Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:47:11 -0500, Gene Kearns penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....

Ok.... I don't know what the hell is happening, but any subject
containing more than a few "dots" is getting deleted....

anybody that has a clue will be pleasantly received.....


Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:47:11 -0500, Gene Kearns penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....

Ok.... I don't know what the hell is happening, but any subject
containing more than a few "dots" is getting deleted....

anybody that has a clue will be pleasantly received.....


Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.


That is PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.


From the new words of 2007 dictionary.

TESTICULATING
Waving your arms around and talking ********.

BLAMESTORMING.
Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project
failed, and who was responsible.

SEAGULL MANAGER
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then
leaves.

ASSMOSIS.
The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by
sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.

SALMON DAY.
The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get
screwed and die.

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. (This also applies to
applause for a promotion because there may be cake.)

SITCOMs.
Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What yuppies turn into
when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the
kids or start a "home business".

SINBAD.
Single working girls. Single income, no boyfriend and desperate.

STRESS PUPPY.
A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.
The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to
work again.

ADMINISPHERE.
The rarefied organisational layers beginning just above the rank and file.
Decisions that fall from the "adminisphere" are often profoundly
inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
This is often affiliated with the dreaded "administrivia" ââ'¬" needless
paperwork and processes.

404.
Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error message "404 Not
Found," meaning that the requested document could not be located.

OHNOSECOND.
That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a
BIG mistake (e.g. you've hit 'reply all')

AEROPLANE BLONDE.
One who has bleached/dyed her hair but still has a 'black box'.

BEER COAT.
The invisible but warm coat worn when walking home after a booze cruise at
3am.

BEER COMPASS.
The invisible device that ensures your safe arrival home after booze cruise,
even though you're too drunk to remember where you live, how you got here,
and where you've come from.

BRITNEY SPEARS.
Modern Slang for 'beers', e.g. "Couple of Britney's please"

GREYHOUND.
A very short skirt, only an inch from the hare.

JOHNNY-NO-STARS.
A young man of substandard intelligence, the typical adolescent who works in
a burger restaurant. The 'no-stars' comes from the badges displaying stars
that staff at fast-food restaurants often wear to show their level of
training.

MILLENNIUM DOMES.
The contents of a Wonderbra, i.e. extremely impressive when viewed from the
outside, but there's actually naught in there worth seeing.

MONKEY BATH.
A bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo!Oo!Oo!
Aa!Aa!Aa!".

MYSTERY BUS.
The bus that arrives at the pub on Friday night while you're in the toilet
after your 10th pint, and whisks away all the unattractive people so the pub
is suddenly packed with stunners when you come back in.

MYSTERY TAXI.
The taxi that arrives at your place on Saturday morning before you wake up,
whisks away the stunner you slept with, and leaves a 10-Pinter in your bed
instead.

PEARLHARBOUR.
Cold (weather). An example of it would be - "It's a bit Pearl Harbor" out
there (there's a nasty nip in the air)

PICASSO BUM.
A woman whose knickers are too small for her, so she looks like she's got
four buttocks
SALAD DODGER.
An excellent phrase for an overweight person

TART FUEL.
Bottled premixed spirits, regularly consumed by young women

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00:10 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Cute! Thanks, Bill. The wife will be passing it around her office. It seems
especially appropriate for a 'government' office. :)

Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:47:11 -0500, Gene Kearns penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....
Ok.... I don't know what the hell is happening, but any subject
containing more than a few "dots" is getting deleted....

anybody that has a clue will be pleasantly received.....

Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.


That is PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.

http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/cat...ercussion.html

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:12:55 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
. ..
Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:47:11 -0500, Gene Kearns penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

... at least as a subject line. It's driving my anti-virus software
nuts.... and you get deleted without any chance of being read....
Ok.... I don't know what the hell is happening, but any subject
containing more than a few "dots" is getting deleted....

anybody that has a clue will be pleasantly received.....

Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.


That is PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.

http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/cat...ercussion.html


I needed that rendition of the Anvil Chorus to get me up and about this
morning!

JohnH wrote:
....

Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.

That is PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.
http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/cat...ercussion.html


I needed that rendition of the Anvil Chorus to get me up and about this
morning!

I hope you followed along using the hammer on your computer.

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:37:16 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

JohnH wrote:
...

Take a hammer and tap your computer on the left side, if that doesn't
work, get a bigger hammer.

That is PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.
http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/cat...ercussion.html


I needed that rendition of the Anvil Chorus to get me up and about this
morning!

I hope you followed along using the hammer on your computer.

Well, no. But the cat is wishing he wasn't in my lap at the time.