Oh, and during the weekends, ensure that you're wearing jeans that don't actually cover your pants.
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It wasn't an error bound - it was clearly defined as the lower limit. The upper limit is your age multiplied by 1.2.Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHang on, an error bound should allow either sign - Half your age, plus or minus seven years.
Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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I always try and keep an 'all year tan' courtesy of my regular trips to 'St. Tropez'...
+1 on the nasal and ear hair. You pull them out from your nose and ears, and they seem to magically disappear from the top of your head
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Is there an app where you can upload your picture and see what you'd look like with a No1 all over? Opticians have one for varying styles of glasses.Originally posted by ChrisPackit View Post...+1 on the nasal and ear hair. You pull them out from your nose and ears, and they seem to magically disappear from the top of your head
Just caught site of the back of my head in the lift mirrors.
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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don't drive everywhere at 15mph
don't wear excessive amounts of lavender/brylcreem
remember that your memory is failingsufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice - Asimov (sort of)
there is no art in a factory, not even in an art factory - Mixerman
everyone is stupid some of the time - trad.Comment
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I always have that when riding on the bus in London where they have the CCTV monitor in front of you, with the camera behind you.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostIs there an app where you can upload your picture and see what you'd look like with a No1 all over? Opticians have one for varying styles of glasses.
Just caught site of the back of my head in the lift mirrors.
"Whose that bald f**ker with the earring."
"Oh that'll be me then."Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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Oops, forgot to mention that my formula isn't suitable for anyone below the age of about 45.Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
It wasn't an error bound - it was clearly defined as the lower limit. The upper limit is your age multiplied by 1.2.
Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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dont use expressions like:
cool
sweet
safe cuz
don't laugh when two blokes in the office announce they are getting married.
never, ever, ever 'do shots' - go to the loo, unzip your fly, pull your tie out by mistake and piss your pants.
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I say cool a lot, but then I am the young side of 40 so I can get away with it.Originally posted by singhr View Postdont use expressions like:
cool
sweet
safe cuz
don't laugh when two blokes in the office announce they are getting married.
never, ever, ever 'do shots' - go to the loo, unzip your fly, pull your tie out by mistake and piss your pants.
While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Do you say 'coolio' as well? Or 'fab' or 'gear'?Originally posted by doodab View PostI say cool a lot, but then I am the young side of 40 so I can get away with it.Comment
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