Today I'm angry about.....

[bobo the clown]

Tell him next time that you offer him your most enthusiastic contrafibularities on these far eastern deals being struck.

Then go on to say that you are anaspeptic, frasmotic and even compunctuous, but you haven't a clue as to what he's on about, and are sorry to have caused him such pericombobulations.

Then excuse your velocitous extramuralisation, saying you will return interfrastically, just as soon as you have prepared the pendegestatory interludicules.

Or just tell him to go f*ck himself, the pretentious tw*t. Whichever.

Which was what I was sort of hoping happened.

He knew full well that 95% of these would mean nothing to the listeners. I'd put good odds on HIM not knowing some of them. So what was his point, apart from mentally tossing himself off at his overwhelming intelligence in front of an audience ?

If someone had challenged him he'd have burst like a balloon.

[thebish]

Tell him next time that you offer him your most enthusiastic contrafibularities on these far eastern deals being struck.

Then go on to say that you are anaspeptic, frasmotic and even compunctuous, but you haven't a clue as to what he's on about, and are sorry to have caused him such pericombobulations.

Then excuse your velocitous extramuralisation, saying you will return interfrastically, just as soon as you have prepared the pendegestatory interludicules.

Or just tell him to go f*ck himself, the pretentious tw*t. Whichever.

Which was what I was sort of hoping happened.

He knew full well that 95% of these would mean nothing to the listeners. I'd put good odds on HIM not knowing some of them. So what was his point, apart from mentally tossing himself off at his overwhelming intelligence in front of an audience ?

If someone had challenged him he'd have burst like a balloon.

it should have happened - but spotty's a pussy in real life - very angry on here - but meekness personified when presented with a man who has a plum in his mouth and up his arse...

[Lord Kangana]

He was probably hoping someone would challenge him, so he could publicly belittle them.

Its times like these I'm glad of the trade I'm in. Use words like that in the morning briefing, you'd get ripped to shreds.

[boltonboris]

We've had one of these types from another of our offices. Straight out of Uni (27!!) into some made up business analyst role telling us where in the world we were next going to be exhausting our efforts.

Came up with all sorts of shit, to which I replied something along the lines of "why don't you start again, by telling us in Laymans terms, what is it exactly you're going in about. That way, we call all realise exactly what you're bringing to this table. Because I'm fvckin lost"

I think everybody was relieved, as everyone was too embarrassed to speak up or fear of being the stupid one. Which is me, obviously.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I had to suffer the nice person a second time. This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes
And despite bobo's, LK's and bish's urgings I remained zip lipped and meek. (although I did throw in ergonomically synergistic just for effect and noted the surreptitious smiles around the table)

[Montreal Wanderer]

I had to suffer the tw*t a second time. This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes
And despite bobo's, LK's and bish's urgings I remained zip lipped and meek. (although I did throw in ergonomically synergistic just for effect and noted the surreptitious smiles around the table)

You're one up on me then - no idea what trivalent means. Presumably having three valencies but I don't know what a valence is. I tried the possibility of three valents but spellcheck rejects that word.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I had to suffer the tw*t a second time. This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes
And despite bobo's, LK's and bish's urgings I remained zip lipped and meek. (although I did throw in ergonomically synergistic just for effect and noted the surreptitious smiles around the table)

You're one up on me then - no idea what trivalent means. Presumably having three valencies but I don't know what a valence is. I tried the possibility of three valents but spellcheck rejects that word.

It's usually used in chemistry. It means having three bonds or three shared electrons.
Our resident wordsmith used it in the context of integrating three of our technicians as individual units doing the same job in different contracts and forming a trivalent unit!!!

[Montreal Wanderer]

I had to suffer the tw*t a second time. This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes
And despite bobo's, LK's and bish's urgings I remained zip lipped and meek. (although I did throw in ergonomically synergistic just for effect and noted the surreptitious smiles around the table)

You're one up on me then - no idea what trivalent means. Presumably having three valencies but I don't know what a valence is. I tried the possibility of three valents but spellcheck rejects that word.

It's usually used in chemistry. It means having three bonds or three shared electrons.
Our resident wordsmith used it in the context of integrating three of our technicians as individual units doing the same job in different contracts and forming a trivalent unit!!!

I don't know much about chemical bonds and electrons either but I'll take your word for it. I'm sure a technicians' - er - triumvirate is a great idea.

[Little Green Man]

This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes

If he mentions troilism, and particularly if he's looking towards you at the time, then it's time to get really worried.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes

If he mentions troilism, and particularly if he's looking towards you at the time, then it's time to get really worried.

Hopefully he'll be back at the LSE tomorrow and we'll continue to perform awfully in our Asian markets.

[thebish]

This time he used no words I didn't understand, but he used a few long ones that were inappropriate. The worst being corpuscular and trivalent. He seems to have a thing about threes

If he mentions troilism, and particularly if he's looking towards you at the time, then it's time to get really worried.

Hopefully he'll be back at the LSE tomorrow and we'll continue to perform awfully in our Asian markets.

get Bruce on it - he'll explain the Gunga Din principle...

[bobo the clown]

We've had one of these types from another of our offices. Straight out of Uni (27!!) into some made up business analyst role telling us where in the world we were next going to be exhausting our efforts.

Came up with all sorts of shit, to which I replied something along the lines of "why don't you start again, by telling us in Laymans terms, what is it exactly you're going in about. That way, we call all realise exactly what you're bringing to this table. Because I'm fvckin lost"

I think everybody was relieved, as everyone was too embarrassed to speak up or fear of being the stupid one. Which is me, obviously.

Exactly as it should be. Bravo !!

[Athers]

I'm starting to like this guy, he's gone beyond stove piping and synergies and is on the next level

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I'm starting to like this guy, he's gone beyond stove piping and synergies and is on the next level

When you express it in those terms, he's certainly different, and therefore in a way quite admirable. Yea, I take it back...

[Dujon]

I wonder, LLS, what he meant by 'pnp junction'. To me that's an electronic term which describes (putting it basically) the construction of a transistor. Its opposite, as would be expected, is an npn junction. I wonder whether that was what he was on about or that maybe there's a more prosaic explanation.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I wonder, LLS, what he meant by 'pnp junction'. To me that's an electronic term which describes (putting it basically) the construction of a transistor. Its opposite, as would be expected, is an npn junction. I wonder whether that was what he was on about or that maybe there's a more prosaic explanation.

Sorry Dujon. Simple answer is no idea. You've obviously heard of it, I hadn't. By that point I was just noting down words and phrases U'd never heard of...context, unfortunately had evaporated.

[bobo the clown]

Pissed off, really.

... at me, M&S, designers, me,

I bought a jumper yesterday. In the sale, still £35. From the M&S Italian 'Collezione' range. In cotton & cashmere. Navy blue base, with a red overlay .... just very nice and feels like the sort of thing you could just stroke forever.

Get it home, take a proper look and it has PATCHES on the elbows. Big, long oval shaped, unmistakable, blue patches. In fact they aren't even fckg patches ... they are just an area around the elbow where the red overlay ceases and so it's all navy blue at that point. A FALSE patch !!

Why would anyone do that ??

Really !! Why ??

Why did I not notice ?

Why was I not mugged and have it stolen from me ?


Well, THAT's going back.

[LeverEnd]

I feel your pain bro.

[Gravedigger]

I wonder, LLS, what he meant by 'pnp junction'. To me that's an electronic term which describes (putting it basically) the construction of a transistor. Its opposite, as would be expected, is an npn junction. I wonder whether that was what he was on about or that maybe there's a more prosaic explanation.

Aye Dujon. Both p-n-p and n-p-n are transistor configurations. I could only imagine he was on about two positive channels and a negative channel which requires an extra push to allow electron flow, so greater effort perhaps. Apart from that I reckon the bloke was a twot of the highest order.

[clapton is god]

Flat pack furniture. It has been sitting on the lounge floor all week, looking at me, daring me, and today was the day. 30-60 minutes my arse!