When I was in banking in the UK, written contracts had to have affixed a revenue stamp based on the value of the contract, which we bought from the local Post Office. A favourite trick on new junior clerks was to send them to the P O for a 'stamp on a verbal agreement'. We had a deal with the clerks there that when our junior appeared and asked for one, the clerk would search through his/her till, shake their head regretfully and say, "Sorry, we're out of those, you'll have to go to Mile End post office." That, of course, was when the now concerned junior came back to the bank to ask for fares to get to the post office: to the amusement of the assembled staff, who would then ask him to what he was going to stick the stamp. It was usually then that realisation dawned...
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 8:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO- Gold 2010/5/10 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > From: Jeffery Smith >> >> I feel like you are Dilbert and I am the pointy haired boss. Shall I >> play along? "We need to get one of those new tele to wide angle >> lenses". > > My manager when I was at HAL ... > > http://adsg.syix.com/linda/tokenring.htm ROFLMAO that is excellent... kinda reminds me of the prank terms used on trainees/newbies in Germany who are asked to get certain items from another department or from a shop somewhere such as: - for construction jobs: "Siemens Lufthaken" a special air hook to hold things (in the air of course), - for mechanics: "Kolbenrückholfeder" the piston retractor spring/coil needed in one cylinder engines, - for nurses and doctor's assistants: "Rahmen für das Blutbild" a pun on "bild" meaning picture/image: the frame for the blood count, - for surgical nurses: "Rückenmarksverlängerer" the spinal cord extension/extender, and of course noone knows what they're talking about or they get sent elsewhere or pranked some more... I wonder if there are equivalents to that in other countries - your turn now! Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
