Old John's

Xmas e-Almanac

No 10 ~ 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still yet one more (but the very first electronic)

Cornucopia of Aphorisms, Axioms, Saws, Maxims,

Proverbs, Quotations & Adages

for the

Busy OSRAM Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Those who expect to fly smoke-free must expect to be beaten up occasionally

Jeremy Clarkson

 

We took a punt on that!

                                                                       a Financial Controller!

 

It was like being raped and paying for the privilege

                of SAP implementation, by CEO of FTSE 100 Company,

quoted in a letter to RC

 

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it’s against the law

Alex Levin

 

‘Blamestorming’ - Sitting round in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible

 

‘A salmon day’ - The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end

from Life in the Fast Lane

 

This I set down as a positive truth. A woman with fair opportunities and without a positive hump, may marry whom she likes.

and

If a man’s character is to be abused, say what you will, there’s nobody like a relation to do the business

William Makepeace Thackery

 

Jesus Christ hurricane lamp done bugger off

pidgin English for ‘The Total Eclipse of the Sun’     quoted on BBC radio,

 

I’m getting my feathers on and going on a Kriegsfahrt

RC in June

 

You’re just having a heated agreement

GK of DJS and RA

 

ISD wish you and your staff

                    a Happy Christmas and a

                    Peaceful and Successful New Year

                    SarahSallyWahidPaulRichardDeanNarendraDinkarTonyJohn

                    (who are all looking forward to the Y3k project!)

 

 

Rimmer:     Step up to red alert!

Kryten:       Sir, are you absolutely sure? It would mean changing the bulb.

from Red Dwarf, of course

 

If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

Robert X. Cringely

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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