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Never touch the prawns[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Francis Bacon was so wrong when he said "knowledge is power", in today's pc and dumb people friendly workplace, ignorance is power. The less you know, the more people bend over backwards trying to explain things to you. More stress you inflict on other people, the stronger your power over them.
I was unaware of this until a few years ago, until my spiritual guru revealed this truth to me and opened the gateway to eternal happiness. This was circa 2003. A new CIO had been appointed. Beefy bloke from Newzealand and blond too. He decided our company was getting stale and needed fresh blood. He brought in a lot of people who had absolutely no background in IT or had any previous experience in our business domain. All of them as project managers and senior business analysts. And the fun started. One day my boss called me in and said "Ghalib you going to help Tiffany with her new project. Show her the ropes. If the project fails I will hold you responsible".
Lady in question was a blonde from Germany and a cat lover to boot. I consulted by spiritual guru "Oh wise one! This woman is going to torture me to death. What do I do". The wise one said "Man, play dumb". So I started off saying things like "What's XML?" at meetings. "You haven't heard of XML?" "Nope! never heard of it". Score me = 1, cat lover = 0.
Predictably, the project collapsed before much money could be spent on it. But, I was on to a good thing. I perfected this to a fine art. I did so well at it that I was soon promoted.
I have often found solutions to perplexing problems in CP, so I love you guys and would like to share this valuable secret with you :- "when nothing works, play dumb"
modified 24-Sep-13 12:00pm.
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Well, my behaviour towards blonde German girls is quite a different one.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I'm sure you rise to the occasion.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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It is hard not to.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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I'm sure it's a stiff challenge...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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Yeah, but I have been successful so far. I am knocking on wood.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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You guys are great! I saw the comment about the german girl and thought, "Here we go...".
You did not disappoint.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house.
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I think you nailed it.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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talk about the elephant in the room
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Perhaps the GOP has several meanings...
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Time to employ the DOD and I don't mean Department of Defense, however it ends in Death.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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I thought the DOD stood for Department of Drones?
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Kenneth Haugland wrote: I thought the DOD stood for Department of Drones? You would think so anymore. I hear they plan to make drones that deploy drones and submarines that deploy drones.
But in my case it means Dick of Death.
Psychosis at 10
Film at 11
Those who do not remember the past, are doomed to repeat it.
Those who do not remember the past, cannot build upon it.
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I wish I could give you a ten!
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I was going to continue, but it's long enough now.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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your stretching the truth
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Pen is mightier than sword!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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that one's a flop
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Nowadays you can also say that the keyboard is mightier than the Pen!!
Piyush K Singh
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We must be reading different dictionaries.
AFAIK, pen is a synonym of sword.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Only if you remove spaces, or are pig-product obsessed!
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
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