Humour
Work Section
When you take a long time, you're slow.
When your boss takes a long time, he's thorough.
When you don't do it, you're lazy.
When your boss doesn't do it, he's too busy.
When you make a mistake, you're an idiot.
When your boss makes a mistake, he's only human.
When doing something without being told, you're overstepping your authority.
When your boss does the same thing, that's initiative.
When you take a stand, you're being bull-headed.
When your boss does it, he's being firm.
When you overlooked a rule of etiquette, you're being rude.
When your boss skips a few rules, he's being original.
When you please your boss, you're apple polishing.
When your boss pleases his boss, he's being co-operative.
When you're out of the office, you're wandering around.
When your boss is out of the office, he's on business.
Airplane
Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the "in-flight safety lecture" and their other announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:
"There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane..."
Pilot - "Folks, we have reached our cruising altitude now, so I am going to switch the seat belt sign off. Feel free to move about as you wish, but please stay inside the plane till we land ... it's a bit cold outside, and if you walk on the wings it affects the flight pattern."
And, after landing: "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."
As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice comes over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"
After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced: "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as Hell everything has shifted."
From a Southwest Airlines employee.... "Welcome aboard Southwest Flight XXX to YYY. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more.
Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but they'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."
"As you exit the plane, please make sure to gather all of your belongings. Anything left behind will be distributed evenly among the flight attendants. Please do not leave children or spouses."
"Last one off the plane must clean it."
And from the pilot during his welcome message: "We are pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry ...Unfortunately none of them are on this flight...!
Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City: The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump and I know what ya'll are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendants' fault.....it was the asphalt!"
Another flight Attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."
After a real crusher of a landing in Phoenix, the Flight Attendant came on with, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt up against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we'll open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal.
Part of a Flight Attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of us here at US Airways."

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Quotes
"It's so long since I've had sex, I've forgotten who ties up whom."
Joan Rivers
"If it wasn't for pick-pockets and frisking at airports I'd have no sex life at all."
Rodney Dangerfield
"Sex is one of the most wholesome, beautiful and natural experiences that money can buy."
Steve Martin.
"My wife is a sex object. Every time I ask for sex, she objects."
Les Dawson
"I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own."
Woody Allen
"I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it's fantastic."
Woody Allen.
"There are a number of mechanical devices that increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief amongst these is the Mercedes-Benz 380L convertible."
Joan Rivers
"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house."
Steven Seagal
"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."
Robin Williams
"The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Harrods comes out with a ride-on vacuum cleaner."
Roseanne Barr
"If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead."
Johnny Carson
"Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same."
Oscar Wilde
"Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet."
Mae West
"Ah, yes, divorce , from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet."
Robin Williams
"When I die, I want to die like my grandmother who died peacefully in her sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car."
Author Unknown
Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children".




Cats
How to give a cat a pill...
1. Pick up the cat, and cradle it in the crook of your left arm
as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on
either side of the cat's mouth, and gently apply pressure to the
cheeks whilst holding the pill in the right hand. As you
gradually ease the cat's mouth open in this fashion, pop the
pill into its mouth and allow the cat to close mouth and
swallow.
2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle
the cat in left arm again, and repeat process.
3. Retrieve cat from under the bed in the main bedroom, and
throw away the soggy pill.
4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm
holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and
thrust pill to the back of its mouth with right forefinger.
Hold cat's mouth shut for count of ten.
5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of
wardrobe. Call spouse in from garden to assist.
6. Kneel on floor with cat firmly wedged between knees. Hold
front and rear paws. Ignore growls emitted from cat. Get
spouse to hold cat's head firmly with one hand, while forcing
wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler, and rub cat's
throat vigorously.
7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail. Get another pill from foil
wrap. Make a mental note to buy a new ruler and repair curtains.
Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from floor, and
set aside for gluing later.
8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with
cat's head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of
drinking straw and force cat's mouth pen with pencil. Blow
forcefully down straw.
9. Check label on cat's pills to see if they are harmful to
humans. Drink beer to take away the taste and apply band-aid to
spouse's forearm. Remove blood from carpet with soap and water,
and discard shredded towel in waste bin.
10. Retrieve cat from neighbour's shed. Get another pill.
Open another beer. Force mouth open with spoon, and however much force it takes.
Flick pill down throat with elastic band.
11. Apply cold compress to cheek, and check date of last tetanus
jab. Apply whisky compress to cheek to disinfect, and toss
back another shot for good measure. Throw T-shirt in bin
next to shredded towel.
12. Ring fire brigade to retrieve f****g cat from tree across
the road, and apologise profusely to neighbour who crashed into
his pool whilst swerving to avoid the cat. Take last pill from
foil wrap.
13. Tie the little s*d's front paws and rear paws tightly to
legs of metal garden chairs with twine. Find heavy pruning
gloves from shed. Push into cat's mouth, followed by a large
piece of fillet steak. Hold cat's head vertical, and pour two
litres of water down cat's throat to wash down pill.
14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to
emergency room for stitching of your fingers and forearm, and
removal of pill from your left nostril. Call in at garden
centre on way home to get new garden chairs.
15. Arrange with RSPCA to collect mutant cat from hell, and
find out if they have any hamsters who need good homes.

While 500,000 trade unionists staged a peaceful protest on March the 26th, a tiny minority were spotted trying to damage or destroy libraries, forests, education, the NHS, pensions, disability benefits, the armed forces, the police force, social services, jobs, employment law, health and safety law, human rights and legal aid. If you have any information about these mindless acts of vandalism, please contact us at hlc.lhr@gmail.com
The Prince Phillip guide to diplomacy
90 gaffes from Prince Phillip

Supposedly these are all true extracts from court transcripts in the USA. Beware of "No Win, No Fee" solicitors!
ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty.
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitt'in me?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was gett'in laid!
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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Are you shitt'in me? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
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And finally:
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law

In the Office
If you can keep a clear head while all those around you are losing theirs ... then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity
Plagiarism saves time.
If at first you don't succeed, try management.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.
TEAMWORK ... means never having to take all the blame yourself.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away!
Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.
INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.
Succeed in spite of management.
Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment.
