I went on an assertiveness training course...
...a long, long time ago.

A bloke in a beard tried to enthuse us with his little phrases to make us all brave in front of the big, bad customers.

Such as:

* "You can split 'responsible' into 'response' and 'able'" (You can't)

* "If you 'assume', you just make an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'"

And, of course:

* "There's no 'I' in 'teamwork'"

... to which a sotto voice from the back replied: "Aye, but's there's a 'u' in 'cunt'."

I learned something that day. Something good.
( Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:36, 10 replies)

There's no I in team work, but if you look closely there's a ME.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:38, closed)

I did like Samuel L Jackson's line in The Long Kiss Goodnight (yes, I *know*); "You made an assumption! And you know what happens when you make an assumption? You make an ass out of you and umption"
(costas, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:46, closed)

"Assumption...
...is the mother of all fuckups" (off Under Siege 2) is much more fun.
( milkybarnick is calming down Boris on, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 18:45, closed)

I preffered "I'll teach you a trick or two" in Bloodsport
or onw of those JCVD films - I use it in meetings a lot.
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 2:08, closed)

There's no 'I' in teamwork
I'm always quick to point out that there isn't a "We" either.
(ShiftyBastard won the World Cup on World Soccer Champs 2010!, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 15:25, closed)

there is
same as there is also a "me"
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:16, closed)

Well slap me sideways, there it is
(ShiftyBastard won the World Cup on World Soccer Champs 2010!, Fri 9 Apr 2010, 11:18, closed)

or how about:
"There's no I in teamwork."

"No, but there is one in 'fuckwit'."
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 16:30, closed)

There's no 'I' in Team.
But there is an 'I' in Pie. And an 'I' in meat pie, and meat is an anagram of team...
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 19:27, closed)

Saw the "no I in teamwork" one on a school banner
Commented to another teacher, "yes, but there is an 'I' in 'win.'"
(ChiTown Guy Dating when 35+: sane, single, attractive - pick 2, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 15:27, closed)