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Awayday

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1. At 02:11 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

   Is anyone else worried about the ‘terraced’ threat?!

2. At 02:40 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Whisht wrote:

   Dr. Hackenbush (I've been shortening your name and didn't even ask if it irritated you)

   "terraced threat"??
   Not heard this one.

   Are the football firms on the rise again??
   Send 'em to Iraq I say (though I can't see the ICF winning hearts and minds....)

3. At 02:44 PM on 12 Oct 2006, wrote:

   Dr H.(1) is that anything to do with the "New Clear" bonds that I hear so much about? I guess they're a threat as you can see right through them....

4. At 03:02 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

   (2) No, I haven’t been irritated in any shape or form by this tendency. Shortened names are easier to type, W.

   I’m not really sure what the ‘terraced’ threat is, but have been hearing the term frequently in news and current affairs broadcasting over many months....

5. At 03:11 PM on 12 Oct 2006, wrote:

   Oops! That should read bomBs

   D'oh!

6. At 03:16 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Tony wrote:

   I can't wait to hear about the man wrongly jailed for 11 years for cookery in schools which you mention in your blog

7. At 03:36 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Mark wrote:

   Awayday...Mmmm...I was invited by my bosses to join them on one in the summer. They wanted to know about the issues that "we" (the chalk face workers) faced. By the end of the day, they knew. We were thanked for telling them. That was it. Status Quo. I don't think you have anything to worry about..

8. At 03:45 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Tony wrote:

   When I say "blog" I of course mean "newsletter".

9. At 03:55 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Chrissie wrote:

   That reminds me of Dilbert - the away day was a success because they calculated how many employees they needed to downsize to pay for it.........

10. At 03:58 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Humph wrote:

    Actually, Fred, I think that "New Clear Bonds" sounds better. But then I always thought that something used to play a guitar in a row of houses was a "terraced fret".

    H.

11. At 04:08 PM on 12 Oct 2006, wrote:

    Nice one, Humph!!

12. At 04:40 PM on 12 Oct 2006, wrote:

    I'm not familiar with the whole office scenario (lucky me?!) but someone sent us a great cartoon recently.
    Large angry boss looming over desk-bound clerk:"Why aren't you working?"
    Desk-bound clerk looking up" Sorry, I didn't see you coming"
    Surely it's not like that at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳?

13. At 04:48 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    Mark (7), I disagree - I think that Status Quo probably have quite a lot to worry about: ageing fan base; thinning hair; arthritis in the fingers...
    

14. At 05:13 PM on 12 Oct 2006, wrote:

    Annasee (12),

    What's this Whole Office Scenario? Is there a Catalogue?

    
    

15. At 06:20 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Frances O wrote:

    Tony - perhaps the man was jailed after a citizen's arrest by Jamie Oliver???

    The terraced threay also seems to involve a Noo Kewler element. Something to do with an exploding water cooler? I dunno

16. At 06:48 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Fifi wrote:

    I must have mis-heard.

    All this time I thought we were being somehow threatened by tourists.

    Silly me.

17. At 07:41 PM on 12 Oct 2006, John H. wrote:

    Fifi, 16, (...who works a...), lol!

18. At 07:47 PM on 12 Oct 2006, John H. wrote:

    I'm gonna have to check the time stamps, but I just "repeat" posted - i.e. in quick succession - and as I did it, I was sure that it would tell me off - but it didn't! I wonder if the settings have changed, I was mistaken, or if it's because it was a different frog entry.

    In accordance with Sod's Law, I also realised that I'd missed off the letter 't' from my parenthetical "anaphoric" reference. So perhaps it was just wishful thinking. I keep meaning to determine the acceptable delay - but it must be a minute or 2.

19. At 11:01 PM on 12 Oct 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    I have had the fast and offensive message in response to my first attempt at posting of the day on more than one occasion. Annoying, yes; inexplicable, yes; off-putting, not so far.

20. At 01:47 AM on 13 Oct 2006, Dr Hackenbush wrote:

    I have only ever seen this message once.

    SB20

21. At 12:28 PM on 13 Oct 2006, wrote:

    I agree about the terists, and I'm amused at how the word "terror" has become just another policy word in politicians mouths : "Our policies on education, terror, NHS ...".

    I noticed too that a Radio 4 newsreader recently said "Two thousand and eight", rather than the decreed Twenty-Oh-Eight. Nice.

22. At 01:04 PM on 13 Oct 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    Re 20, Doc,

    "I have only ever seen this message once.
    SB20"

    Now you can see it twice!
    

23. At 01:07 PM on 13 Oct 2006, wrote:

    Yep, I have to say "Two Thousand and Eight" just sounds nicer to the ear... I think it might be because the word Twenty (or any number that's a multiple of 10) just doesn't lend itself to having Oh said right afterwards, I can cope with Twenty Ten for 2010 etc, it's just these 9 years (2001 to 2009) that need the full Two Thousand treatment...

24. At 02:36 PM on 13 Oct 2006, Aperitif wrote:

    Doc,

    "I have only ever seen this message once.
    SB20".

    Now you can see it again!
    

25. At 05:10 PM on 13 Oct 2006, valery pedant wrote:

    Fearless. 23. didn't we have that discussion wa-ay back when?

26. At 06:24 PM on 13 Oct 2006, wrote:

    ValP (25) True, but it's always fun to start up old debates and see the responses. After all, it keeps us out of trouble :o)

27. At 09:43 PM on 13 Oct 2006, wrote:

    Hopefully, you’ve all been hanging out, so to speak, for my belated appearance and responses to the above. Doc who?

    Again and again in fact, A, thank you.

    Surely you people mean to say twenty-zero-eight. Owe no, oh no? Mmm?

28. At 10:04 PM on 13 Oct 2006, wrote:

    Oh wow! I'm watching QI, and I went to school with one of the panellists! Yep, it's true. Neil Mullarky went to the same school as I did (about 6 years difference, but I do remember him being funny even then...)

29. At 11:29 PM on 14 Oct 2006, valery pedant wrote:

    Famous by association then eh Fearless? So was he a prefect when you were an impressionable 1st former, or vice versa?

30. At 07:31 AM on 15 Oct 2006, wrote:

    He was the 6th Former (and yes he was a prefect as well, I think) when I was in the 1st year. But on a school camp, I have vague memories of him doing sketches in the entertainment evening....

31. At 12:21 PM on 15 Oct 2006, valery pedant wrote:

    Gosh - aren't you about early on a Sunday morning FF? Sketches eh? S.O. has just had me Listening Again to Ned Sherrin, to catch the one-liner guy who had him in stitches while he was making the curry last night. I did wonder what the gales of laughter were about, thought he was getting further down the cabernet sauvignon than I was at t'other end of the house! Worth a listen if you like to groan at puns (towards the end of the prog if you can't listen to it all)

32. At 12:43 PM on 15 Oct 2006, wrote:

    I guess I'm just an early person, really. during the week I'd already be half way in to the office by that time... In fact, it was a case of stagger-past-PC-on-way-to-kettle-for-caffeine-fix, & decide to do a quick check of what I missed while the kettle was on its' way to the boil...

    Is that enough hyphens for folks?