The Shed

Wilcey wrote: where you work do you have a Christmas "do" ? Yes    Is it hell or heavenly? Just an excuse for a piss up really! The event is fully paid for by us so it does get a bit messy.   Is it plush or poor?  Being held at Delia's restaurant at Norwich City Football Club this year, so plush I guess.   the the director get squiffy and put their hands up the secretaries skirts? (if you are the dirctor in question.............. why?)   Why wait until the Xmas party????     Tell us all about the dreaded office Christmas party......   R x

Blacksword wrote:   They do indeed, so I best not wear my Iain Anderson tights this time round, although I could stuff a couple of tennis balls and large a carrot down 'there'...

fandango wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Our office party has been downgraded this year   you haven't heard anything yet...   ...this year, my organisation has asked us to club together with staff from local hostels to have informal, regional 'buffets'.  each buffet organiser has been asked to supply a list of names attending, so they can be marked off at Head Office to ensure they are a) bona fide staff and b) that no-one attends twice...   the organiser is then allowed to spend £5 per head (yes folks, that is not a misprint...), on the basis that they can keep costs down by making their own sandwiches... if they accidentally spend any more, then it must come out of their own pockets, or have a whip round.   now, my nearest 'local' hostel will be a 90 minute drive, and probably £20 in diesel...   if any Shed person can come up with a more forlorn story than that, I'd be most interested to hear it...   (cue Mr Chopper... who now of course works for the British taxpayer....)

Our Christmas 'do' is at the Cabinet War Rooms. I don't see any difference to holding it at the office.All bunkers are the same I should think.

mystic fred wrote: check this, especially the review section...   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Dandy-Warhols/dp/B001CB0UWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1228736810&sr=8-1

fandango wrote: Good to see you back, Ansen...you know there's always a warm welcome for you on PA...

Yeah, I do... perhaps that's the problem.

So how's  life been treating yo,u dear Fanny Dangler?

fandango wrote: The Miracle wrote: So how's  life been treating you, dear Fanny Dangler?   Oh, very good, very good... a resident member of the Shed, I call in most days to chat to some very fine people...  while David (Atavachron) was recently rash enough to offer me a place on the Heavy Prog genre team; a move I'm sure he's been regretting at leisure...   anyway, don't disturb the old Shed-folk snoozing away in the corner; they may have had one too many pints of the thick brown stuff, but they can still be a bit grouchy when roused...

Sounds like the good old days... but then, this place never changes

Thick brown stuff... you mean hash, heroin or some of that rotten apple ale that progsnobs drink? No wonder they're snoozing...

Anyway, wake up and entertain me... being suspended from work sucks.

fandango wrote: [QUOTE=The Miracle]   anyway, don't disturb the old Shed-folk snoozing away in the corner; they may have had one too many pints of the thick brown stuff, but they can still be a bit grouchy when roused...

Nice to see you, Ansen, but this is the Shed. You're still young, and love getting suspended from work - come in the Shred, for a change. 

fandango wrote: Jim Garten wrote: Our office party has been downgraded this year   you haven't heard anything yet...   ...this year, my organisation has asked us to club together with staff from local hostels to have informal, regional 'buffets'.  each buffet organiser has been asked to supply a list of names attending, so they can be marked off at Head Office to ensure they are a) bona fide staff and b) that no-one attends twice...   the organiser is then allowed to spend £5 per head (yes folks, that is not a misprint...), on the basis that they can keep costs down by making their own sandwiches... if they accidentally spend any more, then it must come out of their own pockets, or have a whip round.   now, my nearest 'local' hostel will be a 90 minute drive, and probably £20 in diesel...   if any Shed person can come up with a more forlorn story than that, I'd be most interested to hear it...   (cue Mr Chopper... who now of course works for the British taxpayer....)

Thanks for the cue Jared (actually I think I work about 60% for the taxpayer). Anyway, you may have seen an article in one of the redtops recently about the scandalous way RBS were still paying millions for their staff to have a wild Christmas party. It actually amounted to the £10 each that we normally get, and now we're not getting it. It's gone the same way as our incentive scheme, profit sharing, bonus and pay rise (i.e. down the toilet). We've even had a directive to refuse any invites from suppliers as it wouldn't be a good thing to be seen out enjoying ourselves.
So on Friday we're going bowling followed by a curry and getting complete r*t-ars*d.