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[NickFitz]

So, am I the only one to appreciate BI's rousing of the band to congratulate R Carling?

Shame on you all

(BI: mega-kudos for the song title )

[NickFitz]

R Carling?

This use of the capital R will probably cause confusion, so I might as well explain it now.

In Liverpool, everybody is given a secret name known only to their immediate family. These names always begin with the letter "R" but are concealed from others:

"R Jimmy"
"R Kayleigh"
"R Craig"

...and so on.

When addressing a stranger, the rule is to refer to the name by replacing the initial "R" with the letter "A":

"A, that's R Jimmy"
"A, that's R Kayleigh"
"A, that's R Craig"

etc.

However, the secret names are sometimes also applied to inanimate objects when in the company of strangers:

"A, that's R Hubcaps"
"A, that's R Telly"
"A, that's R Sofa"

And there is of course the more complex formation used when addressing a member of one's family whilst trying to distance oneself from them:

"R A R Jimmy, that's R New Carpet. Can't you use the bog like everybody else?"

HTH

[BrowneIssue]

At the risk of sounding like a crumblie with a bus pass, "Am I twirly?"

[BrowneIssue]

What is it called when you have your name up five times on the front page?

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I've never done that before!

[BrowneIssue]

I take it everyone has seen the story about the woman urinating in the street from the end of December?

[voodooflux]

Morning folks

[voodooflux]

Better head off to ClientCo I 'spose

[BrowneIssue]

Oh FFS

Didn't get the gig. And why?

Because one - ONE - developer on the team was worried that I might have done a lot of work with PHP frameworks in the past, and therefore not be able to cope with the fact that they aren't using one.

That's bollocks. What he actually thought was: "Oh tulip. That ape's way better than me and will show me right up. I know, I'll use the wrong kind of experience gambit, my loser manager will fall for that."

I've been turned down for work because of the wrong kind of experience. I did German at school, but I never accidentally slipped into using it when coding COBOL. Utter, utter bollocks. It gives a tiny insight into what it must be like to be black.

Everybody else, up to and including the program manager, was massively keen to take me on, but they operate some ridiculous system whereby all members of the team have a power of veto

Spineless loser 'manager'.

The program manager is now planning to review this policy

'Planning to review'? Thinking about thinking about it. I thought he was supposed to be a manager?

, but it seems to be too late for me

No it's not. That was A Bad Client. You don't need that.

The pimp is also pretty annoyed - he's been trying to find the right person for this client for ages

Not surprising. They have a frightened team member who can prevent anyone good getting in, and a spineless manager who lets it happen.

, and his attitude is that as I was far and away the best candidate by any criteria, it will simply be impossible to find anybody at all to satisfy them.

Correct.

You're better off not in there.

[cailin maith]

They're only three months late ...

... but it was worth the wait ...

... they're here to celebrate ...

... an achievement that was great ...

... so forgive this naff old rhyme ...

... to celebrate drivelling in client time ...

... but here they come again ...


The Fabulous Banana Marching Band

and they're playing ...


The Paddle-Happy Colleen Tango!








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Thank you BI

What is it called when you have your name up five times on the front page?

Boredom

[cailin maith]

Morning