the quality of soundboard I should value more highly, then.
Names are just a souvenir ...
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My Cretin Boss' faves all end in 'able' -
• work round-able (she jests, surely)
• meet-able (no, really)
• compliant-able (WTF!)
• achievable (that's a real word, FFS! What were you, thinking)?
BUT my bete noir is
Do-able!!!!
When she says that, I just want to jag her in the eye.
• work round-able (she jests, surely)
• meet-able (no, really)
• compliant-able (WTF!)
• achievable (that's a real word, FFS! What were you, thinking)?
BUT my bete noir is
Do-able!!!!
When she says that, I just want to jag her in the eye.
"And when you start to think about death, you start to think about what's after it. And then you start hoping there is a God. For me, it's a frightening thought to go nowhere".
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another lol thread
i also get "i'm busy setting out the pieces on my chess board" and "this is a game with all snakes and no ladders"
i also get "i'm busy setting out the pieces on my chess board" and "this is a game with all snakes and no ladders"
Goths have feelings too
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Oooh! I quite like that one. Sums up in-house software development perfectly.paint it black wrote:"this is a game with all snakes and no ladders"
Go to sleep now, Francis.
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Hmmm reminds me of something Lernout & Hauspie tried a couple of years ago.Thrash Harry wrote:Oooh! I quite like that one. Sums up in-house software development perfectly.paint it black wrote:"this is a game with all snakes and no ladders"
They had this new translation computer, FAHQTUT.
They fed the next sentence to the comp:
"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
They translated this to russian and back to english.
The result:
"The liquor is easy but the meat is spoiled".
Har. Har.
Hooray for FAHQTUT.
IZ.