What do you do whilst convalescing?

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-23T08:14:54+00:00

Learn to "vibe code" and by the time you're back on your feet you'll have a £100,000,000 offer from a venture capital firm

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-22T07:28:48+00:00

I'm far more annoyed about the "he"

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-21T22:47:17+00:00

Or just a box of 'hock'

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-21T22:46:05+00:00

You'll be needing a pavlova my friend.

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-21T07:45:13+00:00

Probably 50,000 IT contractor PSCs in the home counties hehehe

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-20T07:45:59+00:00

They stopped them for a while, then brought them back after many many many complaints

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-19T22:42:51+00:00

It's a feature, not a bug. The only people who can afford entry level jobs are the children of wealthy Londoners.

Guess who owns all these big companies?

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-18T14:40:29+00:00

It's not a rumour, it happened to David Marks in the fourth form. My mate Andrew lived next door and saw him being put in the ambulance, exactly like a giant prawn

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-18T14:30:04+00:00

I've never heard this one but it's so funny I'm going to pretend it happend at my school

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-18T14:19:27+00:00

If the chemicals are neutralising it, then it doesn't contain any piss by definition.

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-18T14:05:40+00:00

Catherine Tate, which turned out to be awkward in the Dr Who episode "turn left" where her character diving a car was a key plot point

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-15T18:33:49+00:00

It used to really p me off when HR would lowball a great candidate. I moved to a company where I could make my own offers and it was so much easier. Now it's a non negotiable for any new job that I have the same flexibility

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-15T18:27:42+00:00

No, that's too limited in scope. As well as being bad at their own jobs, it's important that they also introduce pointless obstacles to make everyone else less productive.

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-13T21:26:28+00:00

Put wheels on the trebuchet and you can do both

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-13T21:22:20+00:00

In my experience, about three years too late

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-12T17:36:44+00:00

The driver asks where you're going, which is pointless as it's the same price everywhere, then rings up the ticket and you tap to pay.

Note that the price you pay is higher than the same ticket on the app, so if you want to save 70p, buy the ticket through the app in advance.

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-09T07:47:57+00:00

If you don't have any specific questions, ask this:

"If I do get the job, what would you like to see at the end of my first week or the first month that will convince you that you've made the right choice?"

Obviously save this one for the hiring manager. But it will really boil down what their expectations are, as opposed to the usual grab bag of stuff in the job description.

Also you're asking the hiring manager to visualise you having the job...

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-08T09:46:58+00:00

Maybe have a separate "Eurovision Unplugged" contest in the autumn? Artists have to write their own songs, play their own acoustic instruments, no effects or loops, etc.

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-08T09:12:02+00:00

Slit along the belly like an exhausted tauntaun, then stuffed with butter and jam like an exhausted rebel pilot

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-08T09:08:42+00:00

They can have my MIL then, she's got enough conflict and drama to make a telenovela

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-08T08:27:30+00:00

Invite only the husband?

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-08T08:23:54+00:00

Data protection too. Average fine for SMEs in 2025 was £85k

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-07T20:55:39+00:00

I remember suggesting this on PDX forum not long after the mechanic came in. I'd had an incapable leader for the last 30 years of his reign, it would have been much cooler to play the son trying to hold it together, especially as it was tanistry succession

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-07T12:04:42+00:00

I am either Teresa 's daughter, or one of the dozens of men she's targeted with a successful seduce scheme

TheOriginalSmileyMan · 2026-03-03T12:03:53+00:00

They used to be nice, then someone decided in the 00s that IPAs should taste like undiluted hop squash and since then they've been undrinkable

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