Regular readers will know how much I ‘love’ jargon. So when I saw the BBC coverage of Davos referring to it as a “crime against the English language”, I just couldn’t resist. 🙂
Category Archives: Monday smiles
Monday smile – Nutella riots
Although Nutella was created by an Italian company, Ferrero, the product is also a deeply rooted part of food culture in France Рespecially for breakfast and as a tea-time snack. So when the supermarket chain Intermarch̩ decided to run a promotion with a 950 g pot of Nutella at EUR 1.41, it was bound to be very popular.
However… it was *way* more popular than the retailer expected.
Monday smile – Offending language
An American judge, Cecilia M. Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida, responded to an extremely badly written complaint by requiring the lawyer in question to get his next pleading “reviewed and approved by a teacher of the English language“. 🙂
Monday smile – Language barrier stops robbery
In this week’s news… a Chinese restaurant in the United States – Vermont to be precise – managed to avoid being robbed because the criminal didn’t get the message across. Continue reading
Monday smile – Santa & building compliance
A Swedish building firm has calculated the load-bearing capacity of national roofs to withstand Santa, the reindeer, the sleigh, and the presents. Yes, really. 🙂 Continue reading
Monday smile – Logistically speaking
And here we are at the last working week of the year for some people… 😉
Monday smile – NDA
Have a great week!
Monday smile – Biscuitville
Last weekend, biscuits worth around EUR 100,000 were sneaked out of a warehouse in Flers-en-Escrebieux in the north of France.
Yes, I did say “sneaked”. The small matter of 117 pallets went out through the main entrance without anybody noticing.
Monday smile – Guiding principles
Today, philosophical words from Groucho Marx…
Monday smile – Academia Obscura
Last week saw the publication of a book that is guaranteed to bring mirth and merriment. Not to mention make a very good Christmas present.
This is what the crowdfunding publisher, Unbound, says about it: “Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the weird and wonderful world of scholarly social media, and rats in underpants.”
