This need to be an audible. In fact, I demand an Audible because the voices in my head are limiting my experience of (others) in the world. I’ll be back later for a wry comment.
Look, I'm going to chuck this message in here. 'Wimps' will have to go behind a paywall in the near future. It's only polite to give you fair warning. Substack is a bit restrictive in the price floor I'm allowed to start at so it may cost as much as 50p. I'll see what I can do.
In my early days of employment, my contemporaries were always alert for the phrase which could be misinterpreted. It taught you to pause and reconsider what you were going to say.
The large, open-plan office was reduced to tears when the clerk went into the boss's cubicle to complain loudly about her workload: "I can't get on top of it all, Mr Barnes."
I had a 2014 Ford and whenever I tried to enter a SatNav destination and say "city" it thought I said "CD" and began playing music.
It is a crime against humanity that Roger's Profanisaurus and the brilliant Harrap's "Pardon My French" are out-of-print and unavailable as eBooks.
My autocorrect learned many years ago that I rarely meant to type duck (or ruck.for that matter as Mr Dick once mimed).
As for AI turning out meeting summaries that are "irrelevantly reorganised bollocks" , seems to me that it's been perfectly trained!
This need to be an audible. In fact, I demand an Audible because the voices in my head are limiting my experience of (others) in the world. I’ll be back later for a wry comment.
. . . come for the snark, stay for the cool music recommendations
Look, I'm going to chuck this message in here. 'Wimps' will have to go behind a paywall in the near future. It's only polite to give you fair warning. Substack is a bit restrictive in the price floor I'm allowed to start at so it may cost as much as 50p. I'll see what I can do.
Cuff the carrot?
Bash the Bishop?
Pummel the Python?
Pull the goalie?
In my early days of employment, my contemporaries were always alert for the phrase which could be misinterpreted. It taught you to pause and reconsider what you were going to say.
The large, open-plan office was reduced to tears when the clerk went into the boss's cubicle to complain loudly about her workload: "I can't get on top of it all, Mr Barnes."