"It has come to my notice that meetings held in this establishment go on for far too long and are becoming a complete waste of time."To this end, this meeting will, for the sake of brevity, be held standing up.
"On your feet, the lot of you."
Say goodbye to a couple of hours' kip, then.
Two hours later...
"…and now we move to item thirty-two on the agenda – 'Trans-national links in the multi-cultural paradigm' in which we will be joined on the video conference circuit by our colleagues in New York. HELLO NEW YORK!"
"Boss," the office snitch whispers in a voice that can be heard at the other end of the company graveyard, "they're sitting down."
"Come on you guys - didn't you get the memo?"
"Yes," comes an American voice, "and we are authorised by our departmental head to tell you to - if you don't mind the language - bugger off."
A finger hovers over a button. It is large and red and has the word "EJECT" printed on it in large, black letters.
*click - SPANG*
"Item 33 - Bring Your Leopard to Work Day..."
5 comments:
Oooooh first for ejector seats.
One of my favourite interviews on the radio was when they asked small children what they would do if they were prime minister. There were lots of worthy things about poverty etc, but one small boy shouted I WOULD PUT EJECTOR BUTTONS ON EVERYTHING. Classic.
Ejector buttons go good with wheels, too.
Brilliant blogging, made my day, thanks. btw Very surprised my amusing comment a few days ago re Lheed us authorities reading our census details refused to publish at your census post - tried 4 different times over 2 days to no avail., so gave up :-(
Watch out for Ceiling Owl...
Copy of 3 tweets, seen on Twitter:
DRUDGE 12/03/2011 00:43: Tremendous Japan coverage today by BBC, REUTERS, reduced most US outlets to quoting and urgently waiting for 1FT waves to hit Marina del Ray
Obama's 2012 reelection campaign slogan: "STAND FOR CHANGE". You betcha
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/05/AR2011030502069.html
Vomit doesn't begin to describe my feelings for the little man "President Obama’s Trivial Pursuits"
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/03/15/president-obamas-trivial-pursuits-2/
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