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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    You drive past the Golden Tulip Hotel and can't help but snigger
    Worse than that, you are asked to come up with suggestions for a name for an ill-conceived new project and want to suggest Tulip.

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  • BrowneIssue
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    You drive past the Golden Tulip Hotel and can't help but snigger
    Sorry to wander off topic ... but ...

    Last January I attended a residential course in the Golden Tulip Hotel that is opposite the Manchester footie ground. They now call it the Tulip Inn, Manchester.

    On day 4 I got food poisoning. I complained but they weren't interested and day 5 of my damned expensive course was a write-off for me.

    So in my opinion, the Tulip Inn, Manchester is correctly named. It is indeed tulip.

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  • ferret
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    Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
    You drive past the Golden Tulip Hotel and can't help but snigger
    Yup, I saw a set of tulip place mats while out shopping with the Mrs today, she did not understand why I laughed, exclaiming "Why would anyone want tulip on their table?" Too much to explain so think she is on the phone to the nut house as we speak.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    Indeed - typing :wave: and :emb in an email doesn't quite convey the same meaning!
    It’s interesting that English didn’t come with more emoticons built in than just the ? and ! characters. And yet someone went to a lot of trouble creating a new alphabet of uppercase characters, seemingly for no good reason.

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
    At the risk of being serious, it does frustrate me that I can't use all the forum-stylee smilies in emails.

    Isn't it about time email had a makeover?
    Indeed - typing :wave: and :emb in an email doesn't quite convey the same meaning!

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  • Diver
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    Originally posted by beaker View Post
    You start to look for smilies to add to your work e-mails and they aren't there!
    I actually do that!!!

    How very very sad

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  • VectraMan
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    Originally posted by beaker View Post
    You start to look for smilies to add to your work e-mails and they aren't there!
    At the risk of being serious, it does frustrate me that I can't use all the forum-stylee smilies in emails.

    Isn't it about time email had a makeover?

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  • Spacecadet
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    You drive past the Golden Tulip Hotel and can't help but snigger

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  • cailin maith
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    you think it is ok to spank everyone....

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  • DiscoStu
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    Originally posted by Denny View Post
    Your new PM introduces themseves as Denny and you break out into a sweat and don't dare to refer to recruiters as 'agencies' just in case it's me.
    I'd exercise my Right to Substitution and run

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  • Denny
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    you hear that the new pm's name is denny and you joyfully attempt to say agency as many times as possible in the "introduce yourself" round.
    Consider yourself terminated.

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  • snaw
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    It's 19:27 on friday night and you feel the urge to post ...

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  • BrilloPad
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    you start sending work emails about bbc news items

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  • DS23
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    you hear that the new pm's name is denny and you joyfully attempt to say agency as many times as possible in the "introduce yourself" round.

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  • shoes
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    Originally posted by Denny View Post
    Your new PM introduces themseves as Denny and you break out into a sweat and don't dare to refer to recruiters as 'agencies' just in case it's me.
    Yes dear. We'd all feel threatened.

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