General Chit Chat

[Bruce Rioja]

Here's one. We're about to order this year's Christmas cards to send out to customers, usually one per organisation. Now then, a colleague has mentioned sending e-cards to individuals instead.

So, the debate is; Tangible Christmas cards that will look nice in reception areas but that no-one will ever actually pay any attention to vs Ecards which, although providing the opportunity to wish everyone an individual merry Christmas are no card at all, and for my money lack sincerity anyway.

Personally I think we should give the money to charity and have a footnote on all outgoing emails and documents telling folk as to why they've not received any seasonal greetings from us.

Where do you stand on this?

Charity money and a footnote. IMO.

My bank sends me a Birthday card every year (usually about 3 weeks after the event) and I always think what a waste of money and resources. In my view Christmas cards are personal, they are from one person to another. I can't really be doing even with the whole office thing of everyone giving everyone else a card. What is the point?

My thoughts exactly. When writing out the office Christmas cards I have to take a mental wander along the corridors simply for fear of missing someone out, and there are a couple of people here, one in particular, that actually keep tabs on who has and who hasn't bought cards.

[Harry Genshaw]

Oh aye, I stopped that caper years ago. "Here's one for you!" "Oh, here's yours"

Just stop sending them all together. They start to dry up after a while.

Best of all, people assume you've stopped sending them because you've made a donation to charity!

[Bruce Rioja]

A couple of years ago what we did, the eight of us in our office, was rather than buy everyone cards (around 35 each in total) we chipped in and bought cheeses and biscuits, fruit, mince pies and sent round a message thus: 'This year our office have decided not to buy everybody cards but instead invite you through to our kitchen for cheese and biscuits etc. Please help yourself. Merry Christmas from us'.

You'd have thought we'd just shot fecking Rudolph in the eyes of some

[malcd1]

A couple of years ago what we did, the eight of us in our office, was rather than buy everyone cards (around 35 each in total) we chipped in and bought cheeses and biscuits, fruit, mince pies and sent round a message thus: 'This year our office have decided not to buy everybody cards but instead invite you through to our kitchen for cheese and biscuits etc. Please help yourself. Merry Christmas from us'.

You'd have thought we'd just shot fecking Rudolph in the eyes of some

I think that was a great idea. I take it you didn't come up with that or wanted to invite the other departments?

I work from home and get feck all.

[Bruce Rioja]

A couple of years ago what we did, the eight of us in our office, was rather than buy everyone cards (around 35 each in total) we chipped in and bought cheeses and biscuits, fruit, mince pies and sent round a message thus: 'This year our office have decided not to buy everybody cards but instead invite you through to our kitchen for cheese and biscuits etc. Please help yourself. Merry Christmas from us'.

You'd have thought we'd just shot fecking Rudolph in the eyes of some

I think that was a great idea. I take it you didn't come up with that or wanted to invite the other departments?

I work from home and get feck all.

Haha. Well, it most certainly wasn't my idea, Malc. The moaning Minnies all managed to put their wounded feelings behind them and pitch up for a plate of cheese though - after we'd ruined Christmas.

[thebish]

when designing a shark-blanket - fin-placement is crucial...

[Lost Leopard Spot]

^ stripe repetition or star iteration aren't the blanket maker's strong points either.

[Hoboh]

And the headline to this in the Mail

'Lewis steps out with Balotelli's ex Fanny'.

[LeverEnd]

And the headline to this in the Mail

'Lewis steps out with Balotelli's ex Fanny'.

I've always considered him more of a tit.

[Bijou Bob]

I'm just wondering what our legal eagles make of this Charlotte Proud man LinkedIn row. Sleazy old duffer with an inappropriate remark or appalling sexist? Is she a strident feminist haridan who deserves public approbrium or a victim?

[Il Pirate]

I'm just wondering what our legal eagles make of this Charlotte Proud man LinkedIn row. Sleazy old duffer with an inappropriate remark or appalling sexist? Is she a strident feminist haridan who deserves public approbrium or a victim?

She needs to relax. Man makes utterly clumsy compliment, she goes into attacking feminazi mode. Fck knows what she'd have said if he'd have called her a bit of a munter..........

[thebish]

I'm just wondering what our legal eagles make of this Charlotte Proud man LinkedIn row. Sleazy old duffer with an inappropriate remark or appalling sexist? Is she a strident feminist haridan who deserves public approbrium or a victim?

She needs to relax. Man makes utterly clumsy compliment, she goes into attacking feminazi mode. Fck knows what she'd have said if he'd have called her a bit of a munter..........

hmmm... especially as it turns out she has made EXACTLY the same kind of "objectifying" comments about men on HER social media pages...

However, it emerged yesterday that the award-winning human rights barrister has commented on pictures of men on Facebook herself to praise their looks.

She also told female friends they looked 'sexy' and 'stunning' – the same word used by Mr Carter-Silk.

On the profile of a postgraduate student at Cambridge, where Miss Proudman is on sabbatical from her chambers to study for a PhD, she wrote: 'Hot stuff!', and under an image of a long-haired male friend, she wrote: 'oooo lalala!'

[Il Pirate]

I'm just wondering what our legal eagles make of this Charlotte Proud man LinkedIn row. Sleazy old duffer with an inappropriate remark or appalling sexist? Is she a strident feminist haridan who deserves public approbrium or a victim?

She needs to relax. Man makes utterly clumsy compliment, she goes into attacking feminazi mode. Fck knows what she'd have said if he'd have called her a bit of a munter..........

hmmm... especially as it turns out she has made EXACTLY the same kind of "objectifying" comments about men on HER social media pages...

However, it emerged yesterday that the award-winning human rights barrister has commented on pictures of men on Facebook herself to praise their looks.

She also told female friends they looked 'sexy' and 'stunning' – the same word used by Mr Carter-Silk.

On the profile of a postgraduate student at Cambridge, where Miss Proudman is on sabbatical from her chambers to study for a PhD, she wrote: 'Hot stuff!', and under an image of a long-haired male friend, she wrote: 'oooo lalala!'

Errr....womens privelge, to be, how can I put this.............................erm..forgetful?......(when the occasion warrants it....)

[Prufrock]

They're both awful (his "clarification" was beyond embarrassing) and she's suffering the other side of the twitter mob coin right now.

[bobo the clown]

He should have his legs slapped for being so daft, but that's what it was ... daft.

Why she should have acted like she did is beyond the pale. Clearly out to boost herself and also destroy his working life & marriage. AND we now know a hypocrit. Burn the witch.

[Hoboh]

I'm just wondering what our legal eagles make of this Charlotte Proud man LinkedIn row. Sleazy old duffer with an inappropriate remark or appalling sexist? Is she a strident feminist haridan who deserves public approbrium or a victim?

I just don't 'get' why she is so pissed off receiving a fairly innocuous compliment, trying to improve her profile as a no nonsense, tough as old boots human rights lawyer if you ask me and spectacularly failing.

[bobo the clown]

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Clearly fckg barking.

[bobo the clown]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... death.html

Clearly fckg barking.

Nice tits though !

[Il Pirate]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... death.html

Clearly fckg barking.

Nice tits though !

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Apparently she's been pissed off with men since the age of four when her father died and left all his £300,000 inheritance to charity...
He real name ain't Proudman, she changed it over to her maternal grandmother's moniker. The fact she didn't adapt it to Proudwoman shows just how mixed up her mental processing is.