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Previously on "The Temp"

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    How about Chasing that Aurora?
    A load of Borealis

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    No. It wasn't.
    How about Chasing that Aurora?

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    That's already been attempted on here
    No. It wasn't.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
    A hike to the North Pole maybe?
    That's already been attempted on here

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  • mudskipper
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.
    IT Contractors pretending to be doctors? Whatever next? A hike to the North Pole maybe?

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    I was snapping my latex gloves on in glee behind my back, but alas - he didn't ask a thing.
    putting the stethoscope in the fridge

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  • MaryPoppins
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    To which he replied 'Oh, well you might be able to help me; I've been having these pains you see...'
    I was snapping my latex gloves on in glee behind my back, but alas - he didn't ask a thing.

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.
    To which he replied 'Oh, well you might be able to help me; I've been having these pains you see...'

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  • MaryPoppins
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    Originally posted by NickNick View Post
    I've always thought of myself as a temp.

    Consultants work in hospitals, Contractors build houses, so I'm definitely a temp.
    I said I was a consultant once, when asked what I do. The guy then asked, what, like as in - medicine? So I just said yeah, cos I couldn't be arsed explaining.

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  • NickNick
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    I've always thought of myself as a temp.

    Consultants work in hospitals, Contractors build houses, so I'm definitely a temp.

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  • Boudica
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Actually to me "the temp" conjures up an image of a film title, with Jim Carey playing the part a temporary IT worker who constantly flips up, or maybe has some calamitous flirtations with office totty.
    i'm enjoying 'calamitous flirtations'

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  • Platypus
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    I was once introduced to the boss as the expert consultant who was going solve all the clients problems.
    Scary! I prefer my clients to have low expectations. That way, they're not disappointed

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by magicbuttons View Post
    I have just been introduced to someone at my client site as "the temp". I don't quite know how to feel about this.
    Make discrete inquiries as to what happened with the previous guy in your job...

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Good disclaimer.
    I once met a girl from Heidelberg who said 'lay beck ent sink of Deutschland'.
    Makes a change from 'Ach meine himmel, ya, ya, ya'.

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  • Ignis Fatuus
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    Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
    Good disclaimer.
    I once met a girl from Heidelberg who said 'lay beck ent sink of Deutschland'.
    It was a Mayday call from a French ship: "Le bateau is sinking off Germany!"

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