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Two possible expiations I can think of a) it's an old family company that has used the slogan since Brunel's day
b) they came up with it in a pub at the end of a pub crawl... 
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Did they erect Brunels hat too?
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Interesting that they can get away with it. It might rub some people the wrong way.
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I have a reply to that but nsfw
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Actually - it would seem to be a very considerate slogan, designed to avoid the depression associated with some body types (and the chuckles they've endured?).
At least in the spirit of "Everyone's Special" and "I'm OK, you're OK"
Do you actually believe (or want to believe) . . . ?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Hi All,
Regulars will know of my employment troubles at the moment so I'm looking...<<yosser mode="">> Electronics, I can do that, gissa a job <> (I wonder if anyone gets that?..) I was recommended the Dice web site by some US members, being in merry old England (the commute would be a *****) it wasn't much use. I have found that the Dice site has a UK version www.theitjobsboard.co.uk which is owned by DHX or Dice Holdings...
So some Dice! 
Glenn
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glennPattonPUB wrote: (I wonder if anyone gets that?..)
Jar jar ? Star wars ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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No!, but then you might not have seen the Ch.4 series it was from not being a UKian 
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Ah, the young gentlemen from the dark side.
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Not that young as I remember, but he seemed to have a Stuff of Blackness... 
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Ah, but they were just boys.
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For us UK'ian's the Yosser mode was a big clue. (Those of us above a certain age).
Whatever happened to quality drama like that?
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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I am afraid I only really know it from repeats, I am a little too young to have seen it/understood it when it was first shown (82-83ish?)
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Yosser Hughes [^]- the story didn't end well if I recall correctly (but then, this was the 1980s - there were no happy endings)
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That's the dude...  !
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In the 1980s we (Brits) killed Northern lads' pet kestrels and condemned them to losing contact with their children through unemployment.
In the 1990s we coped with the recession by stripping off.
Then in the 2000s we gave old people brass bands and allowed young chaps from a mining town to become ballet dancers.
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Why is the UK such a happy place? I will never know, also how did a Generals breakfast become connected to strippers (just kidding)
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: we gave old people brass bands
Talking of which, I saw Tara Fitzgerald [^]on Game of Thrones. Time has not been kind.
Its a sad sign that the ladies I used to find mildy photogenic are now becoming aged munters. 
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Dalek Dave holds the entire contents of Wikipedia in his head.
Dalek Dave is from Skaro.
Dalek Dave is actually a stunt pilot. He just says he's an accountant for the groupies.
Dalek Dave is a dangling modifier.
Dalek Dave once printed out a Lotus 123 spreadsheet to colour in the cells.
Dalek Dave has never lunched with Ian Botham.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Dalek Dave is actually an accoutant. He just says he's a stripper in a gay club for not being mocked at
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Dalek Dave wouldn't go.
Dalek Dave squeezes only the finest choice Mediterranean octopi to fill his ink cartridges.
Annie Lennox copied Dalek Dave's hair style so she'll always remember that special night.
Dalek Dave's campaign platform is a 286 with MS-DOS 4. His slogan is "Let's get back to (Q) BASIC principles".
Dalek Dave lost his first fortune when he invested heavily in the British space program after confusing "Moonraker" with a promotional video.
Dalek Dave covets Stephen Hawking's wheel chair, but would add a cool bumpy housing, plunger, and other assorted household items.
Dalek Dave would rather have a bottle in front of him.
Dalek Dave still fervently denies attending Wand Erection's special performance in his honor.
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I have just discovered the acronym MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and the concept which spawned it.
I had a 12 hour episodic attack of NERDS GONE WILD !!![^]
It might have lasted 24 hours for all I know.
One thing I do know is that my hard drive now has several dozen gigabytes of video files which will easily keep me occupied for weeks, months, and quite possibly for another year.
With such good luck on finding a course that I've been wanting for years (for free, by a learned lecturer, from a well known university) I set out to find other MOOCs that would transform me into a genius (and, of course, the hottest commodity in the job market) for free.
I turned to the wisdom of the internet; specifically the search engines; and hit the SEO wall.
(SEO is an acronym for "Super-Egregious Obfuscation", a process by which the internet becomes useless)
So, now I know...
-- Good stuff is out there
-- It is being given away for free
-- SEO totally hides it from me
So once again we see economics and various business models which ruin the beneficial economics of a highly beneficial business model.
So,,,,,
Question 1: How do I really go about searching for other meaningful courses while they are still out there and still free ?
Question 2: Where do I find a psychotherapist who is experienced with cases of Nerds Gone Wild !!! if I am successful at finding my cornucopia of endlessly flowing knowledge which is clearly explained ?
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Welcome to the MOOC club. MIT courses are usually great, TED talks are also good resources.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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