Showing posts with label conference. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

FOR EVERYBODY SOMETHING



Hilarious Signs


Over a gynecologist's office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
On a plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."
On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."
Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."
Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."
In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "We can help you pick your nose!"
On an electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."
In a non-smoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."
On a maternity room door: "Push. Push. Push."
At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."
In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait."

Office English Dictionary


Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Chainsaw Consultant: An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee headcount, leaving the top brass with clean hands.

Cube Farm: An office filled with cubicles.
Prairie Dogging: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

Ego Surfing: Scanning the Net, databases, print media and so on, looking for references to one's own name.
Idea Hamsters: People who always seem to have their idea generators running.

Keyboard Plaque: The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.

Mouse Potato: The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

Ohnosecond: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a big mistake.

Perot: To quit unexpectedly, as in "My cellular phone just perot'ed."

SITCOMs: What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids. Stands for Single Income,Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage.

Squirt the Bird: To transmit a signal to a satellite.

Starter Marriage: A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no kids, no property and no regrets.

Stress Puppy: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

Swiped Out: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.

Tourists: People who take training classes just to get a vacation from their jobs. "We had three serious students in the class; the rest were just tourists."

Treeware: Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.
Xerox Subsidy: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

Oreo Psycho-Personality Test


  Psychologists havediscovered that the manner in which people eat Oreo cookies provides great insight intotheir personalities. Choose which method best describes your favorite method of eatingOreos:

1. The whole thing all at once. 

2. One bite at a time 

3. Slow and methodical nibbles examining the results of each bite afterwards. 

4. In little feverish nibbles. 

5. Dunked in some liquid (milk, coffee...). 

6. Twisted apart, the inside, then the cookie. 

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and toss the cookie. 

8. Just the cookie, not the inside. 

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them. 

10. I don't have a favorite way because I don't like Oreos.

Your Personality:
1. The whole thing -  this means you consume life with abandon, you are fun to be with, exciting, carefree with some hint of recklessness. You are totally irresponsible. No one should trust you with their children.

2. One bite at a time. You are lucky to be one of the 5.4 billion other people who eat their Oreos this very same way.  Just like them, you lack imagination, but that's OK, not to worry, you're normal.

3. Slow and Methodical. You follow the rules. You're very tidy and orderly. You're very meticulous in every detail with every thing you do to the Point of being anal retentive and irritating to others.  Stay out of the fast lane if you're only going to go the speed limit

4. Feverish Nibbles. Your boss likes you because you get your work done quickly.  You always have a million things to do and never enough time to do them. Mental break downs run in your family.  Valium and Ritalin would do you good.

5. Dunked. Every one likes you because you are always upbeat.  You like to sugar coat unpleasant experiences and rationalize bad situations in to good ones. You are in total denial about the shambles you call a life. You have a propensity towards narcotic addiction.

6. Twisted apart, the inside, and then the cookie. You have a highly curious nature. You take pleasure in breaking things apart to find out how they work, though not always able to put them back together, so you destroy all the evidence of your activities.  You deny your involvement when things go wrong. You are a compulsive liar and exhibit deviant, if not criminal,behavior.

7. Twisted apart, the inside, and then toss the cookie. You are good at business and take risk that pay off. You take what you want and throw the rest away.  You are greedy, selfish, mean, and lack feelings for others. You should be ashamed of yourself. But that's OK, you don't care, you got yours.

8. Just the cookie, not the inside. You enjoy pain.

9. I just like to lick them, not eat them. Stay away from small furry animals and seek professional medical help- immediately.

10. I don't have a favorite way, I don't like Oreo cookies.  You probably come from a rich  family, and like to wear nice things, and go to up-scale restaurants.  You  are particular and fussy about the things you buy, own, and wear. Things have to be just right.  You like to be pampered. You are a prima donna.  There's just no pleasing you.

Top 20 Signs It's a Bad Day


1.     You wake up face down on the pavement.

2.     You put your bra on backwards and it fits better.

3.     You call Suicide Prevention and they put you on hold.

4.     You see a ''60 minutes'' news team waiting in your office.

5.     Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles.

6.     You want to put on the clothes you wore home from the party and there aren't any.

7.     You turn on the news and they're showing emergency routes out of the city.

8.     Your twin sister forgot your birthday.

9.     You wake up and discover your waterbed broke and then realize that you don't have a waterbed.

10.                       Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hell's Angels on the freeway.

11.                       Your wife wakes up feeling amorous and you have a headache.

12.                       Your boss tells you not to bother to take off your coat.

13.                       The bird singing outside your window is a buzzard.

14.                       You wake up and your braces are locked together.

15.                       You walk to work and find your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose.

16.                       Your blind date turns out to be your ex.

17.                       Your paycheck bounces.

18.                       You put both contact lenses in the same eye.

19.                       Your pet rock snaps at you.

20.                       Your wife says, ''Good morning, Bill'' and your name is George.

Workplace Farting: Options Explored


Whether the cause is a previous night of drinking or a big lunch, the outcome is the same: Farts.
Seventy percent of the time, we can dispense freely. The other 30% of the time, such as at work, we have some tough decisions to make. This document is intended to help you in those decisions.
Holders - The obvious choice is just plain holding it in. A popular choice among the females and an almost impossible choice for males. I am not in favor of holding, as I believe the medical community has not done enough research about the long-term damage of holding. Really, where does it go if you hold it in? So be forewarned, using this tactic is to be done at your own risk.
Desk Jockey - When deciding to release right at your desk, one has many factors to consider:
- Do you have your own office? Feel free to fart at will risk free. After commencing, I highly recommend locking the door and feigning you are not in the office to avoid any unwanted visitors. I also highly recommend against spraying air freshener, as the smell of the freshener is a dead giveaway.
Candles are a good alternative solution for the females.
- Are you seated at a cubicle or open desk? If so, one has to consider the proximity of the other workers and the density of workers in the area. If it is just you and one other person in the area, there is nowhere to place the blame. If others are fairly distant to you, the smell will dissipate by the time it reaches the others on all but the most egregious of days. There is always the chance of dispensing at higher decibels than anticipated due to the highly unstable nature of farts. In these most unfortunate situations, you will have to use cover up sounds such as scraping your heal on the floor. I recommend practicing making sounds covering a wide range of tones and pitches in anticipation of such an event. Dropping objects such as staplers, binders and tape may not produce a similar sound, but if done in rapid succession could distract others from the initial event.
Meetings: - Sometimes the urge strikes at the most inopportune time. Meetings and gas really do not mix. Releasing at a meeting is by far the trickiest of all the situations one could find oneself in. Although I am against holding in general, a meeting may be the time for it. It really depends if you have established baseline farts before the meeting. This will give you a sense of the decibel and scent level of what is to be expected. Warning: Do not ever use a meeting as the place to establish a baseline. Of course none of the above applies if you are meeting with vendors. You have free reign to do whatever you like.
Aisle Walker: - Releasing while walking around the office is a popular option. By the time the scent disseminates, you should be nowhere near the scene of the incident. The added benefit is that if the release is done at higher decibels than anticipated, you can break out into an all out sprint thereby fleeing the scene before others even look up to notice.
Broom Closet: - One option is to find a broom closet and release inside the closet. The only drawback is explaining why you were in the broom closet if you are caught entering or leaving the closet. I found stashing stationery supplies in the closet provides a nice excuse. People will love you for informing them about the backup stationery supply cabinet. Of course, you then have to find another closet, as your original place will become too risky.
And remember, if you're workplace has many open flames, you are on your own.

You Work for the Government When:

 

* The process becomes more important than the product 

* You don''t see anything wrong with attending a meeting on a subject you know nothing about

* You feel you contributed to the meeting just by being there

* You stop raising issues/problems because you know you will be the one answering them.

* You fly first class across the country to attend a conference with 100+ people to discuss the fact that the project does not have enough money

* You work for an acronym, on an acronym, and your job title is an acronym

* You understand the rationalization of an acronym composed of acronyms

* You know that the location of a meeting is directly related to its importance. (1) A meeting at Fort Hood requires a subordinate or a contractor (2) The same meeting at Lake Tahoe requires your personal attention

* You''ve sat at the same desk for 3 years, done the same thing for 3 years, but have had 3 different business cards

Monday, June 3, 2013



Orchestra jokes


Q: What is the definition of a Soviet String Quartet?
A: A Soviet Symphony Orchestra after a tour of the
USA!

Q: What do you do with percussionists that lose one of their drumsticks?
A: Stick them up front of the group and tell them to wave their arms!

Q: How many conductors does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Seven. [Indignant nose upturning] Of course, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

Q: Why are conductors' hearts popular for transplants?
A: They've had little use.

While at a concert being performed by a very bad orchestra, George Bernard Shaw was asked what he'd like them to play next. "Dominoes," he replied.

Playing music


Last summer, the local orchestra decided to play Beethoven's 9th symphony.

However, it being quite hot, the players were working up quite a sweat, until a neighbor let them use the ventilators in her house.

However, the wind from these ventilators was causing the notes to blow all over the place, so they had to tie them down to the note holders.

The din from the ventilators was so bad that the bassists decided it didn't matter if they downed a few drinks and got royally drunk.

Two of the bassists got so drunk that they pass out.

One of the violinists, in disgust, decided to go home but slipped and fell.

Thus, it was the bottom of the 9th, the bassists were loaded, the score was tied with two men out, and the fans were roaring wild when one of the players slid home.

Efficiency


From: Efficiency & Ticket, Ltd., Management Consultants
To: Chairman, The London Symphony Orchestra
Re: Schubert's Symphony No.
8 in B minor.

After attending a rehearsal of this work we make the following observations and recommendations:

1. We note that the twelve first violins were playing identical notes, as were the second violins. Three violins in each section, suitably amplified, would seem to us to be adequate.

2. Much unnecessary labour is involved in the number of demisemiquavers in this work; we suggest that many of these could be rounded up to the nearest semiquaver thus saving practice time for the individual player and rehearsal time for the entire ensemble. The simplification would also permit more use of trainee and less-skilled players with only marginal loss of precision.

3. We could find no productivity value in string passages being repeated by the horns; all tutti repeats could also be eliminated without any reduction of efficiency.

4. In so labour-intensive an undertaking as a symphony, we regard the long oboe tacet passages to be extremely wasteful. What notes this instrument is called upon to play could, subject to a satisfactory demarcation conference with the Musician's
Union, be shared out equitably amongst the other instruments.

Conclusion: if the above recommendations are implemented the piece under condsideration could be played through in less than half an hour with concomitant savings in overtime, lighting and heating, wear and tear on the instruments and hall rental fees. Also, had the composer been aware of modern cost-effective procedures he might well have finished this work.

May I speak to the conductor


A musician calls the orchestra office, asks for the conductor, and is told that he is dead.

The musician calls back 25 times more and gets the same message from receptionist.

She asks why he keeps calling. He replies, "I just like to hear you say it."

Musician jokes

 

Q: How many musicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Twenty. 1 to do it and the other 19 to stand around and say, "I can do that!"

Q: What do you get if Bach falls off a horse, but has the courage to get on again and continue riding?
A: Bach in the saddle again.

Q: How many bluegrass musicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Two. One to screw it in, and one to complain that it's electrified.

Q: How many musicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Twenty. 1 to hold the bulb, 2 to turn the ladder, and 17 to be on the guest list.

Q: How many folk musicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Seven; one to change and the other six to sing about how good the old one was.

Q: Why don't they know where Mozart is buried?
A: Because he's Haydn!

Q: What's musical and handy in a supermarket?
A: A Chopin Liszt.

Q: What do you get if Bach dies and is reincarnated as twins?
A: A pair of Re-bachs.

Q: What do you call a male quartet?
A: Three men and a tenor.

Where are we?


Fritz Kriesler and Rachmaninov had a recital in Carnegie Hall once. In the middle of the music, Kriesler got lost and turned around to ask Rachmaninov, "Where are we?"

Rachmaninov said, "Carnegie Hall, sir!"

What's that sound?

 

A tourist is sightseeing in a European city. She comes upon the tomb of Beethoven, and begins reading the commerative plaque, only to be distracted by a low scratching noise, as if something was rubbing against a piece of paper.

She collars a passing native and asks what the scratching sound is.

The local person replies, "Oh, that is Beethoven. He's decomposing."

Arriving in Heaven


Three men die and go to heaven and queue to meet St. Peter.

St. Peter: Hi, what's your name?

Paul: My name is Paul.

St. Peter: Hi, Paul. Tell me, when you died, how much were you earning?

Paul: 120K.

St. Peter: Wow! Tell me, Paul, what were you doing to earn that kind of money?

Paul: I was a lawyer.

St. Peter: That's great. Come on in. St. Peter then turned to the second man. Hi, what's your name?

Roger: My name is Roger.

St. Peter: Hi, Roger. Tell me, when you died, how much were you earning?

Roger: 60K.

St. Peter: Hey, that's great! Tell me, Roger:, what did you do for a living?

Roger: I was an accountant.

St. Peter: That's very good. Come on in. St. Peter then turned to the second man. Hi, what's your name?

John: My name is John.

St. Peter: Hi, John. Tell me, John, how much were you earning when you died?

John: About $23,000.

St. Peter: Hey, that's fantastic, John! Tell me, what instrument did you play?

Phone songs

 

All of the following songs may be played on a touch-tone phone. Commas are pauses, and hyphens are held notes.

Mary Had A Little Lamb

3212333, 222, 399, 3212333322321 or
3212333, 222, 133, 3212333322321

Jingle Bells

333, 333, 39123, 666-663333322329, 333, 333, 39123, 666-6633, 399621

Frere Jacques

1231, 1231, 369, 369, 9*9631, 9*9631, 111, 111

Olympic Fanfare

3-9-91231, 2222-32112312, 3-9-91231, 2222-32112321

The Butterfly Song

963, 23621, 3693236236932362, 963, 23621

Happy Birthday

112, 163, 112, 196, 110, 8521, 008, 121

Tuesday, November 27, 2012



PROSTITUTE OR CONSULTANT?


You work very odd hours. 

You are paid a lot of money to keep your client happy.

You are paid well but your pimp gets most of the money. 

You spend a majority of your time in a hotel room. 

You charge by the hour but your time can be extended for the right price. 

You are not proud of what you do. 

Creating fantasies for your clients is rewarded. 

It's difficult to have a family. 

You have no job satisfaction. 

If a client beats you up, the pimp just sends you to another client. 

You are embarrassed to tell people what you do for a living.

· People ask you what you do and you can't explain it. 


Your family hardly recognizes you at reunions (at least the reunions you
attend). 


Your friends have distanced themselves from you and you're left hanging with
only other professionals. 


Your client pays for your hotel room plus your hourly rate. 

Your client always wants to know how much you charge and what they get for themoney. 

Your pimp drives nice cars like Mercedes or BMWs. 

Your pimp encourages drinking and you become addicted to drugs to ease the
pain of it all. 


You know the pimp is charging more than you are worth but if the client is
foolish enough to pay it's not your problem. 


When you leave to go see a client, you look great, but return looking like  hell (compare your appearance on Monday A.M. to Friday P.M.). 

You are rated on your performance in an excruciating ordeal. 

Even though you get paid the big bucks, it's the client who walks away smiling. 

The client always thinks your cut of your billing rate is higher than it actually is, and in turn, expects miracles from you. 

When you deduct your take from your billing rate, you constantly wonder if you
could get a better deal with another pimp. 


Everyday you wake up and tell yourself you're not going to be doing this stuff
for the rest of your life.

 

Are You Ready For The Working World?Are You Ready


This quiz consists of four questions that tell you whether or not you are
qualified to be a professional. 


There is no need to cheat. The questions are not that difficult. You just
need to think like a professional.


1.How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?


2.How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?


3.The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except
one. Which animal does not attend?


4.There is a river filled with crocodiles. How do you cross it?


SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWERS. 


Answers

1.Open the refrigerator put in the giraffe and closes the door. This question
tests whether or not you are doing simple things in a complicated way.


2.Open the refrigerator remove the giraffe and put in the elephant and close
the door. This question tests your foresight.


3.The elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator! This tests if you are capable of comprehensive thinking. Okay, if you did not answer the last three questions correctly, this one may be your last chance to test your qualifications to be a professional.


4.Simply swim through it. All the crocodiles are attending the animal meeting!
This question tests your reasoning ability. If you answered four out of four questions correctly, you are a trueprofessional.  Wealth and success await you. If you answered three out of fouryou have some catching up to do but there's hope for you. If you answered twoout of four, consider a career as a hamburger flipper in a fast food joint. If you answered one out of four, try selling some of your organs. It's the only way you will ever make any money. If you answered none correctly, consider a careerthat does not require any higher mental functions at all, such as law or politics.

 

Advertising Campaigns Gone Bad


1. The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" promptedthem to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention theSpanish translation read "Are you lactating?"

2. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish, where it was read as
"Suffer from diarrhea".


3. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an
American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux".


4. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to
find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the
manure stick".


5. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned
that in
Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside,
since many people can't read.


6. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a
notorious porno magazine.


7. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market
which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el Papa), the
shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa).


10. Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "it takes a strong man to make a tender
chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a
chicken affectionate".


11. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposedto have read, "it won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you". Instead, thecompany thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant".

Sign of The Times


In a New Hampshire jewelry store: Ears pierced while you wait.

In a
New York restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses uncivil ought to
see the manager.


In a
Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday.


On a movie theater: Children's matinee today. Adults not admitted unless with
child.


In a
Florida maternity ward: No children allowed.


In the offices of a loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home.


In a toy department: Five Santa Clauses, no waiting.


On a
Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices
and workmanship.


On military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel.


On a display of "You're my one and only" valentine cards: Now available in
multi-packs.


In an appliance store window: Don't kill your wife. Let ourwashing machines do the dirty work.

In a funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan.

In a clothing store: Bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks.


In a men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits -- $100.00 they won't last an
hour!


On an
Indiana shopping mall marquee: Archery tournament. Ears pierced.


In downtown
Boston: Callahan Tunnel/No End.


In the window of a general store: Why go elsewhere and be cheated when you cancome right here?


In a
Maine restaurant: Open 7 days a week and weekends.


In a
New Jersey restaurant: Open 11AM to 11PM Midnight.


On a radiator repair garage: Best place to take a leak.


On a movie marquee: Now playing ADAM AND EVE with a cast of thousands!


In the vestry of a
New England church: Will the last person to leave please
see that the perpetual light is extinguished.


In a
Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from
any but their own graves.


On a roller coaster: Watch your head.


On the grounds of a private school: No trespassing without permission.


In a library: Blotter paper will no longer be available until the public stops taking it away.


On a
Tennessee highway: Take notice, when this sign is under water, this road
is impassable.


In front of a
New Hampshire car wash: If you can't read this, it's time to
wash your car.


At a
Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass
container.


On a long-established
New Mexico dry cleaners: 38 years on the same spot.