more coffee related stuff

i feel for you john. your post reminded me of an interesting point: if you get to coffee at about 11am, just before the 1103 rush, then you'll get a mug of coffee/tea. when all the mugs are gone, then you get a cup and saucer. these recepticles are supposedly the same volume, and indeed i could believe that (they're the same price at any rate). however, if you ask for a small tea/coffee, i think you still get a cup+saucer. how does that work?

jim's desk - an insight to 311

likewise, this is jim's desk in 311

john's desk - an insight to 311

this is john's desk in room 311

misleading slogans

just heard a good quote on radio 2 regarding misleading advertising slogans (not unrelated to our recent adverts debate). the dispute was over Calgon's "Washing machines live longer with Calgon". someone phoned in and said that washing machines were NOT living creatures, ergo they cannot 'live' longer than anything."

a good point, well made.

note on the bee

note how the bee seems to be trying to escape from 311. poor, misguided bee. it could have had a good home here.

beelog

ok, ok. i'll advertise it: http://honey-beelog.blogspot.com

'enjoy'

bee jokes

jim2, for some reason we haven't been able to fathom out, wants to start up some sort of bee farm. it reminded me of some all time classic bee jokes:

bee joke 1:

A: i got stung by a bee the other day
B: really?
A: yeah, £20 for a jar of honey

bee joke 2

(man goes into a petshop)
man: i'd like to buy one of your bees please.
pet shop owner (confused): er, we don't sell bees, this is a traditional pet shop. we sell goldfish, hamsters, gerbils and the like.
man: i'd still like one of your bees. how much are they?
petshop owner (annoyed): look mate, i don't know what sort of game you're up to, but we don't sell bees!
man: well, you've got one in your window.

how embarrassing

just made a bit of a prat of myself. i had reclined the back of my seat to lean back a while ago, but forgot. just leant back and damned near fell off the blasted chair!

the worst thing? our office faces all the windows on the ICC. don't think anyone was watching, but i recovered well just in case.

note to self -- don't recline chair.

dispair

dispair! my mac is beginning to show the wear and tear that i have for so long tried to suppress. they are simple and minor defects, but (to me) are as obvious as a fly in ointment. (a) i have broken one of the fold-away brackets on the power cord -- probably fixable but will never be the same again. it means that i cant wind up the cord the way i used to. (b) where i rest my wrists on the front, i can see bits of the silvering starting to come away in a kind of dirty-mottled effect.

recently my x11 has been crashing a lot. don't know what the cause of it is.

new one

girl from mars by ash