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slowsider wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:37 pm Funny you should say that, there was an article in the paper today about the similar distinction in use of insurrection and revolution, the latter suggesting approval... :)
What's the difference between insurrection and mostly peaceful pretest?
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Saga Lout wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:20 am
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Saga Lout wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:27 am
slowsider wrote: Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:37 pm Funny you should say that, there was an article in the paper today about the similar distinction in use of insurrection and revolution, the latter suggesting approval... :)
What's the difference between insurrection and mostly peaceful pretest?
People on both sides get hurt?
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The inexorable inevitability of the falling drip of paint finding the gap between drop cloths and landing on part of the carpet which won't have furniture on it :(
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Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
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gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:19 am Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
It smells pretty
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In a similar vein to Gremlin's gripe. The crap you see on job ads.

Live the ......................... (insert company name) values! I'd rather live my own thanks, unless they precisely align with yours, ta.

Another. Live and breathe ............. vision and values.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:23 am
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:19 am Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
It smells pretty
Smell is subjective.
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Potter wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:37 am People that think that just because you do your job, you don't know how to do theirs as well.
I also hate the opposite, people who assume you know how to do theirs :D

Accountants are invariably terrible for it IME. You ask for a breakdown of costs and they just send you a dump of their 'internal' spreadsheet.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:57 am
Potter wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:37 am People that think that just because you do your job, you don't know how to do theirs as well.
I also hate the opposite, people who assume you know how to do theirs :D

Accountants are invariably terrible for it IME. You ask for a breakdown of costs and they just send you a dump of their 'internal' spreadsheet.
I hate people who think I know how to do mine! :lol:
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weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:23 am
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:19 am Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
It smells pretty
It means there is a legal limitation on the use of the word "natural"* so the advertisers get as close as they can without crossing the line.


* There is for food products, I'm not sure if it applies to shower gel.
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Saga Lout wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:28 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:23 am
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:19 am Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
It smells pretty
It means there is a legal limitation on the use of the word "natural"* so the advertisers get as close as they can without crossing the line.

* There is for food products, I'm not sure if it applies to shower gel.

It always amuses me that companies equate natural = good. Really? Belladonna, Hemlock, even those pretty toadstools.
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Pseudonym wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:29 am In a similar vein to Gremlin's gripe. The crap you see on job ads.

Live the ......................... (insert company name) values! I'd rather live my own thanks, unless they precisely align with yours, ta.

Another. Live and breathe ............. vision and values.
Absolutely agree, I went into Sainsbury's the other day and they have a sign that says "Sainsbury's - our values make us different"! First off not they fucking don't, you are the same as any other retailer and secondly even if it was true, so what? The Nazis values made them different too!! and breathe
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Potter wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:24 am
gremlin wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:19 am Pointless shite manufacturers print on their products. I happened to look at the shower gel bottle today and read '100% inspired by nature'. Seriously, what the fuck does that actually mean?
It'll make you smell like a wild animal?

Grrrrr
He smells like free pizza :)
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:01 pm
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:57 am
Potter wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:37 am People that think that just because you do your job, you don't know how to do theirs as well.
I also hate the opposite, people who assume you know how to do theirs :D

Accountants are invariably terrible for it IME. You ask for a breakdown of costs and they just send you a dump of their 'internal' spreadsheet.
I hate people who think I know how to do mine! :lol:
I'm confused now :(
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Renewing broadband when there's just a choice of idenitical mediocre connections, then a couple of months later getting a flyer through the door because a new company is offering something much better.
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LED fekking lightbulbs... :angry-cussingblack:

"LASTS 15,000hrs"

Oh do fuck off... do they...

They cost a bomb (coming down but still 10x the cost of a incandescent bulb) and they last less time than I would if given access to Kylie Minogue's knicker slit.
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Horse wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:36 pm It always amuses me that companies equate natural = good. Really? Belladonna, Hemlock, even those pretty toadstools.
And horse shit is natural but it doesn't smell particularly good.

Present company (possibly) excepted. ;)
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Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:14 pm Oh do fuck off... do they...
That did make me laugh. I use that phrase a lot, especially when my Hubby is winding me up. :lol:
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Saga Lout wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:17 pm
Horse wrote: Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:36 pm It always amuses me that companies equate natural = good. Really? Belladonna, Hemlock, even those pretty toadstools.
And horse shit is natural but it doesn't smell particularly good.

Present company (possibly) excepted. ;)
Take a guess ;)

Although, John Wayne allegedly suggested that horse shit was good lip balm.
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