Archive | July, 2008

Thai transsexual toilets trigger sign maker panic
Sign makers the length and breadth of the land are hurriedly trying to come up with a suitable design for “the third toilet”.
The stickman design so popular in the UK does not lend itself well to an icon for… continue
Two large bedrooms, parking space, lesbians…
With house prices tumbling, mortgage approvals drying to a trickle and interest rates soaring, you would think estate agents would be doing all they could to woo potential customers.
Not those at the particulalry oddly named Jackson-Stops & Staff in… continue
Boris wins Guru over
Who should stumble past Guru in the tree-lined gardens outside Canary Wharf station this sunny morning than the blonde bombshell himself, mayor of London Boris Johnson.
Guru’s first thought was “That’s Boris Johnson’. His second thought was ‘As he’s speaking… continue
The breast job in the world
Guru thought he had found the perfect job when he saw the job ad for someone to drink with Jack Hammond, 88, at £7 an hour. But within the first four words of a news story on the radio today, Yours… continue

Canoe’s this at the CBI?
One of Guru’s eagle-eyed disciples has spotted the remarkable similarity between canoe wife fraudster Anne Darwin and the CBI’s director of HR policy Susan Anderson.
Separated at birth or something rather more sinister? Guru demands to be told…
One thing’s… continue
MPs’ recess excess
Raging at the amount of time teachers have off over the summer (enough not to need to strike and take months of sick leave during term, you’d have thought) Guru phoned the government to complain today.
However, Yours Truly almost passed out… continue
The £1m bum
As a man who has long understood the value of a good backside, Guru was pleased to see bed manufacturer Silentnight ensure one of its employees’ arses for £1 million.
Bosses at the firm’s base in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, have reportedly… continue
‘Fireproof’ MPs shafted by excessive wind
Guru had been pondering on why so many MPs just get away with it.
Get away with outlandish statements, get away with outlandish shoes, or simply get away without doing much at all – apart from the occasional bit of… continue
Mice work if you can get it
Following on from the revelation that mice hold the key to the return of the lunchtime booze-up… erm… harmless beer and a sandwich… Guru notes that our whiskered mini-chums are now leading the way in research into why people are… continue
Lies, damned lies and workplace illness
Guru was recovering in bed from a particularly non-lethal bout of man flu this morning when he accidentally sat on the remote control, lost a classic episode of Monty Python on UK Gold, switched over to the news and discovered… continue
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Guru is Personnel Today's notorious HR commentator. He's been working in HR for far too long and observes every passing management fad with a mixture of anger and amusement. His blog is the one thing saving his long-suffering wife, Mrs Guru, from having to endure too much of his ranting about the big HR stories of the day.

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