We have one in our house, more a spoonerism-ish, in that someone got a bit muddled between object and implement which resulted in a tongue in cheek threat with a heavy oblementThat makes me think of Oblomov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblomov
Do wedding goggles qualify?Is that when 'beer goggles' last all the way up the aisle?
Do wedding goggles qualify?Is that when 'beer goggles' last all the way up the aisle?
:thumbsup:Do wedding goggles qualify?Is that when 'beer goggles' last all the way up the aisle?
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=82661.msg1700580#msg1700580 refers. And handily demonstrates that while undeniably A Good One, it wasn't actually a typo.
Starmer's speechwriter described the Gory* front bench as a Z-list cast of nodding dogs, which is rather good.
BloJo predictably mentioning Ukraine and Trident. He looks desperate.
*typo but worth keeping
No one going to say it?We have one in our house, more a spoonerism-ish, in that someone got a bit muddled between object and implement which resulted in a tongue in cheek threat with a heavy oblementThat makes me think of Oblomov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblomov
But we're getting sidetricked from Tobago here. It shouldn't be long till one turns up though, this forum is a rich source.
BT has an internal news website (formally an internal newspaper mailed to every employee). You know the sort of thing, heavy on the achievements of the company and the individual exploits of the senior managers. Propaganda by any other name. This august publication was (is?) titled BT Today.
BT also had an internal news server1 set up sometime in the early 90s by tech savvy employees on a bit of spare kit. Being an unofficial service, it became a place for, among other things, gently criticism of management policy. Somewhere along the line someone was referring to the internal propaganda sheet and mistyped it BT Toady. The BT was quickly dropped and the paper became known as the Toady from there on in.
1. The server was set up and run by people off the books on redundant kit, often under peoples desks. It was tolerated by management, initially because they knew nothing off it, then because we were a tech firm, and we did tech things. Over the years, management set up various competing internal social meja servers, but these mainly attracted marketing and other none technical types, while the news server continued to be the chosen meeting place of the more technical amongst us. A combination of the tightening up of PC installs and the lack of a newsreader in the SF portfolio along with the dwindelling numbers of independently minded internet pathfinders being employed saw the news server traffic reduce 1000s of posts a day down to a couple of hundred a month by the time I left.
Yes, I’m a member of the Farcebook group. There’s some former stalwarts of .misc still posting occasionally. Jon was a fine chap, if a little anti management. Some stuff of course wasn’t allowed, do you remember the car compound cam carry on? And then there was Darren T’s enforced hiatus from all the news groups for excessive posting, even though the majority of that posting was helping people with technical questions.
It's still trundling on. I believe there is a Farcebook version for ex members somewhere, but that would involve setting up an account.
Some _interesting_ people used to post there, I'm surprised some of it was allowed. Jon McCulloch.... :jurek:
...he had to let HR know who's pay to dock....So HR can't work this out for themselves by looking at those not present and excluding the people off ill and those on holiday? Christ almighty, your HR dept really is a waste of space. How the fuck do they justify drawing their pay?
Quote from: andrewc...he had to let HR know who's pay to dock....So HR can't work this out for themselves by looking at those not present and excluding the people off ill and those on holiday? Christ almighty, your HR dept really is a waste of space. How the fuck do they justify drawing their pay?
Bridgestone is where Grant Petersen of Rivendell cut his chops, designing these models for the Japanese brand. Many of the ideologies Grant developed while working for Bridgestone are still evident in Rivendell’s modern odderings.https://theradavist.com/bridgestone-mb-1-review/
I got this lovely email from my son's school yesterday:
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It's very easy to type 'Warwickshite' instead of 'Warwickshire', but it's accurate for certain places in the north of the county. IMHO.
If Conventry, yes...
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