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    [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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      [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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      Nishant S wrote: 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09 ROTFLMAO!

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        [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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        26. You replied to this post with the abreviation "ROTFLMAO", even though you didn't roll and no longer laugh in any sort of healthy manner in real life.

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          [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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          Nishant S wrote: This might be a repost It sure is - but who cares? ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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            Nishant S wrote: 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09 ROTFLMAO!

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            Shog9 wrote: ROTFLMAO! exactly my thoughts.

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              Shog9 wrote: ROTFLMAO! exactly my thoughts.

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              42. When people start saying "Exactly my thoughts" to acronyms.

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                [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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                  [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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                  26 - You don't realise this is a repost ;P The tigress is here :-D

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                    [I got this by email. This might be a repost] 01.You accidentally enter your password on the microwave. 02.You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 03.You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 04.You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you. 05.Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses. 06.When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner. 07.When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally insert a "0" to get an outside line. 08.You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies. 10.Your CV is on a disk in your pocket. 11.You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news. 12.Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes. 13.Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job. 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. 15.Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries annual budgets combined. 16.Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience,terminate the interview when told of the starting salary. 17.Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet. 18.Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all of the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up. 19.Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital. 20.There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy. 21.Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers". AND THE CLINCHERS ARE... 22.You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling. 23.As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends". 24.You got this email from a friend that never talks to you anymore, except to send you jokes from the net. 25.AND YOU WERE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO NUMBER 09

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                    Nishant S wrote: 14.Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get long service awards. that really sucks. especially when they get 1.5x time and do 0.50x work! :mad: - Nitron

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                      26 - You don't realise this is a repost ;P The tigress is here :-D

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                      Trollslayer wrote: 26 - You don't realise this is a repost *sigh* You women! I put this text in BOLD on top, yet... " [I got this by email. This might be a repost] " Ah well. Women won't change. Socrates and Tolstoy tried, so what can Humble Nish do. Nish

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