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[Miniminx71]

MrBounce, on 12 Feb 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:

 

Miniminx71, on 11 Feb 2015 - 12:19 AM, said:

Just endured 3 hours of jazz. Why do the audience clap during jazz? Every time one of the blokes did a tuneless, doodly noise everyone clapped. Is it the law you have to show your appreciation? You don't do that anywhere else. . I thought it was a load of horrible crap.

 

I have never understood jazz. I think it's a specific way that talented musicians can get money for doing a load of tuneless garbage. Fair play to them for getting away with it but PLEASE don't play it anywhere near me.

 

All I can hear whenever I see the word "Jazz" is John Thompson from the Fast Show saying "Helloooo. And welcome to Jazz Club. Nice!"

 

Me too!  The main guy did that introducing each member of the band thing and all I could think of was the ones on Jazz Club when they all had names of London underground stations or something really stupid.

[Kieranlee999]

 

MrBounce, on 12 Feb 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:

 

Miniminx71, on 11 Feb 2015 - 12:19 AM, said:

Just endured 3 hours of jazz. Why do the audience clap during jazz? Every time one of the blokes did a tuneless, doodly noise everyone clapped. Is it the law you have to show your appreciation? You don't do that anywhere else. . I thought it was a load of horrible crap.

 

I have never understood jazz. I think it's a specific way that talented musicians can get money for doing a load of tuneless garbage. Fair play to them for getting away with it but PLEASE don't play it anywhere near me.

 

All I can hear whenever I see the word "Jazz" is John Thompson from the Fast Show saying "Helloooo. And welcome to Jazz Club. Nice!"

 

Me too!  The main guy did that introducing each member of the band thing and all I could think of was the ones on Jazz Club when they all had names of London underground stations or something really stupid.

 

a bit like this?

[Miniminx71]

Kieranlee999, on 12 Feb 2015 - 2:10 PM, said:

 

Miniminx71, on 12 Feb 2015 - 12:52 PM, said:

 

MrBounce, on 12 Feb 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:MrBounce, on 12 Feb 2015 - 12:48 PM, said:

 

Miniminx71, on 11 Feb 2015 - 12:19 AM, said:Miniminx71, on 11 Feb 2015 - 12:19 AM, said:

Just endured 3 hours of jazz. Why do the audience clap during jazz? Every time one of the blokes did a tuneless, doodly noise everyone clapped. Is it the law you have to show your appreciation? You don't do that anywhere else. . I thought it was a load of horrible crap.

 

I have never understood jazz. I think it's a specific way that talented musicians can get money for doing a load of tuneless garbage. Fair play to them for getting away with it but PLEASE don't play it anywhere near me.

 

All I can hear whenever I see the word "Jazz" is John Thompson from the Fast Show saying "Helloooo. And welcome to Jazz Club. Nice!"

 

Me too!  The main guy did that introducing each member of the band thing and all I could think of was the ones on Jazz Club when they all had names of London underground stations or something really stupid.

 

a bit like this?

 

   'Wrong Note' magazine!!

[Miniminx71]

Why do management insist on using ridiculous language and "buzz words" when making announcements? GET TO THE POINT!!!

It all got worse after 'The Thick of It'. By boss started using loads of Malcolm Tucker's - his favourite was 'That idea is Brian Jones - dead in the water'.

[The Matt]

I'm totes one for using buzz words, but deliberately out of context. I also like to mix up metaphors.

Two in the bush is worth a stitch in time

[MrBounce]

My brother works for the MOD and he always tries to get some sort of silly thing into his reports, such as song lyrics and the like. When I worked for an insurance company we once played a game where we had to get as many Abba song titles into a conversation without the broker noticing. One guy managed something like 9. Impressive stuff!

[mini93]

Why do management insist on using ridiculous language and "buzz words" when making announcements? GET TO THE POINT!!!

 

 

Appreviations... oh lordy lordy have mercy, everything at work has to be shortened. everything has conveluted meanings and different terminology. Dead confusing at times.

[xrocketengineer]

On that subject.... During my waning years working on the Space Shuttle, the powers from above decided that for every document generated by the contractors preparing the Shuttle for flight and reviewed by the NASA engineers, the NASA engineers would fill out an evaluation sheet to record the number and type of errors found. The intent was to use the information for data collection. The NASA engineers were not too happy about having to fill out the extra evaluation forms and they became commonly called "PITA forms" as in pain in the a... after one of my engineers started using the name.

Eventually the word (of the name) got to the powers above. One of the project engineers was commissioned to send an Email to all the NASA engineers to cease and desist of calling the forms PITA. I could not resist the urge and replied to the Email with my most serious tone that PITA was a formal acronym that it stood for Process Insight and Trend Analysis which was my best BS. My group of engineers got a real kick out of the email apology I received back from the project engineer. Then in the best "Dilbert" tradition the forms were officially named PITA Forms.

[Ben_O]

We couldn't help but think that this small chicken resembled a new born baby so being in stupid moods, we decided it would be a good idea to slap it's bum to bring it round.

 

http://vid166.photob...zpsnvfzmtpe.mp4

 

 

[Anthony30]

We couldn't help but think that this small chicken resembled a new born baby so being in stupid moods, we decided it would be a good idea to slap it's bum to bring it round.

 

http://vid166.photob...zpsnvfzmtpe.mp4

 

 

Rubber chicken head, and some gaffa tape. It'll do.

[Ben_O]

 

We couldn't help but think that this small chicken resembled a new born baby so being in stupid moods, we decided it would be a good idea to slap it's bum to bring it round.

 

http://vid166.photob...zpsnvfzmtpe.mp4

 

 

Rubber chicken head, and some gaffa tape. It'll do.

 

Don't talk about my son like that!

 

He is going to have a hard enough time of it as it is.

[Miniminx71]

There aren't many famous people called 'Dave'. I can only think of Dave Grohl.

[Ben_O]

There aren't many famous people called 'Dave'. I can only think of Dave Grohl.

Dave Myers!

 

Dave schwimmer

Edited by Ben_O, 15 February 2015 - 07:15 PM.

[Kieranlee999]

 

There aren't many famous people called 'Dave'. I can only think of Dave Grohl.

Dave Myers!

 

Dave schwimmer

 

Dave the minion on dispicable me :) 

[Ben_O]

Dave Cameron!