Sorry to hear that - still, at least you've got time to prepare your application.
On the subject of work, today I got all these goodies for the princely sum of £1:



Get in.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:35, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

How the hell did you get all those for £1?
Also, why, other than them being cheap?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:36, Reply)

I work for the manufacturer
and every week, they sell bags of overproduced stock/unused lab samples to employees for £1 each.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:40, Reply)

Awesome
Are they manufactured by one of the big 2 manufacturers in my head, then sold by the company I know sells these?
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:42, Reply)

They're sold on to a lot of different companies,
mainly UK supermarkets (if you look closely, you can see some of the retailers' names under the felt-tip scribbles.)
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:52, Reply)

Yeah, I made out a few
One of the guys on my course is off to work for one-of-the-two-manufacturers-in-my-head. I feel sorry for him.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:54, Reply)

This reminds me of when I was in Istanbul
I was followed around by someone trying to sell me aftershave. At first, they were offering one bottle for about £10, and they were very persistent in trying to sell it to me. In the end, they were offering about 6 bottles for £1 when they gave up.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:43, Reply)

Did they think you smelled that bad?
Evenin' Spakka.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:49, Reply)

Evenin' Chainey
If I smelled bad, that would have been one way to ward off persistent sellers. But this wasn't an ordinary looking aftershave - this looked quite expensive. The only way it could have been reduced to it's final price would be if it was stolen or just a bottle filled with water.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Thu 29 Apr 2010, 20:56, Reply)