THOSE WHO MAY CARE January 25 1997: He Loves the Children

************************************************************************** * Is there a danger implied in the last sentence here? * ************************************************************************** Title: Bungy Jumper's death puts Super Bowl into perspective What death always does is force a dose of perspective down our throats. Last year Diana Ross swooped into Sun Devil Stadium in a helicopter. She dangled above the field trying to lip-synch through the fear. Two years earlier, Michael Jackson was surrounded by scores of children on stage in Pasadena. Source: Tampa Tribune ************************************************************************** * DILBERT'S LAWS OF WORK: Learn them, Live them.... * ************************************************************************** +> A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the butt. +> Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. +> The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get. +> You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. +> Eat one live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. +> Keep your boss's boss off your boss's back. +> Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous." +> Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail. +> If you are good, you will be assigned all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it. +> You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk. +> People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't. +> At work, the authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying. +> When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. +> The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong. Source: Ginnienza ************************************************************************** * The Positive Spin * ************************************************************************** On September 19th of last year, a branch of the large, financially troubled Czech Republic bank Agrobanka was robbed of about $8,000. The next day, Agrobanka head Jiri Klumpar praised the robbery as a sign of public confidence, signifying that people now believe the bank actually has money in it. Source: News of the Weird ************************************************************************** * MOO THINKS: ' |\___ ---___/| THOSE WHO MAY CARE * * ' \--/0 0 --/ * * "Never, ever acquire a ' / \===================____ * * law firm package. You ' | oo ) '''''''''''''''''''\\-- \\ * * spend all your time ' \_/\_/\ \\ \\_ * * negotiating with them ' '' | | ~~~\\ * * on the contract." ' \ _______ _ | {} * * -Charles Wang (CEO) ' || || \ /|| || * * Computes Associates, ' || || ||| || || * * on regretting any of ' || || ''' || || * * CA's 60 acquisitions ' [] [] [] [] APOULOS * **************************************************************************