My name can only be shortened at the front
and then it sounds like a certain rapper. As for shortening it at the front, if we all did that at the office, there'd be five of us with the same name.

Meanwhile at work, I've been staring at shiny things all day and not making much progress.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:11, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Sounds like every day at work for me!
There are two people with my name in the office, except one is me and one is a French girl with a dirty mind...
( Maladicta, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:12, Reply)

Except I have to make sure they shine the way things are supposed to shine.
At least you can distinguish the two names by pronouncing the other person's name in a French accent. I wonder if referring to <maladicta> with a dirty mind would also distinguish...
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:25, Reply)

I never said I didn't have one too;
just the one who is French is more open about hers!
( Maladicta, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:30, Reply)

At least that way, if you keep your dirty mind to yourself, you can distinguish yourself from the other <maladicta>
But it will generate office-wide mass confusion should anyone find out your secrets.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:38, Reply)

Dependent on how stringent security is at Ashford International in a couple of weeks
this is a distinct possibility...
( Maladicta, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:47, Reply)

The mind boggles...
And that's the major disadvantage of working for the company you're travelling with.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 20:59, Reply)

And
I need my badge to prove I (and Pot) can travel on a staff booking...
( Maladicta, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 21:01, Reply)

Just remembered
they X-ray all baggage. Lets just hope your ... ahem ... equipment is dual-use (or that you can think up a convincing explanation).
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 21:08, Reply)

Exactly
the number of emails we get about strict security at our terminals mean this could well be interesting...
( Maladicta, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 21:09, Reply)

Perhaps if you do get caught, it would mean they finally get rid of the X-ray stage
and I won't have to go through the agonising ritual of empty my pockets each time I board a Eurostar. Your sacrifice would be remembered each time I visit the Continent.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 13 Aug 2009, 21:20, Reply)