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Previously on "Funny named people you have worked with."
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used to know another Alan Parsons as well. we joked about him signing the vinyl for us
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Only if one or more of them is called Sybil Serpent.Originally posted by seeourbee View PostI work with civil servants. They're an utter joke, does that count.
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I work with civil servants. They're an utter joke, does that count.
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The most annoying part of this thread is that the help desk used to have a list of funny names they had taken calls from.
And i cannot remember any of them.
One was something with banana but .....
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I worked at a client, and on the system, working there a guy listed as:
Ali G
I expected this:

Turns out it was short for Alistair Gainsborough and he looked and sounded like this:

Very odd.
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My dad used to work with Dr Horst Scheidt which we found amusing as children.
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Just looking on our mail and found this
Pooja Wankar and Sterin M Titty
Years ago at Shell we had David Bowie and Terry McDermott
At GSK we had Tom Bollock and Fanny Gravey and there was a Dick GiganteLast edited by BoredBloke; 8 February 2017, 11:09.
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Ah yes, your 'Test Cell'. I remember the scene. Picture TestMangler locked away with Quality Centre, a skype link to the needful doers and plate glass walls to shield the general populace from the inevitable stream of profanity.Originally posted by TestMangler View PostYou never worked with me though. We were doing 'real work'. What would we have needed a B.A. for ? (We already had a bird in the team to make the tea).
Very entertaining. And cheaper than a trip to Monkey World.
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If he has, they injected it in the wrong placeOriginally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostCan you confirm Barry adds more value since he had the botox?
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Can you confirm Barry adds more value since he had the botox?Originally posted by TestMangler View PostYou never worked with me though. We were doing 'real work'. What would we have needed a B.A. for ? (We already had a bird in the team to make the tea).
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You never worked with me though. We were doing 'real work'. What would we have needed a B.A. for ? (We already had a bird in the team to make the tea).Originally posted by barrydidit View PostWhen I worked with a diksh!t he was called TestMangler
You really shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet
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AhOriginally posted by barrydidit View PostTerrified. But that's what happens when a Yorkshireman is owed money by a Jock.

Worse than Crystal Maze
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostNo.
But one of the worst realisations I have to come to on here is TM and I would likely get on - as fine as can be expected, given the base materials we have to work with
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That has taken quite some time as even "barrydiddallas" seems a little worried around him
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Terrified. But that's what happens when a Yorkshireman is owed money by a Jock.
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No.Originally posted by northernladuk View PostYou met TM then?
But one of the worst realisations I have to come to on here is TM and I would likely get on - as fine as can be expected, given the base materials we have to work with
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That has taken quite some time as even "barrydiddallas" seems a little worried around him
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