Archive | March, 2008
Office Olympics 2: rowing
Watching another compelling Boat Race at the weekend reminded Guru of some fun to be had in the office on one of the quieter days in his busy schedule.
It’s a little less energetic than last month’s hurdles but nevertheless,… continue
Eyes wide shut
Guru woke with a start the other afternoon when his wind-up wireless crackled with the news that six in 10 people have fallen asleep at work.
It then went into a review of the England football team’s performance in Paris,… continue
Spurious survey names names
Disciple Steve, has alerted Guru to the benefits of being called Steve, being from the South East and being a ‘capricorn’.
Apparently a spurious survey by recruitment firm Reed found that uncontrary to popular belief, people who live in the… continue
Teachers go to war against military might
Teachers, dontyajusluvem? Guru certainly does – especially the well-equipped variety that like to hand out extra-curricular activities (but that’s another story) – and keeps a key eye on their annual get together at the National Union of Teachers conference.
Considering… continue
Spirit of Easter soiled by unholy row
Following a weekend in which the world’s top clown George W highlighted the true meaning of Easter by embracing a great big rabbit, Guru notes that the misguided influence of the church over our daily lives has, nonetheless, reached epic… continue
‘Olympic torture’ ignites worker debate
Guru has been away. And once again the Olympics has demonstrated just how small the world is by bringing a level playing field to all corners of the… erm… globe _ although, admittedly, from a scientific and mathematical perspective, this… continue
The cringe of coaching
What with poet laureate Andrew Motion no doubt pre-occupied penning an ode to Prince Harry’s exploits in Afghanistan* – and Philip Larkin, Lord Byron and Pam Ayres unavailable, it fell to David Adams to write the end of show poem… continue
W**k from Home Day
Producers of daytime chav-baiting TV programme the Jeremy Kyle show, photographers on weekly breasts-and-bums mag Nuts, and whoever is behind that mysterious everyone-talking-about-nothing website Facebook are sure to be circling Thursday 15 May in huge red ink on their wall… continue
Hot data with geeks bearing giftpacks
The Witch of ID (as opposed to the Wizard of Id), old Super Smith herself, must be heartened by the news that the military might of the UK is unable to keep track of its own ID cards.
Apparently, 11,000… continue
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