Friday, December 16, 2005

Stuff

We're sitting around at lunch when GH blurts out that he had a great time with his wife last night because he gave her a diamond ring. Not sure why he chose to share this with us but...

GH: "I gave my wife a diamond ring last night. I had all my sexual fantasies fulfilled in one evening."

AH looks a little shell-shocked before saying. "I like getting jewellery from my husband but it wouldn't make me do.......stuff."

Friday, November 04, 2005

Smokin'

It was the birthday of one of my close colleagues today so a few of us went out for a pint or two a lunch time. As we were sitting around the table the conversation got on to the current political debate about banning smoking in public places.

No one at the table smokes now but most of us used to, except for TS.

"I used to smoke 60 a day," said SR.

"I started on those little 'Tom Thumb' cigars when I was 14 but I haven't smoked for ages now." I said.

NR chimed in with "I used to smoke a pipe."

...and so it went on until TS, who looked thoughtful for a few seconds says, "So, you ALL used to smoke, I've never smoked in my life but I'm the only one who's had fucking cancer."

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Fancy a curry?

AH: "Are you feeling better from last week?"

SR: "Yes, thanks."

AH: "What was wrong anyway? A cold?"

SR: "No, I had an anal fistula that needed draining."

AH: "..."

Snack attack

TS: "Let's have some of your healthy food?"

DB: "Sure, help yourself."

TS: "Hmm, actually, I'm not so sure. With your personal hygiene I may catch something by putting your nuts in my mouth."

My kind of meeting

At a meeting about databases n' stuff like that between NR and 3 female colleagues.

AH: "So how would we manage to include that feature?"

NR: "Maybe we could use a strap-on."

Monday, June 13, 2005

Hey there

TS walks into a pub, after a few beers at the staff bar. He wasn't that drunk but tripped over his own feet anyway.

He pirouettes to the bar, slips along it spinning all the way before coming to a stop next to a group of women. He's facing away from the bar with both his elbows leaning on the counter, looking for all the world like he'd planned that little acrobatic entrance to get everyone's attention.


TS: To the surprised woman standing next to him. "What's your name girly-girl?"

Way to go Fonzie.

Conversation killer

ZB, a South African contractor, and TS were talking to a couple of Australian girls they'd bumped into at the pub. Things were going really well until:

ZB: Very casually. "So, do you two girls use double-ended dildos or what?"

TS gave up and walked away but ZB stuck it out for another hour.

What does that mean?

This happened about 10 years ago.
At the time MK was a woman of about 60 and weighed about 22 stone (300 pounds.


MK: To the whole office one Monday morning. "I had a 'phone call last night. I didn't recognise the voice but he said: 'Do you like anal sex?'. Well, I didn't know what he meant so I asked him to explain. It was very rude but I learned three new words for penis."

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Shameless

ML: Makes a quick call on his mobile. "Hi, its me. I just thought we'd go gruuunt through the **** project stuff briefly. Can you give me hrugnh a quick rundown? I just wanted grummph to make sure...... blah blah blah."

I was in the toilet cubicle next door. Surely no one is *that* busy?

Monday, June 06, 2005

Fruity

SR keeps a big bowl of fresh fruit near his desk.

JH: "Oooh, look at all that fruit."

SR: "You're welcome to some if you want, put one of my plums in your mouth."

Friday, June 03, 2005

What a relief

SA: "We will have a contractor in the office for the next two weeks. He will be relieving GE".

ALL: Laughter

SA: Trying to rescue the situation "I should actually say he will be backfilling GE."

ALL: Hysterical laughter

GE: "I do not want to be relieved or backfilled!"

Thursday, May 26, 2005

You have mail

Postroom: "Hello, we've got a large package for you."

AH: "OK, I'll come and get it. Whereabouts are you?"

Postroom: "The Postroom's in the other building, at the back of the building near Security."

AH: "Is it really big?"

Postroom: "The Postroom?"

AH: "Er, no...I meant the package."

Thursday, May 19, 2005

No e-mail

JW:"Hello, helpdesk? When I was in Tanzania last week my Blackberry wouldn't work. I couldn't get to any e-mails."

Helpdesk:"The Blackberry devices rely on GPRS signals to send and receive e-mails. These only really work in the more built up areas of developed countries. Tanzania probably doesn't have a network that can support this for you. Infact even in the more rural areas of the UK it wouldn't work."

JW:"Well that's no good to me. I want a 3G 'phone instead."

Friday, May 13, 2005

Tumbleweed

HR was running a series of presentations about 'Equal Opportunities' and how it relates to our working lives. There are about 60 people from all over the organisation at one of the briefings when we are asked to contribute our thoughts.

FE: To the whole room "Where my mate works there's this guy that says things to his colleagues like 'I slept with you Mum last night'."

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

I don't feel so good

Anon didn't make it in to work on a certain Monday morning. On the Friday before they said this.

Anon: "If I take ecstacy on Saturday, I'm not coming in on Monday."

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Delete? Y/N

PM: Calling IT support "Hi there, I wrote a new document and then closed it without saving it. Now tell me, do you have some sort of secret program that will get it back for me?"

The response given by GC is not recorded but you can bet it started with a suppressed smile.

I just called...

Customer: "Hello, helpdesk? Can you enable my mobile phone for me? It's locked and I can't use it."

Helpdesk: "We don't deal with the mobiles here but, if you give me the phone's number I can pass it on to the facilities department so they can get it going for you."

Customer: "Oh. I don't know the number. I found it on the bus this morning."

How the hell do these people get a PhD?

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Herpes

We'd had a few drinks after work one Friday when a small group of American tourists came in. There were three girls and a guy, we soon got talking to them.

One of the girls was cornered at the bar by our very own GC, he was onto a loser because of the enormous coldsore he was growing. Her friend, sitting with me, was getting a bit worried that the drunken GC might try something so she asked me:

"What's you friend like? Is he OK?"

Me: "Oh, he's alright. If you don't mind his herpes and children."

She got up and rescued her friend PDQ.

Addendum: GC has asked me to point out that this event took place a few years ago and he's not like that anymore. Precious.

Apple pie

We'd had a few drinks after work one Friday when a small group of American tourists came in. There were three girls and a guy, we soon got talking to them.
This was shortly before Star Wars Episode One came out, we'd seen a pirated copy and were generally talking it down for the rubbish it is.

American guy: "Hey, you guys can't have seen it. It's not out over here yet."

TS: Very drunk by now "We saw it on pirate, you smug Yankee bastard."

If you think that's bad form, TS then went up to him, sniffed loudly and said: "Mmmm, mmm. Smells like apple pie."

Come to London, the locals are real friendly.

Got your number

TS calls directory enquiries...

DE: "Directory enquiries. What name please?"

TS: "My name is T*** S****."

DE: "No sir, what name do you want me to look up for you?"