Category: Humour

Office Jargon

Researchers asked 2 000 people about their opinions on office jargon and the phrases they find most irksome.

Over a quarter cited the term “social notworking” – the art of appearing to be hard at work while messing about on Facebook and Twitter – as the most irritating new jargon term.

It was closely followed by “deja brew”, the seemingly kind offer to make a colleague a cup of tea, when you know that they have just had one and are therefore likely to decline.

The top three is completed by “blue-sky drinking”, a term used to describe an unlimited free bar at a work party.

The remaining top 10 most irritating office jargon are: Continue reading “Office Jargon”

Spot Soutie

Click for (slightly) bigger pic

So there I was yesterday, watching our sports news channel when a small clip on the 2013 performance of my Southern Kings appeared, as the camera panned the crowd after we conceded a try, I thought to myself “hey, that’s where I sit!”

So I rewound the programme (aren’t these new satellite receivers marvelous) and sure enough there I was!

Certainly a pic for my scrapbook.

(sorry about the flash, no, the chap in the foreground isn’t holding a torch, but .. well I’m sure that you understand)

Oh, Jaques Kallis retired from first class and test cricket yesterday, I’ve got his career stats on my pic, neat 🙂 )

Christmas cracker jokes

Was somebody recently looking for new material for their homemade Christmas crackers? This from my daily read –

British comedy TV channel Gold asked a group of comedians to come up with their own Christmas jokes after a poll revealed 72% of the population thought cracker jokes were outdated.

Of the new jokes, 2 000 adults voted Richard Woolford’s gag about Miley their favourite.

Here are the top 10 new Christmas cracker jokes:

1. What does Miley Cyrus have at Christmas? Twerky. Continue reading “Christmas cracker jokes”

Movie title competition

Here’s a fun challenge for cherished colleagues. While watching a recent NFL game (that’s American Football to some or Gridiron to others) the production team came up with a couple of humorous takes on movie titles …

SILENCE OF THE RAMS

The St Louis Rams are having a bit of a tough time of their opening fixtures this season and this title is more than appropriate 🙂 Continue reading “Movie title competition”