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    #21
    Originally posted by norrahe View Post
    I can sympathise, worked with a bunch of ex-accidenture types, dear god
    indeed

    Go on; be a Tiger!

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    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      #22
      Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
      WWS.

      Am working alongside a bunch of PWC tossers at the moment. All I hear all day are gardening analogies, such as: 'let's grab this thing by the roots'

      .
      Perhaps you could make some new ones up to confuse him (bet he wouldn't admit he had no idea what you were talking about)?
      e.g.
      'We need to rotivate our allotment'
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        #23
        Originally posted by Zippy View Post
        Perhaps you could make some new ones up to confuse him (bet he wouldn't admit he had no idea what you were talking about)?
        e.g.
        'We need to rotivate our allotment'
        Great idea! Let's dip a slice in the fondue and see if it holds cheese!
        And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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          #24
          Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
          Has anyone ever found anything that isn't on Wiki?
          Here's another one

          The legacy of the East India Company and its practices still prevails in official correspondence in India. Official letters include phrases such as "please do the needful" and "you will be intimated shortly", which are directly lifted from East India Company correspondence from the seventeenth century.
          So basically it was our fault they started talking like this

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            #25
            He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

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              #26
              Originally posted by Zippy View Post
              Perhaps you could make some new ones up to confuse him (bet he wouldn't admit he had no idea what you were talking about)?
              e.g.
              'We need to rotivate our allotment'
              Perhaps you should deadhead the pansies and head off to the pub to water the cabbage patch.

              Just don't tell him you mow the lawn in neat stripes or he might flower early.
              While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                #27
                A bird in the hand is worth two in the neatly trimmed bush.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                  A bird in the hand is worth two in the neatly trimmed bush.
                  Topiary?

                  Yeah, I ran over them with the lawn mower.

                  While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                    #29
                    Regular injections of fertiliser do wonders for a neatly trimmed bush.
                    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
                      Regular injections of fertiliser do wonders for a neatly trimmed bush.
                      I fear we've digressed somewhat here.
                      Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
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