General Chit Chat

[thebish]

if they have to use the word "onboarding" - to describe someone getting on board a company... (I guess that's the idea?) and they eschew the word "Induction" - then we already have a word for getting on and off board - embark / disembark - embarkation / disembarkation

[bobo the clown]

It depends on the manner of exit.

I've seen "de-coupling" used !! Exiting is more common.

I'm sick of seeing job or Department titles which truly mean f'call to anyone ... not least the people I them. But "roll with it".

[LeverEnd]

It depends on the manner of exit.

I've seen "de-coupling" used !! Exiting is more common.

I'm sick of seeing job or Department titles which truly mean f'call to anyone ... not least the people I them. But "roll with it".

That what those bellends Paltrow and Martin used for splitting up.

[thebish]

It depends on the manner of exit.

I've seen "de-coupling" used !! Exiting is more common.

I'm sick of seeing job or Department titles which truly mean f'call to anyone ... not least the people I them. But "roll with it".

aye.. Human Resources, f'rinstance!! what's wrong with personnel??

some amusing flights of fancy here:

http://fortune.com/2015/04/07/why-unusu ... r-company/

[Prufrock]

We're at a bad stage when we miss the days when "exit" had only gone from verb to noun to verb!

[Worthy4England]

We neither have decouplings nor exits anymore. We have workforce management actions...

[clapton is god]

I've just been in Costa in town and on the way in found that the automatic door wouldn't open, so I pulled the door open and went in, as you would.

I was then queueing for a coffee when an angry voice behind me shouted "How we sposed to get out if the door won't open!" And yes, she was blonde.

The assistant, bless her, looked at her and simply said '....push."

Sadly this doesn't belong in the joke thread. These people walk amongst us.

[Bijou Bob]

I've just been in Costa in town and on the way in found that the automatic door wouldn't open, so I pulled the door open and went in, as you would.

I was then queueing for a coffee when an angry voice behind me shouted "How we sposed to get out if the door won't open!" And yes, she was blonde.

The assistant, bless her, looked at her and simply said '....push."

Sadly this doesn't belong in the joke thread. These people walk amongst us.

Although, to be fair, it is funnier than most of your jokes Clappers

[TANGODANCER]

Bolton will have a Christmas crib in Victoria Square from the end of this month until Jan 3rd.

[Bruce Rioja]

Bolton will have a Christmas crib in Victoria Square from the end of this month until Jan 3rd.

And if it lasts until Jan 3rd, without some mug wrecking it, I'll be on the Town Hall steps, arse on display, on Jan 4th.

[thebish]

Bolton will have a Christmas crib in Victoria Square from the end of this month until Jan 3rd.

And if it lasts until Jan 3rd, without some mug wrecking it, I'll be on the Town Hall steps, arse on display, on Jan 4th.

you could do that in the crib itself - it's a fine old Catalan tradition do have a pooing man in the nativity scene..

look up Caganer...

here's one in action...

[Bruce Rioja]

What's the story behind that, Bish?

[Harry Genshaw]

"That frankincense smells off Joe"

[thebish]

What's the story behind that, Bish?

from wiki..

The name "El Caganer” literally means "the crapper" or "the shitter". Traditionally, the figurine is depicted as a peasant, wearing the traditional Catalan red cap (the "barretina") and with his trousers down, showing a bare backside, and defecating.

The tradition has existed since at least the 18th century. It is believed to have entered the nativity scene by the late 17th or early 18th century, during the Baroque period. Eminent folklorist Joan Amades called it an essential piece and the most popular figure of the nativity scene. It can also be found in other parts of southwestern Europe, including Murcia, the region just south of the Valencia in Spain (where they are called cagones), Naples (cacone or pastore che caca) and Portugal (cagões). There is a sculpture of a person defecating hidden inside the cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, though this is not part of a nativity scene. Accompanying Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the shepherds and company, the caganer is often tucked away in a corner of the model, typically nowhere near the manger scene. A tradition in the Catalan Countries is to have children find the hidden figure.

The Caganer, by creating faeces, is fertilizing the Earth. According to the ethnographer Joan Amades, it was a "customary figure in nativity scenes [pessebres] in the 19th century, because people believed that this deposit [symbolically] fertilized the ground of the nativity scenes, which became fertile and ensured the nativity scene for the following year, and with it, the health of body and peace of mind required to make the nativity scene, with the joy and happiness brought by Christmas near the hearth. Placing this figurine in the nativity scene brought good luck and joy and not doing so brought adversity."

[Gary the Enfield]

They sell them in 'El Corte Ingles' all over Spain. They do Spanish celebrities and politicians figures too.

[Bruce Rioja]

So, ultimately, it was just someone having a laugh. Fair play to them, says I.

[thebish]

well, that's a fairly unfortunate coincidence of lighting and hair!

[thebish]

unfortunate font-choice, but I can see how this card might sometimes be useful!

[TANGODANCER]

New professional ultra-modern doctor trend-speak as heard on T.V this morning..
Womn caller: " I do hope my question isn't wasting your time"
Female TV Doctor: "You are so not wasting my time."

[Hoboh]

Got a bloody pigeon in the dining room in a big box, the missis found it in the garden with a dodgy wing so it's being kept warm, watered and fed until it can fly again.
Oh and my garage has been requisitioned as an exercise area for it!