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"