Showing posts with label age. Show all posts
Showing posts with label age. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2012


ONCE MORE BUSINESS ADVICES

 Old programmers never die, they just abend.

On a beautiful day like this, it's hard to believe anybody can be unhappy; but we will work on it.

On successive charts of the same organization, the number of boxes will never decrease.

One child is not enough, but two children are far too many.

One good thing about repeating your mistakes is that you know when to cringe.

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. - Elbert Hubbard

One of the greatest labor-saving inventions today is tomorrow.

One of those days? I have one of those lives.

One seventh of your life is spent on Mondays.

Only a bureaucracy can fight a bureaucracy.

Only a fool can reproduce another fool's work.

Only a mediocre person is always at their best.

Only them as knows their own...knows.

Only those who attempt the absurd can acheive the impossible.

One test is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Old age is always fifteen years older than you are.

It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.

Never speculate on that which can be known for certain.

There is one big difference between genius and stupidity; genius has limits.

Things are more like today than they ever were before.

Things could be worse; suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.

Things get worse under pressure.

Things go right so they can go wrnog.

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time.

This "law" has been intentionally left blank.

This "law" was inadvertently left blank.

This is clearly another case of too many mad scientists and not enough hunchbacks.

This space for rent.

Those most opposed to serving on committees are made chairmen.

Those who live closest arrive latest.

Those with the best advice offer no advice.

To achieve the impossible, one must think the absurd; to look where everyone else has looked, but to see what no one else has seen.

To attract maximum attention, it's hard to beat a good, big, dumb mistake.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

To err is human. To admit it is a blunder.

To err is human. To blame it on someone else is even more human.

To err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics.

To err is human. To forgive is simply not company policy.

To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.

To know yourself is the ultimate form of aggression.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.

Too light for heavy work and too heavy for light work.

Treat people as if they are what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Trust everybody...then cut the cards.

Try to be the best of whatever you are, even if what you are is no good.

Try to get all of your posthumous medals in advance.

Two heads are more numerous than one

Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Two rules to success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know.

Two wrongs are only the beginning.

Unemployment helps stretch your coffee break.

Unless absolutely essential, borrowing to buy a depreciating asset is dumb.

Unless the results are known in advance, funding agencies will reject the proposal.

Urgency varies inversely with importance.

Usefulness is inversely proportional to its reputation for being useful.

Virtue is its own punishment.

Wasting time is an important part of living.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. - C.S. Lewis

We are often most in the dark when we are the most certain, and most enligthened when we are the most confused.

We don't have the time or money to do it right, but we'll have time and money to do it over again.

We need either less corruption or more chance to participate in it.

We totally deny the allegations, and we are trying to identify the allegators.

We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.

We'll worry about that when we get there.

We're making progress. Things are getting worse at a slower rate.

We've always done it that way!

Wet manure is slippery. - OSHA discovery

When all else fails, try the boss's suggestion.

When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate. When in charge, ponder.

When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue.

When in doubt, take all the time you need to get all the facts, or all the time you have, whichever is less.

When in doubt, use brute force.

When in trouble, delegate.

When it gets to be your turn, they change the rules.

When it's you against the world, bet on the world.

When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

When properly administered, vacations do not diminish productivity. For every week you are away and get nothing done, there is another week when your boss is away and you get twice as much done.


Yuppie pregnant women don't go into labor, they go straight into management.

Thursday, April 19, 2012


SOME NEW IDEAS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE ON YOUR CARDS

"Looking back over the years that we've been together,
I can't help but wonder:...


-- What was I thinking?"
"Congratulations on your wedding day!...


-- Too bad no one likes your wife."
"How could two people as beautiful you....


-- have such an ugly baby?"
"I've always wanted to have someone to hold, someone to love...


-- After having met you, I've changed my mind."
"I must admit, you brought Religion in my life...


-- I never believed in Hell until I met you."
"As the days go by, I think of how lucky I am...


-- that you're not here to ruin it for me."
"As you grow older, Mum, I think of all the gifts you've given me...


-- Like the need for therapy."
"Thanks for being a part of my life!!!...


-- I never knew what evil was before this!"
"Before you go,...


I would like you to take this knife out of my back.
-- You'll probably need it again."


"Someday I hope to get married...
-- but not to you."


"You look great for your age...
-- Almost Lifelike!"


"When we were together, you always said you'd die for me...
-- Now that we've broken up, I think it's time you kept your promise."


"I knew the day would come when you would leave me for my best friend...
-- So here's his leash, water bowl and chew toys."


"We have been friends for a very long time...
-- What do you say we call it quits?"


"I'm so miserable without you...
-- It's almost like you're here."


"Congratulations on your new bundle of joy...
-- Did you ever find out who the father was?"


"You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship and there was only one life jacket...
-- I'd miss you heaps and think of you often."



NEW RULES FOR DINING OUT

Rule #1: If you're travelling, never ever eat in any place called "Mom's" -- well, unless
the only other places in town to dine are named "Eats" and "Dirty Harry's".

Rule #2: If you've entered a restaurant in the "Little Italy" section of the town, and you've noticed all the waiters are wearing shoulder holsters, you'd better just leave.

Rule #3: If you're waiting in line to be seated at a nice restaurant, you can always figure a wait of two hours or a twenty -- whichever comes first.

Rule #4: If you're given a choice of tables by the maitre d'hotel, my suggestion is that you always request one near a waiter.

Rule #5: If you notice that the tablecloth and the napkins are made of a better material than any suit you own, you'd better hope your credit card is not maxed-out.

Rule #6: If you're in a fancy restaurant and you find you cannot pronounce some dish on the menu, chances are you probably can't afford it either.

Rule #7: If you've been served bread and rolls while awaiting your meal, and you find the place is using a cheap substitute for margarine, you'd probably better just leave.

Rule #8: If you notice a bottle of Maalox along with a variety of other antacids among the condiments on the table, you'd probably better not order anything spicy.

Saturday, April 14, 2012



How do you know when you're getting older


  • "I just can't drink the way I used to", replaces, "I'm never going to drink that much again".
  • 06:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

  • 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
  • A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff".
  • A 'late night' now ends at 11 pm.
  • About half the stuff in my shopping cart says, "For fast relief".
  • All you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your age.
  • All your favorite music is in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart.
  • An "all nighter" means not getting up to pee!
  • At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not eating cereal.
 

  • Conversations with people your own age often turn into "dueling ailments."
  • Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
  • Eating a basket of buffalo wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
  • Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.
  • Getting a little action means you don't need to take a laxative.
  • Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
  • Grocery lists are longer than macaroni & cheese, diet Pepsi and Ho-Ho's
  • Happy hour is a nap.
  • Having sex in a twin-sized bed is absurd.
  • It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired
  • It takes twice as long to look half as good.
  • It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
  • It's tougher to lose weight, because over time your body and your fat are really good friends.
  • Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
  • Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.

  • MTV News is no longer your primary source for information.
  • Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
  • One of the throw pillows on your bed is a hot water bottle.
  • People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"
  • Sleeping on the couch is a no-no.
  • Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
  • The candles cost more than the cake.
  • The car that you bought brand new becomes an antique.
  • The clothes you've put away until they come back in style... have come back in style.
  • The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.
  • The girls at the office start confiding in you.
  • The highway patrol sigh or shake their heads but don't give you a ticket.
  • The little gray-haired lady you help across the street is your wife.
  • The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
  • The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals.