 John the OFM   | 26 Jun 2008 5:24 a.m. PST |
"This is good, because it is old." "This is better, because it is new." Both apply to anything you want to discuss: figure ranges, movies, books, historical analysis, poetry, music, literature… |
| John the OFM | 26 Jun 2008 5:25 a.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 26 Jun 2008 5:38 a.m. PST |
Organisation structures. Procedures and policies. |
| Streitax | 26 Jun 2008 6:02 a.m. PST |
a) Golddiggers about their husbands b) Old fools about their trophy wives |
| Pictors Studio | 26 Jun 2008 6:35 a.m. PST |
It's not that it's new, it's that it's plastic that makes it better! |
| Dan Cyr | 26 Jun 2008 6:38 a.m. PST |
Pictors, Miniatures or wives? |
TheMackster  | 26 Jun 2008 7:13 a.m. PST |
"It's not that it's new, it's that it's plastic that makes it better!" We still on the topic of trophy wives?? |
| GreatScot72 | 26 Jun 2008 7:16 a.m. PST |
Does this have any implications for "change is bad?" I am rather fond of that one. :-) |
| Andrew Walters | 26 Jun 2008 7:53 a.m. PST |
"You just don't like change." "But my sibling didn't have to do that!" "But my sibling got to do that" "But we always do it this way!" "But we never do it that way!" "I've rolled so many ones I *have* to get a six this time." "Everyone else is doing it." Top of the heap and all too common: "We should implement my idea because the problem is so serious!" Andrew |
| Sergeant Crunch | 26 Jun 2008 8:05 a.m. PST |
1) which scale is best 2) metal vs. plastic |
| Daffy Doug | 26 Jun 2008 8:09 a.m. PST |
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| UltraOrk | 26 Jun 2008 8:27 a.m. PST |
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| Lee Brilleaux | 26 Jun 2008 8:29 a.m. PST |
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| Coyote | 26 Jun 2008 8:48 a.m. PST |
as a computer tech, one of my favorites: "But it was working before" Because we all know, if it worked before, it can never break. |
| runs with scissors | 26 Jun 2008 9:01 a.m. PST |
It's not a scale it's a size. |
| Son of Liberty | 26 Jun 2008 9:04 a.m. PST |
"This is bad because it is old." "This is bad because it is new." "Change is progress." "Tradition is useless." "You don't need that because you haven't painted the ones you already have." "You don't need more of those because you have thousands of them already painted and that's more than enough to play with." |
| PJ Parent | 26 Jun 2008 11:27 a.m. PST |
"That's not what would happen in real life" |
| Daffy Doug | 26 Jun 2008 11:43 a.m. PST |
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| Streitax | 26 Jun 2008 1:01 p.m. PST |
"We have a statistician…" |
| Streitax | 26 Jun 2008 1:02 p.m. PST |
Or worse, "We have the latest focus group results…" |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 26 Jun 2008 1:13 p.m. PST |
Similar to PJ parent's offering: "That's not realistic"
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Tim |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 26 Jun 2008 1:15 p.m. PST |
Or worse, "We have the latest focus group results…" Gag. reminds me of the expression around here I have declared war upon: "Let's do <something> on a go-forward basis". I now interupt meetings with humourous and good natured but pointed derision whenever I hear that expression being used.
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Tim |
| Ed Mohrmann | 26 Jun 2008 2:32 p.m. PST |
The time honored 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it !' And the response 'We should break it and fix it
right !' Followed by 'Well then, let's break and fix the way we
make babies !' The latter two heard in a heated discussion while I
still worked for IBM, between two yuppies, a male
and female. Three years later, they married each other… |
| ming31 | 26 Jun 2008 3:30 p.m. PST |
white primer is better tha black primer.
Black Primer is better that white primer |
| tberry7403 | 26 Jun 2008 3:50 p.m. PST |
"But it was working before" Followed closely by: "I didn't touch it!" |
| Ram Kangaroo | 26 Jun 2008 4:38 p.m. PST |
Not an argument really but it always amuses me: Turn or game ends, loser rolls the dice one more time just because and rolls a winning result: "See, if I had had one more turn, I'd have won (the skirmish, battle, game)!!! |
