December 2008
7 posts
Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A... →
I am this guy *sigh*
adriennes:
Added Gerela: “Once, I made the mistake of saying I saw something on the news, and he started in with, ‘Saw the news? I don’t know about you, but I read the news.”
Thank you Bernard Feshbach
For introducing me to one of the best quotes ever (NYT):
“He is a man who was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.”
What not to say when you run a company
“Matters were made worse by what has been described subsequently by the BBC as ‘one of the biggest corporate gaffes of all time’. In 1991 Gerald Ratner delivered a speech to The Institute Of Directors in which he rubbished the product sold in his stores. His speech included such lines as ‘we also do cut-glass sherry decanters complete with six glasses on a silverplated tray that your butler...
“The records indicate that at the time of the pyramids’ construction,...”
– That works out to about 11 12oz beers per day. At $5/six pack and $2/loaf of bread, that’s ~$63 per day. On a modern 9/5 job, that’d be $7.85/hour and $15,700 per year.
That seems ridiculous, folks earn that today, and after 4500 years, I’d think our cashiers and delivery...
“The cable wires to my condo unit are too old to maintain a digital feed. The...”
– First, get DSL.
Second, get rid of your tv.
(A Standoff Between Co-op and Cable, NYT)