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Category: Humour

Something funny or a humorous perspective on some topic or thing.

  • When your Microwave turns on you…

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    I have what I believe is a good relationship with my microwave. I put food into it, press a few buttons, it cooks it and when done it chimes and displays a friendly message “enjoy your meal.” Quite pleasant. It creates a sort of man-machine bond, but only to the extent that we each know…

  • In search of excellence

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    There is a tendency of the human species to analyze to the finest level of detail. Just watch a golf game on TV and you will see numerous replays of the professional’s golf swing with the identification of and commentary on each nuance. No doubt this tendency is a result of evolution; our forefathers that…

  • Lost Positives

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    Many years ago, I bumped into the lost positive. Definition: [Lost Positives] are English coinages made by cutting off the negative prefixes of familiar words. Some of these clipped coinages may indeed once have existed but now may be obsolete; nevertheless, James Thurber’s gruntled, words such as sheveled and kempt, and dozens of other such…

  • When confusion reigns

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    When confusion reigns

    Harvey Balls; speak to anyone involved in developing strategic plans and they will know what you mean. Those familiar little circles, filled to some level of completion representing the degree of completeness. So simple; so meaningful; so useful; a highly consumable form of communication. Yet, they were not invented by Harvey Ball. Harvey Ball, retired…

  • Writing Style

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    In an entry, Rules to Live By, the Economist.com provided the following guides for writing academic papers. I note this as it bears some relationship to my recent post on the presentation styles I observed in conferences: Never use one word where eight will do; even better if you can stick a few dependant clauses…