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Archive for January, 2003

NEW MEGANE COMPETITION

Tuesday, January 28th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments »

Renault are currently running a competition whereby employees are allowed to borrow a New Megane for a test drive. Employees are then asked to take a photograph of the car, with as many people as possible surrounding it, in ...

RENAULT CHRISTMAS PARTY

Sunday, January 26th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »

The agenda for Mark R and I last night was to take full advantage of the free bar at the Renault Christmas party in Battersea Park, then toddle off to a friend-of-a-friend's birthday party in Leicester Square sufficiently inebriated to ...

FRUIT SELLERS

Thursday, January 23rd, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »

STORY: Several women selling fruit on the streets of Swaziland bore their bottoms at police when they attempted to arrest them for unlicensed trade.

VIRUS

Tuesday, January 21st, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

STORY: A Welsh man who admitted infecting thousands of computers across the world with fast-spreading e-mail viruses has been jailed for two years.

CRANLEIGH REUNION

Sunday, January 19th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

Simon S, Simon H, Shaun H and I all met up last night for what turned out to be an evening of drinks and giggles. "Pete has gone back to university to do his masters" Simon S blurted. "As it were" ...

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Friday, January 17th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

When it said 'Partner's Name:' on the Renault Christmas Party invitation back in November, I was stumped. "I don't have a partner" I said to my colleagues. "Well just put down a random name then, and if you ...

PRESENTATION SKILLS

Thursday, January 16th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

"Right, Jon, your turn" the tutor said as she motioned to me to take the floor and present myself in front of my colleagues. I had scribbled a few notes on a scrap of paper just before the course ...

ELVIS IMPERSONATOR

Wednesday, January 15th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »

STORY: A worker at a giant Nissan car plant says he was sacked for singing along to Elvis Presley tribute songs piped through to employees on the radio on the anniversary of the King's death.

ART PUN

Tuesday, January 14th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

STORY: Art lovers in the North are not sophisticated enough to appreciate a new exhibition due to open on Tyneside, art critic Brian Sewell claims.

PUN

Sunday, January 12th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

STORY: Maurice Gibb, member of the legendary harmony group the Bee Gees, has died from a heart attack at the age of 53.