I have a story from my workplace I think encapsulates an awful lot of what is so crazy about the modern business world. It involves computers and automatic updating processes and the vast potential that exists for things to go sadly and sometimes hilariously wrong, despite our best intentions.
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To Whom it June Concern
October 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · American Humor, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Construction, Construction Humor, Crossed Wires, Cute, Economic Humor, Economics, Entertainment, Farce, Funny Construction, Funny Economy, Funny Office, Funny Technology, Funny Workplace, Lifestyle, Puns, Screwball, Slice of Life, Surprise Twists, Technology Advances, Twisted, Whimsy, Witty
Tags:escalation contract·funny COLA story·funny construction costs story·funny crossed wires story·funny high-tech story·funny key-punching story·funny modern business world story·funny office blunder story·funny office snafu·funny office story·funny screw-ups·ridiculous office mistake story·search and replace function·To Whom it May Concern
What’s Happened to Jokes Isn’t Funny
August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on What’s Happened to Jokes Isn’t Funny · Celebrities, Economic Humor, Economics, Entertainment, General Humor, Jokes, Lifestyle, Public Speaking
A good joke is a thing of beauty. Furthermore, shorter is often better than longer. For example, did you hear about the couple who met while bungee jumping? They got married on the rebound. Yes? No? Maybe?
Tags:Adam Smith·comedy·funny·humor·Jerry Seinfeld·joke·Martin Lawrence·politically incorrect·Ray Romano·situation comedies·Wealth of Nations
Ode to an Audience (Part 3 of 3)
August 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Ode to an Audience (Part 3 of 3) · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cop Humor, Crossed Wires, Economic Humor, Economics, Family Humor, Farce, Funny Banter, Funny Dialogue Story, Funny Embarrassment, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Offbeat, Public Speaking, Romp, Screwball, Zany
So far, I’ve spent time with the police, then time with the emergency task force and now I can’t find anybody to listen to what I have to say. Picking up from where I left off yesterday:
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Ode to an Audience (Part 2 of 3)
August 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Ode to an Audience (Part 2 of 3) · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cop Humor, Crossed Wires, Drama, Economic Humor, Economics, Entertainment, Farce, Funny Banter, Funny Dialogue Story, Funny Embarrassment, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Offbeat, Public Speaking, Romp, Screwball, Zany
This story picks up from yesterday when I started to describe one particularly strange day I had last fall while scheduled to make a public presentation. At this point, I’ve just said my good-byes to the police.
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Ode to an Audience (Part 1 of 3)
August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · American Humor, Amusing, British Comedy, British Humour, Canada Humor, Cop Humor, Crossed Wires, Economic Humor, Economics, Farce, Funny Banter, Funny Dialogue Story, Funny Embarrassment, Funny Workplace, Human Nature, Jokes, Lifestyle, Offbeat, Public Speaking, Romp, Screwball, Zany
I do a lot of public speaking and let me tell you how much I appreciate having an audience. All of what I’m about to relate really happened.
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Doing the Economics Tango
July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Doing the Economics Tango · Celebrities, Economic Humor, Economics, General Humor, Lifestyle
What I like about the study of economics is that literally everything is of interest and has an impact. Religion, politics, science, medicine, the weather and social factors are all grist for the economist’s mill.
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Coppering the Fleet
April 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Coppering the Fleet · Economics, Entertainment, General Interest, History, Lifestyle, Technology Advances
Faced with the rapid changes brought about by computers and the Internet, one can easily be fooled into thinking that leaps in technology are something new in the course of human events. In actual fact, there have been similar seismic shifts throughout history. These have often come in the area of military advances, to gain […]
Tags:Agincourt·Arthur Herman·British navy·Crecy·Genghis Khan·Lord Sandwich·Poitiers·seismic shifts
Deuteronomy No Longer Describes Canada’s Place in the World
April 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Deuteronomy No Longer Describes Canada’s Place in the World · Canada Humor, Construction Humor, Economic Humor, Economics, General Humor, General Interest, History, Political Humor
Looking for a “big gulp” experience? Fill up your gas guzzler. With gasoline at $1.20 per litre in Canada, it can bring a lump to your throat and tears to your eyes. Yesterday, the Bank of Canada concluded that the Canadian economy is facing a difficult time over the next two years. In an […]
Tags:Alberta Tar Sands·Book of Deuteronomy·Book of Johua·drawers of water·hewers of wood·petro-currency·SAGD
Playing Chess in Three Dimensions
March 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Playing Chess in Three Dimensions · Economic Humor, Economics, General Humor, General Interest, Lifestyle, Sports and Recreation
There is a new fact of life that we have to deal with in the U.S. and Canada. That new reality is high world commodity prices. These are having a tremendous impact on costs and pricing, resource investment and currency values.
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Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs
February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Phrase of the Day: Green Collar Jobs · Construction, Construction Humor, Economics, Lifestyle
You’ve heard the terms blue collar jobs and white collar jobs. Now, somebody has coined the phrase “green collar jobs”. I wish I’d thought of it. This is in relation to employment on projects that have an energy-saving and/or public safety component. It also includes jobs servicing those projects or making parts for them.
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