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#205455 - 04/12/12 09:40 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
Jackie Offline
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Darned right! And you deserve to! Cake! Ice cream! Strawberries dipped in chocolate!

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#205463 - 04/13/12 10:58 AM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
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"Avast!" cried the skipper at the scupper, "what's the scuttlebutt? - any end in sight to this doldrums? - and have ye got a bonanza of cargo?" when a sudden groundswell threatened to capsize both crafts.

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#205464 - 04/13/12 11:03 AM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
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Very good.
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#205468 - 04/13/12 12:08 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
Rhubarb Commando Offline
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On learning of the groundswell of opinion, the CEO appealed to staff to disregard the scuttlebutt permeating the company and warning that, far from a bonanza in the near future, the current doldrums threatened to scupper their business.
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#205470 - 04/13/12 12:42 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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Spoken like a true CEO. Bravo!
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#205480 - 04/14/12 11:40 AM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: LukeJavan8]
Rhubarb Commando Offline
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I'm afraid I never made it to CEO frown Best I did was the Engineering Innovations Executive Inspecting Officer - a title too long for the plate on my door, which just said

E..I..E..I..O
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#205482 - 04/14/12 11:58 AM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
LukeJavan8 Offline
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McDonald's Farms, Inc. or (LTD.)?
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#205483 - 04/14/12 12:29 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
Rhubarb Commando Offline
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Loc: Lancaster, UK
VERY limited!
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#205487 - 04/14/12 05:10 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Tromboniator Offline
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Registered: 05/10/10
Posts: 690
Loc: Alaska
All's well that groundswell.

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#205488 - 04/14/12 05:46 PM Re: Sentence of the week [Re: blitherer]
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Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
In that small scuttlebutt village the perpetual groundswell of gossip scuppered the county fair bonanza, leaving summer festivities in the doldrums.

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