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As an old boss once said '**** this, nothings this important, let's go down the pub and sort it out on monday morning' That's my kind of business talk
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Thank God I work in the public sector. I think I'd end up punching someone who used such pretentious expressions.
Mind, as soon as someone near me thinks up a good idea, it has to go through a working group, a feasibility study and a tender before anything happens. So I suppose there are good sides and bad sides...
Mind, as soon as someone near me thinks up a good idea, it has to go through a working group, a feasibility study and a tender before anything happens. So I suppose there are good sides and bad sides...
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'Lets raise this up the flagpole and see who salutes' = lets see if anyone else thinks its important.
'We haven't quite put it to bed but its certainly got its pyjamas on'= nearly sorted the problem
'Ducks in a row'= get things organised
'low hanging fruit'= easy to solve problems
'We're golden'
'We haven't quite put it to bed but its certainly got its pyjamas on'= nearly sorted the problem
'Ducks in a row'= get things organised
'low hanging fruit'= easy to solve problems
'We're golden'
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Thanks for the translations fellas. If I head anyone in my company comming out with this ****e they would get a 'de-bull$hitting session'.
And to tell the truth everyone would be laughing if anyone came out with this clap trap anyway!
And to tell the truth everyone would be laughing if anyone came out with this clap trap anyway!
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Seems I've been a bit "out of the loop" as I hadn't seen this thread yet. Reminds me of a mail going around in the late 90's for a new game for tedious meetings called "**** word bingo". Googled it and came back with this -
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jhannon/woof3.htm
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jhannon/woof3.htm
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
Yourself instead of you.
Liase instead of talk to.
I'm sure there are more. Really makes me wince.
Liase instead of talk to.
I'm sure there are more. Really makes me wince.