Monthly Archives: August 2007

Do you confess?

58.4% have called into work sick when we weren’t.50% admit they regularly sneak food into movie theaters to avoid the high prices of snack foods.29% admit they’ve intentionally stolen something from a store.10% of us switch tags in the store to pay less for an item.29% are virgins when they marry.13% (mostly men) have spent… Read More »

April 21, 1989 (Friday)

Broke records: (1) 22nd consecutive working days!; (2) First midshift of the year without being extended! “When you lie, you must smile” joke on Merine.

Natural laws? (2)

Boob’s Law:You always find something in the last place you look. Weiler’s Law:Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. Conway’s Law:In any organization, there is one person who knows what is going on. That person must be fired. Iron Law of Distribution:Them that has, gets. Heller’s Law:The first myth… Read More »

Surely they don’t mean it?

Sometimes, what matters is not what is said, but how it is said. Notice in a Japanese hotel:You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid. In a Bangkok dry cleaner’s:Drop your trousers here for best resultsIn an East African newspaper:A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the… Read More »