Southerly: Now I Am Permitted
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Shit almighty. Listening and watching this skit should hit some EQC nerves.
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And did anyone choke on their breakfast listening to the story of Mr Fixit talking on his appointment to the CCC as the Consents Fixit Guru??
"He will improve morale and increase productivity" I think the line was on RNZ this morning.
Reminded me of the old rowing team PP slideshow.
http://www.slideshare.net/apanitsch/the-management-rowing-race
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David Haywood, in reply to
Don’t you mean “going forward,” Ross?
Mea culpa, you are quite right! It should be “going”. Not “moving” as I incorrectly stated in the original post (now fixed). The eagle-eyed Conrad Heine has also pulled me up on this via email.
Oh dear, this really should have been obvious to me. “Moving” implies actual movement. “Going” only implies the intent to move at some point in the future (prior to the eventual heat-death of the Universe), while still allowing for possibility of zero velocity at any time up until then.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Also important. We never have discussions about a topic. They must always be around it. Eg, we're having a lot of discussions around rising poverty these days.
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Tim Michie, in reply to
And we're across the issue. Optionally including, but not limited to, via live cross of the statement on the issue issued.
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linger, in reply to
across the issue
Or in extreme form, all over an issue.
Both, in practice, are quite compatible with coverage that still lacks any relevant context, and which may even smother any genuine signs of progress or dialogue. -
And we’re across the issue
I've always been confused by the imagery of that phrase. Road? River? Bridge? Mountain?
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Road? River? Bridge? Mountain?
No, its a cross! Do we have closure? :)
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Stewart, in reply to
So...it's a cross that is also a gate?
Reminding me of the one about the Catholic god who is The One God, but is also, at the same time, 3 gods and, at times, a biscuit.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Do we have closure? :)
Only if I'm a stakeholder!
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Sigh......
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
And we’re across the issue
I’ve always been confused by the imagery of that phrase
I've always imagined a group of while middle aged men in suits spawled over a boardroom table covered in documents. Somewhat like a centrefold pose but less pleasant.
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Hebe, in reply to
Across the issue after having drilled down to optimise the stakeholder engagement paradigm.
Gak. I envy David his pavers after this mis-engagement of KPIs.
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Hebe, in reply to
Like Winnie the pup across the issue of dinner but not cute? (Repost)
Now about that house at Dunsandel….
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Tim Michie, in reply to
Dogs get an automatic pass for being a cross, yes?
Also, good use of newspaper advertising...
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David Haywood, in reply to
Sigh…
Oh, that cartoon is painful. It reminds me of every meeting that I attended at a certain organization.
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Sacha, in reply to
spawled
plankers
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linger, in reply to
It would have been contemporary, too. I think. The resolution (and/or my failing eyesight) is too bad for me to read the exact date on the cartoon, but it is certainly before 2009. 2001? 2004? 2007? I can’t tell. Curse the brown spots in my only working fovea...
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ChrisW, in reply to
2009. 2001? 2004? 2007?
Accurate like a Ken Ring weather 'forecast'.
My one and a half-pai working foveas can each see 2005, also a 1 for January, so near enough your central estimate. -
Dilbert Cartoon Jan 8, 2005.
Dilbert.com is great these days. You can search for words in the cartoon!!! Saves months of work!!
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Fooman, in reply to
Have had this on my pinboard since it came out 8 years ago…(thanks Ross!)
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Hebe, in reply to
Core competencies: I forgot about that.
Huge invoice: I can do that.Those cartoons make me howl with laughter while referencing the full and frank Anglo-Saxon disclosure regime.
I reserve a special loathing for the condescending "change manager" . Means axe murderer with a styley haircut.
Russell, Instead of hijacking this worthy thread, could we have our own weasel-speak corner?
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Sacha, in reply to
but weasel is such a core part of the whole post-#eqnz experience, it seems
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Hebe, in reply to
Weaselling goes beyond Christchurch to the core of managerialism. Flash words and filthy results. I blame the ubiquitous MBA.
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Kia ora David.
Sublime as usual, even when slime figures large - yurk. As for badgers, a little known fact there: dachshunds were used for chasing same, so perhaps there was one in hot pursuit of them critters that did for Emma's garage door? A sausage dog did it.
Stranger things have happened. Enjoy the summer in Norway, it's brief, I hear.
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