tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238582022012-01-10T04:17:09.703+01:00The blogger is a thirty something rosbif, who hopes to give an insight into the trials and tribulations of living and working in "la plus belle ville du monde". Although predominantly written in english it will probably veer off into franglais ...Damielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800043833038799255noreply@blogger.comBlogger16311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23858202.post-70693030199213827072012-01-09T23:55:00.006+01:002012-01-10T04:17:09.713+01:00

"In the year twenny five thurty five ..."A quick wheeze through who/what of this dayOn this day1861 – The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South CarolinaIt is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War"1913 - (Born) Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States1978 – (Born) Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer1848- (Died) Caroline

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The line is drawn, the curse is cast ...Another year gone, another year to comeMore downs than ups, i have to say, but i'm feeling surprisingly positive given the periodThe fag-ash coloured whippet of gloom has yet to snaffle at my dainty dancing heels this holiday season.I'm pretty much resigned to quitting my job (i could rightly cite constructive dismissal !)But, never the less, have had a

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like raii-aiin on yer wedding dayI was having a bit of a (very) guarded chit-chat with Fluffy as to how i'd been in contact with an ancient client of ours, when one of our training managers popped his head around the door to say helloAs an offside, i just kind of mentioned to him that company 'X' was more than likely to be 'back on the books' as we say, and that he should be/would be/ought to be

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Ahhh am a maaaaaaan of constant sorrow ...Boy, am i in a spot of botherFluffy, in a pique of unusual managerness (or spite)decided that he'd send me a mailto 'highten my awareness and bring my attention to ...'bad debts from about three years agoUnfortunately for me,the words 'procedure' and 'non compliance with 'were all used in the same sentanceAaaand, to make things worserbeing that Fluffy is

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Why...... do we call music notes "do", "ré", "mi" etc ?The notation "do, ré, mi, fa, sol, la, si" was created in the 1th century by an italian monk and was inspired by latin religious chanting :Ut queant laxisResonare fibrisMira gestorumFamuli tuorum,Solve pollutiLabii reatum,Sancte Ioannes The "ut", difficult to sing, was remplaced by "do" in the 17th century

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... better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone ...What with the lights going on at 21h51 precisely, i've become increasingly aware, that after what had felt like an arctic winter, the days are at last becoming longerThe plants and herbs have been succesfully re-potted and right now, i'm thinking of buying some tomato plants from the local agricultural market ... we'll seeAs for Fluffy,

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...dit-on que mettre le pain à l'envers porte malheur ?Au Moyen Âge, le jour des exécutions publiques, le boulanger réservait un pain pour le bourreau.Il posait ce pain à l'envers pour être sûr de ne pas le vendre à un autre.Tout le monde savait que ce pain était celui du bourreau, et personne n'y touchait.Voilaaaaa !!!Merci Balaj :@)

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Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right ...Right now it's the mid term breakIn the states, it may well be a time for students to let their hair down, chill out and get upto all kinds of un-speakable debauchery, well away from their parentsHere, in France, however, it's more of a familly affair with Mr and Mrs Dupont plus their snotty nosed kids going of for a week or two of skiingFamily

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Mrs. Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin when she met up with Father Flaherty.The Father said, 'Top o' the mornin'to ye! Aren't ye Mrs. Donovan and didn't I marry ye and yer hoosband two years ago?'She replied, 'Aye, that ye did, Father.'The Father asked, 'And be there any wee little ones yet?'She replied, 'No, not yet, Father.'The Father said, 'Well now, I'm going to Rome next

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Baby it's cold outsideFluffy is the most fourbiest , serviliest of dirtiest of bastards that i have ever, in all of my short life, have had the misfortune of working with ...Recently, he's taken to 'informing' (upon) us the state of play as to the year on year perf, the provision for the next week and ... "Mr X and Mrs Y are starting tomorrow, have you done a+b+c .."Really, as if we're a bunch

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... do we 'chink' our glass before having a drink ?The custom of 'chinking' (trinquer in french) dates back to the middle ages when poisoning someone through their drink was a common occurance.As a precaution, when people drank together, they would pour a little of their own drink into that of their neighbour's.After a while, it was admissable to simply knock glasses together so that respective

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Naïve comme une toile du Nierdoi SseaurouThere are times where one suddenly feels 'old' in despite of not being so ...To cut a long story longer : i met a very, very, veeery good looking trainee today whilst i was waiting by the coffee machineAnd, as you do, when you try to be a bit sociable and forgetting the fog of the daily 'stuff', we got chatting in a who are you/whaddya do stylieThen à

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The difference between men and women

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If one were to judge by the content of the flurry of e-mails sent out today, then it would be safe to say that Fluffy's having a bit of a nervous breakdown ... mind you, the pulsing vein thing on the side of his heed is a dead give away for startersAs it is, i'm pretty much past caringBe-cause : i've been hitting it off recently with some pretty groovy people who could, quite possibly and

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why ...Do we say that money has no smell ? This proverb is often attributed to the roman emperor Vespasien as a reply to his son, Titus, who chastised him on his wish to impose a tax on urine.In the ancient roman empire, urine from public toilets, was collected for use in the tanning industry as a means to de-grease wool.Vespasien had the idea of creating a tax for the collection of said urine.

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Things are going a bit downhill on the workfront -what with Fluff's shouting gaggs, hizzy fits, and general unpleasantness, he's completely lost the shopfloorTrainers are either leaving, thinking of leaving or are going on long term sick-leaveNot a good state of affairs for anyone who's supposed to be 'managing' something, and certainly not brilliant for business generally speakingTo top things

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Il est 5 heures ...So, then, D-day minus oneThe gossip machine in WorldCorp has gone into overdriveEveryone and his dog wants to know :Where is Fuffy? How is it that Fuff isn't going to to the AGM ?What's the Fuffster up to !?!I've been fielding calls all dayEven our head trainers have been grumbling into their gruel :Fluffalini could've shortened his week off and turned up unexpected(me: yeah,

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Pourquoi dit-on que ...."Le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle" ?Cette expression signifie que l'enjeu n'en vaut pas la peine.Jusqu'au 18e siècle, les théâtres étaitaient éclairés à la chandelle.Parfois, il fallait des milliers de chandelles par soirée, ce qui représentait une somme colossale à l'époque.Si les bénéfices rapportés par la représentation n'étaient pas suffisants, ils ne couvraient même

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Je fais des trous, fais des trous , je fais des p'tits trous ...What with the AGM due to take place this coming Friday and Saturday (yikes), i'm dibbs in for two six day weeks on the trotPffftttI can't say that i'm looking forwards to seing the head honchos in casual wear ... they'll all probably turn up in jeans and jesus boots Funnily enough, there'll be one absence that'll stick out like a

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Click on the image to read

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Well i wonder ...For years now, we've been looking to move out of our officesand this or many reasonsThe rent is sky high,The owners don't look after the premises :No climatisation in the summer,Bad heating in the winter and ...flooding when it rainsAlso, because we're not conforming to certain 'norms'We make no allowances for physically challenged peopleas but one exampleFloweryTwats HQ tasked

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...do we count points in tennis 15, 30 & 40 ?The way of counting points in tennis dates back to the 'Jeu de Paume' where players hit the ball with their palm or paumeThis french game, much played during the 16th and 17th centuries, is the ancester of 'english tennis' created in the 19th century (Tennis being a corruption of the french word tenez, pronounced by the serving payer)In the Jeu de

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Like, totally, .. like, oh my gaaad ... like, no-way ...Fluffy had a big-time total meltdown and general freak out session in the office this afternoonAs in, really, really b.a.d and so un professionnalPerhaps because today, according to the Grauniad, is blue monday or perhaps it's in anticipation of itWhatever ...The crux of it though, is that he'd called us (me and BonneàRien) in for a 'team

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NoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooFor years, i've managed to 'abstract' from being a year older :"Whaddya want for your bir-th-day ?""Nothing ...not today ...it's all an untruth ..i was born on a 29th of february""Mais non, mais .....""No, really,.. it just didn't happen"No-one wants to be reminded that they're a year nearer to hell(oi baint be goin' to hebben, fer shure)Nor to think that they've

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Times are hard ...The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.I ordered a burger at McDonald's,and the kid behind the counter asked,"Can you afford fries with that?"CEO's are now playing miniature golf.If the bank returns your check marked "Insufficient Funds,"you have to call them and ask if they mean you or them.McDonald's is selling the 1/4 'ouncer'.Parents in

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Christmas spirit ...

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So, then, back to normal after the annual and perfid consumerfest breakBounty and bonhommie towards our most hated is all finished for twelve months ...we can all leave the bunkersAnd lo, through the darkyest of winter nytes, whyt commeth be ?'Tis ye grande annonce of ye office sales fygers !?!YooohooooooA BONUS AND A BOX OF CHEAPO CHOCOLATES FOR ALL AND SUNDRYMy pimpled and spotty arse !!!!!!!

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What a sad old start to the year :Pete Postlethwaite, Mick Karn and Gerry Rafferty all passing on at a young ageThree people who were all part of my growing up for goodness sakeI can't help but wonder who's next on the hit list ?I won't be tempting fate, but there are sooo many people, so many 'icons' that've all had a good innningsAand quite a few that kinda make me think ''how in the hell is

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Taser : Instrument utilisé afin de mieux faire passer le courant entre la police et la jeunesse.Où est donc mon Ricard ? : Conjonction de coordination (Où, et, donc, or, ni, car)Mozart : Célèbre compositeur que l'on écoute le plus souvent dans les pizzerias car on sent bien que mozarella.La mort : Première cause de décès dans le monde.La beauté intérieure : Concept inventé par les moches pour

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Cadrage ...

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Yoohoooo what a groovy Christmas !As opposed to last year, i managed to stuff myself stoopid with tons and tons of ungodly and unhealthy heart attack fodderFoie gras, smoked salmon, roast duck, stuffing, all manner of vegetables (all cooked in duck fat, just to be sure), mincemeat pies made with butter rich pastry, christmas pudding with lashings of cream, buckets of champagne drunk, nay, quaffed

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Where have you been my blue eyed son ? where have you been my darling young one ?It's been an age since i've allowed myself to admit that i absolutely love my job to bitsWherefrom has this sudden dose of amour propre bloomed?Is it because i've managed to get my aftershavened sweaty mitts on the contract of the century ?No !!!Maybe i've been a mixin' business with plé-sure ?Alas, no !!Perhaps

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God, i've been so wrapped up in 'things' that i've had no time to myself since the start of the year ...Not a big change for me personally, even if i'm ptretty much resigned to changing jobsWhen i'm arranging business lunches with my fave decideurs i often ask (less than half jokingly) if i should bring my cv with meNo shame, no gain as we could say______________________________A quick run down

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La politique(Il faut cliquer dessus pour le lire)Merci (encooooore) Balaj :@)

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L'identité nationaleCheers Balaj :@)

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Ahhhhh, am a maaaa-aaan of constant sorrowThe train service to Paris from Versailles used to be impecable - no delays, no cancellations no 'wrong snow' on the tracksSince i've moved back here, i've found that things have really gone downhill dramatically.It's a rare thing for me to arrive at the office before nine fortyfiveish aven though i still leave home at about eight twentyThings came a bit

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Say hello, wave goodbyeThe new 'decennie' is well under way with only the fag-end, soggy-tailed remains of the crisis to remind us of the noughtiesWorldCorp hasn't (yet) disappeared up and into it's own nether regions, BoyIdiot has seemingly settled down to his new post and has apparently rekindled his moderately stiffled addiction to the super duper mechanically rendered meat with mega fries

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There's been a bit of 'riffifi' as they say ...BoyIdiot has been promotedYup !!!The idiot one has moved up that geasy pole of WorldCorpTMWell, if truth be held, it's somewhat hard to say if he's been promoted, moved sideways or dropped in the brown and smelly stuffGiven that he's been the deputy manager for years at our office, it's natural to assume that one day he'd be given real, life 'n'

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Way back in the middle of sultry august, way before we discovered the value of thermolactyl leggings and the benefits of eating porridge in the mornings, i splashed out and invested in a new ovenPretty banal, one might think, but it wasn't just any old, common or garden 'Oven' but a high-tec and high faluttin' affairIt cooks everything and anything to perfectionOr rather it 'did' cook ....Since

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J'ai failli oublié - il a neigé à Paname :)

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Todays stats :N° of e-mails that i've kind of overlooked and will reply to "later" : 20 +/-N° of said e-mails that will probably disappear into the spam box : 19N° of bonkers trainees sending mails to head office : 1N° of replies from head office to bonkers trainee : 0N° of married trainees giving me the come on : 1N° of jail-bait trainees getting a bit too fruity :1N° of people i'm interviewing

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Une des tubes de 2009

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Euhh...RienJe viens de me rendre compte de la discordance entre le blé que je rapporte à ma boite et la misere de salaire que j'empocheEn deux mille dix, il faut que je fasse autre chose de ma viePoint barre

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Fô cliquez sur l'image pour la lire

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Un-classy blagspotte...then the other sperm says "How far is it to the ovaries ?", his mate replies "Relax. We just passed the tonsils"A couple are on their honeymoon, lying in bed, ready to consummate their marriage, when the wife says to the husband,"I have a confession to make, I'm not a virgin."The husband replies, "That's no big thing in this day and age."The wife continues, "Yeah, I've

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Cliquez sur l'image pour la voir dans une nouvelle window :)

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Les passagers d'un vol sont assis à leur place et attendent le décollage...Bientôt, deux hommes entrent dans l'avion, en uniforme de pilote.Ils portent des lunettes noires. L'un d'eux est accompagné d'un chien pour aveugle et l'autre tâte son chemin à l'aide d'une canne blanche.Ils avancent dans l'allée, entrent dans la cabine de pilotage et referment la portePlusieurs passagers rient

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IronCarl SandburgGuns,Long, steel guns,Pointed from the war shipsIn the name of the war god.Straight, shining, polished guns,Clambered over with jackies in white blouses,Glory of tan faces, tousled hair, white teeth,Laughing lithe jackies in white blouses,Sitting on the guns singing war songs, war chanties.Shovels,Broad, iron shovels,Scooping out oblong vaults,Loosening turf and leveling sod.I

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I knocked it off, i knocked it off ...For the first time in ages i've actually had, low and behold, a 'nice' day at workNot only because i've managed to arrange things so that i'm only working for two days this week, but also because Fluffy and Marge, la deuxième couille, are both off (Fluffy's gone to Berlin to celebrate the fall of the wall and Marge has booked a weeks holiday)Which means that

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The joy of six .... alternative forms of amusement (I)Where do i begin with what will probably turn out to be my méa culpa for sins past ?-Sticking straws up a frog's bum, then blowing really hard until a satisfying stickily explosion of gore ensues ?-Tying fireworks to a puppy dog's tail and watching the poor pooch desperately scrambling of into the deepest dark of an uncharitable winters' night

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The joy of six .... alternative forms of amusement (II)What else to did we get upto, on the cusp of adolescence and staying out late after kerfew ?Well (rubs finger guiltily around shirt collar), at the time we thought that running around the neighbourhood, jumping into back gardens and breaking washing lines was pretty innocent.I wouldn't say that we targeted specific gardens more than others,

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The joy of six .... alternative forms of entertainement (III)Of a much less offensive order, we used to indulge in water fights ,even in the middle of January (!!) but one of our favorite games was mudfightsWe'd spend whole summer mornings preparing our 'arms' (sloppy mudballs, sausages on sticks, buckets of mud mixed with cat pee !!!)What glee and joy to be had thinking about how i was going to

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There's a fair bit of stressedoutness going on at WorldCorp just now,what with the end of timesthe year with it's usual lot of end of year training projects to set up, last years' figures to catch up on aaaannd ....... and a new all-improved management checklist that Fluffy has to scrupulously fill out at the end of each monthOne protocole out of many that Fluffy is having kittens about concerns

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This tooooooown is comin' like a ghost town ....Cor blimey, i got into work this morning to discover that the place hadn't been unexpectedly quarantined, but transformed ...Transformed into a fiesta of orange and black tinselImagine what would've happened if Quentin Crisp had met Karl Lagerfeld :Karl : I vant haloveen to be heppy, i vont to see happy fesses who lite up, not ze glum, gotic

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Paranoimia ... bisAbout ten days ago or so, we were delivered enough 'pig flu' sanitary containers, (replete with their regulatory hospital-white bin liners and bio hazard symbols) to keep a small, banana republic sized army occupied until doomsdayThen, last week, we took delivery of antiseptic sheepdip that we're supposed to use before and after we've shaken hands or had any bodily, non biblical

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French nerds K. dit : Oh putain K. dit : J'ai de nouvelles lunettes K. dit : J'ai l'impression d'être passé à la HD ________________ shmo : bon, jtexplique. tu prends un objet, par exemple un string. ensuite tu fous ton paquet dedans. à partir de là ton paquet est referencé. not : ok, et il est protégeé ? shmo : non, tous ceux qui ont le même string peuvent y avoir accès. il faut que tu le dise

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Ad-tistique license

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Fcku tish kwan bollox - c'est rélousWhilst checking the on-line progress of my offer to tender for the french gouvernement, i stumblebutted onto another one which could, kinda, maybe, also be for us (me)Fluffy's boss (Mr Bean) said "pfffftf ... they never go in our favour'Me said " why not"Mr Bean : "because we're too expensive as they go through a tiers payer .."Me "ahh haa .. and ?"Mr Bean "

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The joy of six ..... post coital commentaries"I gotta go for a pee" (or take a dump)Geeeee, thank you !! So, then, for the last hour or so, you've been desperately holding it all in !?! All becomes evident"It's allllll damp on my side"And ? " Phouaaar, what did you eat tonight ?"You can't talk, i know what you've just been eating"And ....????"*crickets* I thought Angie looked really good tonight,

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Money, its a crime...share it fairly but dont take a slice of my pieThings are a bit heavy at work right now for different reasonsFirstly, and somewhat evidently, i'm still in the middle of my debt collecting which leaves me little time for much elseFluffy's boss came in today for an un announced flying visit : so unannounced, that Fluffy was 'out' and i was the only body in the office (ooer, i

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" In fact, actually ....."_______________A quick flash back to my week so farTwo very early starts and late finishes : yesterday out interviewing people, back to the office at about two in the afternoon, financial proposal made out (which was just a formality as the deal had already been done and dusted) and invoiced at the same timeToday (which was, at first glance, easy peasy) : a quick hit

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A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of stupid (part II)An Illinois Congresswoman (Jan Schakowsky) called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got to Chicago at 8:33 a.m.I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois , but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast,

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Ad-tistique license

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I like coffee and i like tea ...I'm in for another tough (six day) week : out for the next two days 'representing' WorldCorp, Thursday is the BadPayers meeting with Fluffy and his boss (the guy who gave me pay rise last year) and Friday is going to be mea culpa day for all the stuff i just know i won't get through this week ...A recent highlight, from the end of last week though, is that after

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The joy of six ... film scene background musicIn no particular order, just scenes that spring to mind in a free asociation kinda stylieMy immediate thought was anything by Quentin Tarantino, maybe with the exception of Kill Bill and Inglorious ... he's always had top notch music in his films which could range from oldies dating back to his formative years to others that have stayed, un-tapped, in

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Stone the crows and *fuck me sideways, as they say ...WorldCorp has gone into full blown flu alert of the pig/chicken/donkey varietyToday, we were delivered with three dozen, highly conspicuous and hospitaly looking, white disposal bins for ditching used and scummy old snot ragsAs far as i know, nobody has actually gone down with the plague, but it seems that the powers that be in

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Ad-tistique license

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A DC airport ticket agent offers some examples of 'why' our country is in trouble!I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman (Carol Shea-Porter) ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)_____________________________I got a call from a Kansas Congressman's (Moore) staffer (Howard Bauleke), who wanted to go to Capetown.I started to explain

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I don't like Mondays ...BoyIdiot returned from his holidays today and has done nothing apart from dishing out the bises to all and sundry, noisily slurping his lemon tea and ... well .. . counting his fingers, i guess (there's been no billing action from his part of WorldCorp)It's all to be expected though, because the first productive thing he did do when he arrived was to slap down a new

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Classe !Merci Balaj ;)

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The joy of six .....one hit wondersI would say that a 'one hit wonder' is any group or artist that manages to make a mark on the collective conscience thanks to that 'one' record that comes out at a very particular period - 4 Non blondes for exampleSome artists pierced, then sank without a trace. Others managed to live and prosper from it.After all, it's often been said that everyone's got a book

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Much to my chagrin, i'm having to work with Marge, the accounts lady from hellIncidently, Marge is a smokerWell, not really a 'smoker' as such, it's more like; she lights up a ciggy, takes one hoover sized puff and it's all gone : yes really !Less than a minute later and her nicotine fix is ... euhh... well .. fixedAnyhow, i'm smack bang in the middle of hastling my bad debt clients and am doing

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Burger warsEver felt cheated ?

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10 questionsWhat's your favorite film ? - If i were stranded on a desert island with my collection of dvd's, it would have to be 'The Wings of desire' (which is a bit obvious) ... but then it could also be 'Amélie Poulin', 'Paris Texas', 'American beauty' or even 'Fight club'Which character would you be in the film ? - Probably the main character from Wings of desire, for lot's of reasonsYour

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