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Monday, November 29, 2010
I'll drink to that
I've just been completing my "end-of-year" performance review, and found this typo from my mid-year review, describing feedback from a conference session I had given:
"all conference feedback was either 4 or 5 on 5-pint scale"
I guess everything sounds good after a few beers!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Run from...
Spotted in a travel blog, a description of a resort:
"It was the paradise from hell"
Pay for three nights, get eternity for free?
Friday, November 19, 2010
Cure for ill will
In an email received at work this week, a company's Business Development Manager was looking to acquire products that would...
"...complement our existing portfolio of anti-
invectives
"
His manner was quite pleasant, so maybe he takes them prophylactically himself?
Monday, November 15, 2010
Sweet & sour
From an interweb forum I stroll (rather than "troll") on a regular basis...
"Before you buy a new
suite
remember you cant make a silk purse out of a
sours
ear"
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