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Weird words from the world of work

Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:57 pm
by sluggo
Heard today in a financial manager's convention:

"This is my son (introduces son). He was an English major, but then he switched to business!"
This was answered with ...applause.

I got out of there fast.... :?

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:01 pm
by Bailey
What strange goings-on you have there in Thitherstyx Master Slugger.

I hope they were illuminated by your absence, er [insert wry smile here]
mark sorry-went-for-the-joke, no-ad-hominem-intended 8) Bailey

Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:25 pm
by sluggo
Actually I'm in Texas, but in a hotel full of conventioneers it could be anywhere. Except the thitherstyx.

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:51 pm
by Perry
Try to avoid returning home with a pinstripe suit.

Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 8:00 pm
by Bailey
or without it....
mb

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:44 am
by sluggo
Try to avoid returning home with a pinstripe suit.
Mayhap ah wuz in Texas too dang long. Ah don't git it. :?:

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 2:38 pm
by Perry
Pin striped suits were classic banker's attire. And you were mingling with financial managers.

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:51 pm
by sluggo
Pin striped suits were classic banker's attire. And you were mingling with financial managers.
Oh. And all I could think of was baseball.
Youse guys must be ooooooooooooold.... :twisted:

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:45 pm
by Bailey
Ah, well, please don't include the chimp in the "guys"

mb

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:47 pm
by sluggo
Ah, well, please don't include the chimp in the "guys"

mb
Only in the good sense :)

Actually that pinstripe suit image -going by old movies of course- brings to mind not bankers but gangsters. But Perry already said that.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:58 pm
by Bailey
Chimps never wear white ties, with or without the Dimple.
But if I leave the house with a pinstriped suit, I try to wear it home, no matter how hirsute I am.
hirsuite
mb

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:40 pm
by Perry
I'm 54 years young, if you must know.