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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009"No loitering"
Signs saying "No loitering in lobby by management" are posted all over the vestibule of a downtown drugstore I frequent. I do not think it means what they think it means. >Signs saying > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >I do not think it means what they think it means. I'm guessing they have some Daddy issues in-house... Dave  Signature\/David DeLaney posting from dbd@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K. > Signs saying > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I do not think it means what they think it means. This brings to mind a sign posted in front of a parking place at the four corners in the center of town: NO PARKING POLICE CARS ONLY For whatever reason, there was often a police car parked there. Matthew (I wackytyped four corners at the center of time. BAND NAME) SignatureI'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one. Which one do you want? >> Signs saying >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >For whatever reason, there was often a police car parked there. Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of SLOW CHILDREN PLAYING signs. I thought we weren't allowed to call them "slow" anymore. BW > Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I thought we weren't allowed to call them "slow" anymore. http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/fail-owned-kid-sign-fail.jpg? w=500&h=352 SignatureSinging is the universal language, along with being on fire. -- Joss Whedon > Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I thought we weren't allowed to call them "slow" anymore. I'm pretty sure "trainable" is the currently acceptable term. JS >> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I'm pretty sure "trainable" is the currently acceptable term. But then when you reach the zone edge they just pile up there waiting for you to come back through! Dave "trapped, trapped! in a world of giant aunts" DeLaney Signature\/David DeLaney posting from dbd@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K. John Schmidt filted: >> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I'm pretty sure "trainable" is the currently acceptable term. Slow enough and they're easy pickings for the trains....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? On Apr 23, 4:10 am, barb...@bookpro.com wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:00:08 -0400, "Matthew L. Martin" > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > BW I've seen those. I always wonder what parents would not just admit to, but put up signage about, having a "slow" kid. Dr. Hot"not so fast meself, sometimes"Salt >>> Signs saying >>> [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > >I thought we weren't allowed to call them "slow" anymore. Nowadays they're "differently speeded". SignatureJames barbara@bookpro.com mumbled something about: > SLOW > CHILDREN [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I thought we weren't allowed to call them "slow" anymore. There was a small trailer park near me that had a sign that Read: Dead End Slow Children Playing Thanks to a graffiti pranksters it was changed to: Dead Children Playing Signature"I'm not crazy, just ask my toaster" - JT - Radio From Hell traffic girl http://www.wiblovia.com - The Wiblovian Institute of Kibology >Thanks to a graffiti pranksters it was changed to: > >Dead > Children >Playing A sign that stayed up outside a subdivision for many years after construction was completed: Tresspass ! Area trolled By Security lard W >>Thanks to a graffiti pranksters it was changed to: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Area trolled By > Security lard If we're doing the removing letters game. Liverpool buses used to have a notice tranferred onto the windows saying something headed "Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive" and forbidding various sorts of vandalism. It ended "The Executive will press for highest penalties against offenders". In several cases wits had removed all of "for", "ghe" and "t" from "highest" and "alt" and "e" from "penalties". I always thought it was far more of a threat myself. SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu Nick filted: >If we're doing the removing letters game. Liverpool buses used to have >a notice tranferred onto the windows saying something headed "Merseyside [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >I always thought it was far more of a threat myself. The traditional (almost obligatory) defacement of hot-air hand dryers was to change the instructions: Press button Rub hands under warm air Stops automatically to Press butt Rub hands under arm Stops atomically (Noted: that the letter most often found to be removed from "Black Angus" restaurant is the G)....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > The traditional (almost obligatory) defacement of hot-air hand dryers was to > change the instructions: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Rub hands under arm > Stops atomically I will take this opportunity to summarize one of my main rants. Businesses that install driers without a paper alternative are saying to their employees and customers, "We'll let you wash your hands since we legally have to, but **** you, drying them is your own problem." The dirtbags who run the hand-drier companies and the ones who specify them in buildings should NOT be allowed to have towels in their homes. They should be forced to dry with their own dog food. > (Noted: that the letter most often found to be removed from "Black Angus" > restaurant is the G)....r You saw the Berger & Wyse cartoon in The Guardian too? SignatureUnix is a user-friendly operating system. It's just very choosy about its friends. >> The traditional (almost obligatory) defacement of hot-air hand dryers was >> to change the instructions: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > You saw the Berger & Wyse cartoon in The Guardian too? A couple of years ago a many and his son was in the rest room where he was giving the son careful instructions on washing and drying his hands. When he got to the drying part he showed his son how to rub his hands together under the air, then in the same tone of voice he said " now you wipe your hands dry on your pants." I just cracked up because that's what I think just about what every guy does. [...] > If we're doing the removing letters game. Liverpool buses used to > have a notice tranferred onto the windows saying something headed [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I always thought it was far more of a threat myself. My son, very young at the time, was watching a televised rugby match with me when he first became aware of the word "penalised": it caused him a certain wincing till we sorted it out. SignatureMike. > Tresspass ! > Area trolled By > Security lard Boston subway cars bear signs on the end doors that say NO PASSING THROUGH This is easily edited to NO a.s ROUGH or, with a little more care, to NO a.s OUCH ObEnglish: There used to be signs on some of the side doors that said DO NOT LEAN AGAINST Evidently the object of the preposition was not the word "door", but the door itself -- a remarkable extension of language. Signature--- Joe Fineman joe_f@verizon.net ||: Bless you, you will be blameless yet, :|| ||: For God forgives, and men forget. :|| Joe Fineman filted: >ObEnglish: There used to be signs on some of the side doors that said > > DO NOT LEAN AGAINST > >Evidently the object of the preposition was not the word "door", but >the door itself -- a remarkable extension of language. Cf. the legend stencilled on Keith Moon's chair on the "Who Are You" album cover, released just weeks before his death: http://z.hubpages.com/u/793055_f520.jpg ....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > barbara@bookpro.com mumbled something about: > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Slow Children > Playing There are the kids that are going to some dead end job for Wall Mart? SignatureTimC > cat ~/.signature Electromagnetic pulse received (core dumped) TimC filted: >> >> There was a small trailer park near me that had a sign that Read: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >There are the kids that are going to some dead end job for Wall Mart? It's probably a very old sign...those kids grew up to be Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcie, Gabe Dell, and Billy Halop....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? >Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >BW When the children grow up, they'll be found near signs saying: SLOW MEN WORKING Then there's the local veterinary clinic sign: DOG HOSPITAL CAT SignaturePeter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca > DOG > HOSPITAL > CAT Well, duh. Who else would be sadistic enough to be a nurse in a dog hospital? ¬R Plus meditandum, minus misculandum. (Marty Shapiro, deftly translated by Sean Fitzpatrick) > >Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > HOSPITAL > CAT First time I've seen "hospital" used as a verb. Dr. HotSalt >>> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of >>> SLOW [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > First time I've seen "hospital" used as a verb. I thought "dog" was the verb and "hospital" an adjective. SignatureRob Bannister >>>> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of >>>> SLOW [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > I thought "dog" was the verb and "hospital" an adjective. Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say "Speed Cameras". How does it do that? SignatureOnline waterways route planner: http://canalplan.org.uk development version: http://canalplan.eu > >>>> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of > >>>> SLOW [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say "Speed > Cameras". How does it do that? First time I've seen "cameras" used as a verb. Dr. Hot"deja vu"Salt > Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say "Speed > Cameras". How does it do that? < < First time I've seen "cameras" used as a verb. Be careful. What his bow ties is really a camera. --oTTo-- >> I thought "dog" was the verb and "hospital" an adjective. > >Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say "Speed >Cameras". How does it do that? Just different ways of shooting, is all. Remember, fruit flies like a bananana. Dave Signature\/David DeLaney posting from dbd@vic.com "It's not the pot that grows the flower It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK> http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K. >Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say >"Speed Cameras". How does it do that? By increasing the voltage until the camera flashes out in a brilliant, ionizing burst of x-radiation and gamma particles, thus destroying vehicle and pedestrian traffic within three city blocks. Overlap effects are left as an exercise for the mutated survivors. Mark Edwards SignatureProof of Sanity Forged Upon Request >>>>> Recently, the road to my neighborhood sprouted a couple of >>>>> SLOW [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Sometimes the signs say "Speed Kills" and other times they say "Speed > Cameras". How does it do that? In both cases, you are being urged to hurry: bring on the kills and cameras more quickly. SignatureRob Bannister >>This brings to mind a sign posted in front of a parking place at the >>four corners in the center of town: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > CHILDREN > PLAYING There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: +------------+ | Duke --> | | <-- Durham | +------------+ --oTTo-- You can't get there from here! > There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > You can't get there from here! That's Athens. There's an old joke about a tourist asking for directions; the local says, "If I wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here." I often use this as a metaphor for adding functions to software. SignatureNo right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I don't suppose it occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented. [Whitfield Diffie] >> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> You can't get there from here! > That's Athens. > There's an old joke about a tourist asking for directions; the local > says, "If I wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here." Usually attributed this side of the Pond to the Irish. A neat (true) variation of this was told by the late Clement Freud. He was driving in Ireland, and in the middle of the country asked a local which of two equidistant pubs he would recommend for lunch. The local considered for a while, and then said, "Sure, if you went to either, you'd wish you'd gone to the other one". With best wishes, Peter. SignaturePeter Young, (BrE), Consultant Anaesthetist, 1975-2004. (US equivalent: Attending Anesthesiologist) Now happily retired. Cheltenham and Gloucester, UK. http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk >>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >considered for a while, and then said, "Sure, if you went to either, >you'd wish you'd gone to the other one". Another tourist-seeking-directions joke, set in Northern Ireland. (Not in dialect.) Tourist in car stops to ask directions from locals standing outside a small cluster of houses. Tourist: Good afternoon. What is the name of this place? LocalA: Ballysomewhere. Tourist: Thank you. How do I get to Belfast from here? LocalA gives directions. Tourist drives off. LocalB to LocalA: Why did you send him down that road? It's not the road to Belfast. LocalA: I felt sorry for him. If he doesn't know where he is in a tiny place like Ballysomewhere he would be in terrible trouble in a large city like Belfast. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) >> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > says, "If I wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here." I often > use this as a metaphor for adding functions to software. "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, more specifically Vermont. --oTTo-- > "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > more specifically Vermont. Is it? I've always wondered where that phrase came from. My mom says it all the time, and my family hasn't been in New England for a couple hundred years. SignatureShelly http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship) http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther) Otto wrote on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:28:39 -0400: >>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> from here." I often use this as a metaphor for adding >> functions to software. > "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > more specifically Vermont. I've always believed the source was Irish. SignatureJames Silverton Potomac, Maryland Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not >>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > more specifically Vermont. And seems to be surprisingly recent. Ogden Nash wrote a book of that name in 1957. I don't see a reference to the joke in the _New York Times_ before 4/5/1964, although the way it's used there implies that it's self-conscious. I can't find any contents of Nash's book, so I don't know if the joke originated there. SignatureEvan Kirshenbaum +------------------------------------ HP Laboratories |"Algebra? But that's far too 1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 |difficult for seven-year-olds!" Palo Alto, CA 94304 | |"Yes, but I didn't tell them that kirshenbaum@hpl.hp.com |and so far they haven't found out," (650)857-7572 |said Susan. http://www.kirshenbaum.net/ >>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >it's self-conscious. I can't find any contents of Nash's book, so I >don't know if the joke originated there. That date is in line with my experience. I first heard it from a fellow student at the University of Virginia in 1964 or 1965. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs, who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE >>>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > That date is in line with my experience. I first heard it from a > fellow student at the University of Virginia in 1964 or 1965. Growing up in far nothen New Hampster had me hearing this in the late fifties. Matthew (No, not my late fifties) SignatureI'm a consultant. If you want an opinion I'll sell you one. Which one do you want? >>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > more specifically Vermont. I've heard it used, and I have used it myself, in Seattle. There are quite a few places in Seattle that you can see, but you can't get to them, other than in some circuitous way. "You can't get there from here" seems to be quite an applicable expression. SignatureSkitt (AmE) >>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I've heard it used, and I have used it myself, in Seattle. There are quite a few places in Seattle that you can see, but you > can't get to them, other than in some circuitous way. "You can't get there from here" seems to be quite an applicable expression. Donner party! --oTTo-- >> "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, >> more specifically Vermont. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >than in some circuitous way. "You can't get there from here" seems to be >quite an applicable expression. It should be the city motto for Boston. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >>>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >than in some circuitous way. "You can't get there from here" seems to be >quite an applicable expression. There are places like that in Boston. Sometimes, driving fast helps, but more often positioning for a lane change, then an exit, well in advance is more important. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs, who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE > >>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: > >>>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >> "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > >> more specifically Vermont. I lived in Boston from 1953 to 58, and in a Boston suburb 1960-63. I don't know when I first heard that expression; it seems like I've always known it. > >I've heard it used, and I have used it myself, in Seattle. There are quite > >a few places in Seattle that you can see, but you can't get to them, other [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > but more often positioning for a lane change, then an exit, well in > advance is more important. About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from the Pentagon. In trying to take a shortcut I somehow got into the Pentagon parking lots and couldn't get out again. At last I drove up to one of the Pentagon entrances and asked the GIs who were guarding it for directions. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >> >>>> There are two places in Durham that have the following sign: >> >>>> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >up to one of the Pentagon entrances and asked the GIs who were >guarding it for directions. They don't call it the Puzzle Palace for nothing. Even driving around it can be hazardous to your mental health, as you say, let alone making sense of some of DOD's regulations, contracts and so forth. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs, who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE >> About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old >> Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it can be hazardous to your mental health, as you say, let alone > making sense of some of DOD's regulations, contracts and so forth. Way-hey, Chuck's back. Have you regained permanent Internet access, or are you just passing by? SignatureDavid > >> About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old > >> Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Way-hey, Chuck's back. �Have you regained permanent Internet access, or > are you just passing by? Why did he loose it in the first place? I hope it had nothing to do with parental control. >>>> About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old >>>> Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Why did he loose it in the first place? Oy. SignatureDavid > >About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old > >Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > it can be hazardous to your mental health, as you say, let alone > making sense of some of DOD's regulations, contracts and so forth. Since you're only now responding to posts from April I don't imagine you'll get around to reading this for several weeks, but welcome back anyway. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >> >About 40 years ago I was trying to get from Mclean, VA to the old >> >Twin Bridges Marriott that used to be across Shirley Highway from [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >you'll get around to reading this for several weeks, but welcome >back anyway. I read it this morning, John, and thank you. Due to the huge volume of posts I hadn't read, there was a large block of posts I simply downloaded yesterday, then marked read. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs, who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE > "John Varela" wrote: >> Since you're only now responding to posts from April I don't imagine >> you'll get around to reading this for several weeks, but welcome [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > posts I hadn't read, there was a large block of posts I simply > downloaded yesterday, then marked read. Ah, well, welcome back, then. SignatureSkitt (AmE) >> "John Varela" wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Ah, well, welcome back, then. Thank you, Skitt. My spirits improved the moment I found out that the dining hall, which is a pleasant room, is usually available for patients or for staff too, I suppose, who desire Internet access. SignatureRegards, Chuck Riggs, who speaks AmE, lives near Dublin, Ireland and usually spells in BrE >"You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, >more specifically Vermont. I've only ever heard it spoken in an affected Down East accent, as popularized by Bert and I in 1958 (the year after Nash's book) in the story "Which Way to Millinocket?": http://www.islandportpress.com/BIwhichway.html Just a glance at all the blue splotches on a map of Maine makes it clear why it's so hard to find a road from any one place to another there. ¬R "The Home Shopping Network is the New Jersey of Drugs" http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/engel.html --marika5000 >>"You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, >>more specifically Vermont. > > I've only ever heard it spoken in an affected Down East accent, as > popularized by Bert and I in 1958 (the year after Nash's book) in the > story "Which Way to Millinocket?": Yeah, when I googled it I saw the Bert and I reference. My recollections hinted at a contrived meme -- as a child I saw it in a "You know you're from Vermont If..." type of book and a cartoon about a Vermont farmer and tourist in Yankee magazine. But it wasn't something I actually heard, not even in down east Maine where my brother lives. > http://www.islandportpress.com/BIwhichway.html > > Just a glance at all the blue splotches on a map of Maine makes it clear > why it's so hard to find a road from any one place to another there. Mountain ranges or water make it a plausible thing and probably explain why the possibly invented phrase took hold to some extent. --oTTo-- ... > > There's an old joke about a tourist asking for directions; the local > > says, "If I wanted to get there, I wouldn't start from here." I often > > use this as a metaphor for adding functions to software. I imagine the Brits are right in saying this an Irish dialect joke before the New England "Ya cahn't get theah from heah" version. "Sure and if I wanted to go to Ballyragget, 'tisn't from here I'd be starting at all!" > "You can't get there from here" is an alleged New Englandism, > more specifically Vermont. Or Maine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_and_I I didn't hear audio versions of the "Bert and I" stories till the early '80s, and didn't know they went back to the '50s. Urban accent: Say, mister, does this road go to Portland? Down-east accent: Nope. Stays right here. -- Jerry Friedman Shalam ching! On Apr 28, 4:18 pm, jerry_fried...@yahoo.com wrote: > ... > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_and_I ... Note to self: Read whole thread before posting. -- Jerry Friedman > Signs saying > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I do not think it means what they think it means. I've said many times, bosses are like puppies. You have to establish ground rules or they will pee everywhere and things will be miserable for all involved. dearcilla set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > Signs saying > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I do not think it means what they think it means. Where I used to work the central heating control had this note hung on it: DO NOT ADJUST THE BOSS I used to think, about time somebody *did* but nobody would *dare*. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply >Where I used to work the central heating control had this note hung on >it: > DO NOT ADJUST > THE BOSS >I used to think, about time somebody *did* but nobody would *dare*. Where I work, the boss's name is "Tim" (with or without the quotation marks). One of our clients calls him "Timmy". This is one of those things a cash client can do that an employee wouldn't dare... Mark Edwards SignatureProof of Sanity Forged Upon Request Mark Edwards filted: >Where I work, the boss's name is "Tim" (with or without the quotation >marks). One of our clients calls him "Timmy". This is one of those things a >cash client can do that an employee wouldn't dare... I don't suppose he pronounces it like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UeWB9IwxWI ....r SignatureA pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? > dearcilla set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > continuum: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > THE BOSS > I used to think, about time somebody *did* but nobody would *dare*. NO TRESSPASSING PROSECUTORS WILL BE VIOLATED! --oTTo-- No donut for you! |
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