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Previously on "Passions in Work and Life"

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  • moorfield
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    Originally posted by FSM with Cheddar View Post
    Personally I would quote Ezekiel 23:20


    Never came across that one, we always saved the sniggering at school for genesis 19:5 and leviticus 18:22

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  • DS23
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Maybe I'm just feeling a bit stale today....
    alright, calm down - calm down. it's not a mandatory list. it's just a random dumping of things that some people might get passionate about that could inspire platypus.

    transportation could cover classic car restoration to train spotting. some people have narrowboats as second homes others sail on local lakes in their spare time. there's a couple of chaps on here who are into light aircraft maybe we have some balloonists in our midsts? certainly there are more than a few who get very excited about cars.

    of course you can be passionate about music without playing it! some people get excited by line dancing to country and western music. others might spend their weekends mulling over (still) incomplete recordings of david bowie. neither needs to play music to be passionate about it.

    pop yourself in the toaster and then cover yourself in butter. that should do the trick.

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by FSM with Cheddar View Post
    Personally I would quote Ezekiel 23:20
    NSFW!

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by FSM with Cheddar View Post
    Personally I would quote Ezekiel 23:20

    Jesus does not save! (at 1.5% would you?)
    You'll Probably Kill Me For Saying this, but: There's Probably No Allah

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  • FSM with Cheddar
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Just put down Ecclesiastes 8:15
    Personally I would quote Ezekiel 23:20

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    I have to participate in "team training" and as part of that need to provide a short description about myself including "Passions in Work and Life"

    Anyone know the polite verbiage for drinking, smoking, screwing and doing as little work as possible?

    I'm not sure how to express these my personal passions without upsetting the client
    Say your passion is to be a George Best impersonator?

    Actually, I'd tell the truth as it's none of their business how much you drink, smoke or screw (unless you are billing them for it). I'd leave out the bit about work though

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    work passions can be created by condensing your cv. you probably already have a paragraph at the top of it that you can rip.

    the life passions though....

    do you have an interest in things like...
    sport? Nope.
    music? Love listening to music but can you call it a passion if you don't play any? It'd be like saying sex is a passion but I don't actually do it myself.
    theatre? Oh yeah, I remember that.
    cinema? Used to love it. Still think I do but have been once in last year.
    family? Mostly dead. Brother and sister are as self-reliant as I am.
    food? I'm a greedy pig but I don't necessarily care to brag about it.
    painting? Hmm.
    archeology? In the sense that I am interested in all knowledge. Passion, no.
    astronomy? Likewise.
    technology? Likewise, a bit.
    paranormal? ?
    transport? As passionate about transport as any long-distance commuter
    travel? Ah yes. I used to do that.
    photography? Sure, me and everybody else. Everybody's a photographer now, and it does show how much apparent skill was really just knowing how to set the controls, and actually taking the photos. Now the camera does the first, and the shots are free once you have one memory card.
    beedogs? I'll guess bees and dogs? Same anyway: P off.

    i'm sure others will chip in...
    Maybe I'm just feeling a bit stale today....

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    "So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun."

    good quote, i like it

    Ecky is the Best bit of the Bible - apart from St John tripping on Fly Agaric on Relevations.

    Why ? Because Ecky is in fact secular.

    Be not Too Hard
    For Life is short
    And Nothing is given to Man

    Be Not Too Hard -
    If He Tells Lies
    Or his Heart
    is sometimes stone

    Be not Too Hard
    When He blindy dies
    Grasping for things
    he does not own

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  • chef
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Just put down Ecclesiastes 8:15
    "So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun."

    good quote, i like it

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  • AlfredJPruffock
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    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
    Just put down Ecclesiastes 8:15
    Ah good old Eccy - my fav - hang on perhaps this is also Vanity ??

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    work passions can be created by condensing your cv. you probably already have a paragraph at the top of it that you can rip.

    the life passions though....

    do you have an interest in things like...
    sport?
    music?
    theatre?
    cinema?
    family?
    food?
    painting?
    archeology?
    astronomy?
    technology?
    paranormal?
    transport?
    travel?
    photography?
    beedogs?

    i'm sure others will chip in...
    Rugby
    Astronomy
    Geology
    Gastronomy
    Have lately developed an interest for Modern Art

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    I have to participate in "team training" and as part of that need to provide a short description about myself including "Passions in Work and Life"

    Anyone know the polite verbiage for drinking, smoking, screwing and doing as little work as possible?
    ...
    Just put down Ecclesiastes 8:15

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  • DS23
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    work passions can be created by condensing your cv. you probably already have a paragraph at the top of it that you can rip.

    the life passions though....

    do you have an interest in things like...
    sport?
    music?
    theatre?
    cinema?
    family?
    food?
    painting?
    archeology?
    astronomy?
    technology?
    paranormal?
    transport?
    travel?
    photography?
    beedogs?

    i'm sure others will chip in...

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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by DS23 View Post
    so you need the passions blarney for monday morning?
    yup

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  • DS23
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    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    Next week, all week
    so you need the passions blarney for monday morning?

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