When we think of theft, we may think of diamonds, or watches, or cars… but it seems that, according to a large-scale survey¹ carried out by the UK’s Center for Retail Research in 2011, it is actually cheese that “takes the biscuit”. 😉
Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Guide to ineffective presentations
Last week I went on a public speaking course, and was introduced to a wry video on ineffective presentations – in the form of the Ignite style (a further slimmed down form of Pecha Kucha).
You may squirm, or enjoy it, depending on your point of view!
Monday smile – The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary
I mentioned this briefly about five years ago, but it is now definitely worth a Monday smile all of its own. 🙂
The Ridiculous Business Jargon Dictionary: an A to Z of those corporate gems.
Monday smile – Accro aux acronymes
A Monday smile in French today. Acronyms, acronyms and more acronyms. Enjoy! 🙂
Monday smile – Italenglish
Not sure whether today’s post is really a smile, because languages are precious things… Still, Annamaria Testa’s wit should certainly bring amusement to your Monday in this excellent talk on “itanglese” entitled “From Bello to biutiful: what’s going on with the Italian Language?“.
Testa is a publicity and communications expert and university professor, and the founder of #dilloinitaliano.
Monday smile – The Apostrophe Vigilante
A very British smile today. Ever been irritated by bad punctuation on signage? Then read on… 🙂
By night, an anonymous zealot is correcting “rogue apostrophes” on signs in the town of Bristol, England.
He has even invented an Apostrophiser to reach high places. 🙂
Monday smile – Don’t be crafty
A few days ago, The Washington Post, via Professor Eugene Volokh at UCLA School of Law, came up with a little gem from the American statutes – from Joplin, Minnesota actually.
Apparently “crafty science” is illegal there. What’s that, I hear you ask… 🙂
Monday smile – Tax form W-K9
Now I can hear you saying “How on earth can a tax form be a Monday smile?”.
Bear with me.
This is a tax form like no other.
The offering of Professor Paul L. Caron from Pepperdine University School of Law in Los Angeles for April Fool’s Day last year, the Individual Pet Tax Return W-K9 is the best thing I’ve seen for a very long time in relation to tax…
Monday smile – Oops
Monday smile – Buzzwords Generator
Regular readers will know that I do enjoy poking fun at ‘business-ese’ from to time. 🙂 So you can imagine my joy at discovering the Business Buzzwords Generator made available by The Wall Street Journal.
From Words to Deeds: translation & the law 
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