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Comedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits

(, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
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I'm the right thinking reasonable person
and so was Margaret Thatcher ;-)
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 16:05, 2 replies)
This is apparently a REAL web usage policy:
I'm paraphrasing, because the original was shown me about 10 years ago, and I can't find it anywhere on the Interwebs. Why will become very quickly obvious.
"Hi guys. Now that we've got the wonder of the world wide web, there's a few dos and don'ts.

Web:
No cocks, tits, arse or fanny. No swearing, including cocks, tits, arse or fanny. You're selling our products, not the contents of your garden shed.

Emails: Love in the subject line means DANGER. Nigerians have no money.

FTP: I have no idea what this is. IT says it's a bad thing. So don't."

Apparently written by a bearded media entrepreneur, noted for starting the career of a man who played a lot of instruments at once.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 18:52, closed)
I'm no fan of the bearded one
but the possibility of this being true makes me want to like him, a little bit.
(, Mon 27 Feb 2012, 13:26, closed)
Made me think of this...
GC: I think all righthtinking people in this country are sick
and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up
in this country with being sick and tired.

All: Yes, yes...

GC: I'm certainly not! And I'm sick and tired of being told
that I am.

?: Mrs. Havoc-Jones.

Mrs. Havoc-Jones: Well, I meet a lot of people and I'm
convinced that the vast majority of wrongthinking people are
right.
(, Mon 27 Feb 2012, 10:21, closed)

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