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Monday, 9 January 2012

5 Minute Management Course

5 Minute Management Course
  
Lesson 
1 :   

A priest offered a Nun a lift... 

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident. 

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg..... 

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?' 

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?' 

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.' 

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way. 

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.' 


Moral of the story:
   
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity. 


Lesson 
2 :   

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. 

They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
    

'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk.. 'I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world..' Poof! She's gone. 

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas, and  the love of my life.' Poof! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.' 


Moral of the story:
  
Always let your boss have the first say. 


Lesson 
3 :   

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. 

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?' The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'
   

So, the rabbit sat on the  ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it. 


Moral of the story: 

To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. 



Lesson 
4 :   

A turkey was chatting with a bull.  'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'
    

'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. It's full of nutrients.' 

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. 

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch..

Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. 

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree. 


Moral of the story:
   
Bull Shit  might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there...
 

Lesson 
5 :

A little bird was flying South for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. 

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. 

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. 

The dung was actually thawing him out! 

He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.....
    

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him. 


Moral of the story:
  
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. 

(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.

(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!
        




THUS ENDS THE  5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE. NOW GET BACK TO WORK!!!

Courtesy of P Kennedy and others 

Sunday, 8 January 2012

Don't Blame Me if You're Not Laughing II


A businessman meets a beautiful girl and agrees to spend the night with her for £500. So they do. Before he leaves, he tells her that he does not have any cash with him, but he will have his secretary write a cheque and mail it to her, calling the payment 'RENT FOR APARTMENT.' On the way to the office he regrets what he has done, realizing   that the whole event was not worth the price. So he has his secretary send a cheque for £250 and enclosed the following typed note:


Dear Madam:
Enclosed you will find a cheque in the amount of £250  for   rent   of   your apartment. I am not sending the amount agreed upon,  because  when I   rented   the apartment, I was under the impression that:    

1) it had neverbeen occupied    
2) that there was plenty of heat    
3) that it was small enough to make me feel cozy and at home.



However, I found out that it had been previously occupied, that there wasn't any heat, and that it was entirely too large. Upon receipt of the note, the girl immediately returned the cheque for £250 with the following note:    


Dear Sir,
First of all, I cannot understand how you expect a beautiful apartment to remain unoccupied indefinitely. As for the heat, there is plenty of it, if you know how to turn it on. Regarding the space, the apartment is indeed of regular size, but if you don't have enough furniture to fill it, please don't blame the landlady. Send the rent in full or we will be forced to contact your present landlady. 



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One day, in line at the works cafeteria, Jack says to Mike behind him,  "My elbow hurts like hell. I suppose I'd better see a doctor."

"Listen, don't waste your time down at the surgery," Mike replies.
There's a diagnostic computer at Asda. Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong, and what to do about it. It takes ten seconds and only costs five pounds a lot quicker and better than a doctor".

So Jack collects a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Asda.
He deposits five pounds and the computer lights up and asks for the urine sample. He pours the sample into the slot and waits. Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a printout:

"You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity. It will improve in two weeks".

That evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Jack began wondering if the computer could be fooled.

He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and masturbated into the mixture for good measure.

Jack hurried back to Asda, eager to check what would happen. He Deposits five pounds, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results.

The computer prints the following:

1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener.
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo.
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant. Twins. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer.
5. And if you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get better... thank you for shopping at Asda

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A gentleman asked a waiter to take a bottle of Merlot over to an attractive woman. The waiter took the Merlot to the woman and said, "This is from the gentleman seated over there," indicating the sender.

She regarded the wine coolly for a second, not looking at the man, and decided to send a reply note to the man. The waiter, who was lingering for a response, took the note from her and conveyed it to the gentleman.

The note read: "For me to accept this bottle, you need to have a Mercedes in your garage, a million dollars in the bank, and 7 inches in your pants." After reading the note, the man decided to compose one of his own in return. He folded the note, handed it to the waiter and instructed him to return this to the woman.

It read: "For your information, I have a Ferrari Maranello, a BMW Z8, a Mercedes CL600 and a Porsche Turbo in my garage. There is over twenty million dollars in my bank account. But, not even for a woman as beautiful as you would I cut three inches off. Just send the bottle back.”



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One day in the future, George Bush has a heart attack and dies. He immediately goes to hell, where the devil is waiting for him. "I don't know what to do," says the devil. "You're on my list, but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do.

Believe it or not I've got some folks here who weren't quite as bad as you.  I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place. I'll even let YOU decide who leaves." Bush thought that sounded pretty good, so the devil opened the first room. 

In it was Ronald Reagan and a large pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing over and over again. Such was his fate in hell. "No,"George said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer & I don't think I could do that all day long".

The devil led him to the next room. In it was Richard Nixon with a sledge hammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. "No, I've got this problem with my shoulder. I'd be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day," said George.

The devil opened a third door. In it, Bush saw Bill Clinton, lying on the floor with his arms tied behind his head, and his legs in a spread eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. Bush looked in disbelief and finally said, "Yea, I can handle this."

The devil smiled and said "OK, Monica, you're free to go." 

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COMPUTERS

(Read this to yourself aloud - it's great!)

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and the bus is interrupted at a very last resort, and the access of the memory makes your floppy disk  abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted 'cos the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house, says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel to another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall.

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse;
then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cuz sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang.

When the copy on your floppy's getting sloppy in the disk, and the macro code instructions is causing unnecessary
risk, then you'll have to flash the memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM, and then quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!

Well, that certainly clears things up for me......

How about you?

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TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell the herd and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-design them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and
produce twenty times the milk.
You then create irritating cow cartoon images called Cowkimon and market
them world-wide at a fantastic profit.

A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk
themselves.

ENGLISH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 12 cows.
You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.

A HINDU CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You worship them.

CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman
who reported the numbers.

A WELSH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
The younger one is rather attractive

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have 2 stolen bulls but think they are cows
You die the first time you try and milk them.

AN IRISH CORPORATION
Who cares, The EU Really owns them now and the pub is still serving.

AN AFRICAN CORPORATION
You had three cows.
You shot one of them, gave the second 24 hours to get out of the field and
put the third with the Swiss Corporation as the President's retirement fund.
Then you tell everyone to blame colonialism for the shortage of milk.

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It was Postman Pat's last day on the job after 35 years of carrying the post through all kinds of
weather to the same neighbourhood.

When he arrived at the first house on his route, he was greeted by the whole family there who all hugged and congratulated him and sent him on his way with a gift cheque for £50.

At the second house they presented him fine Cuban cigars in an 18-carat gold box.
The folks at the third house handed him a case of 30-year old Scotch whisky.
At the fourth house he was met at the door by a blonde in her lingerie.

She took him by the arm and led him up the stairs to the bedroom where she blew his mind with the most passionate love he had ever experienced.

When he had had enough they went downstairs, where the dumb blonde fixed him a giant breakfast: eggs, tomatoes, bacon, sausage, beans and freshly-squeezed orange juice. When he was truly satisfied she poured him a cup of steaming coffee.

As she was pouring, he noticed a five pound note sticking out from under the cup's bottom edge. "All this was just too wonderful for words,"he said, "but  what's the fiver for?"

Well," said the blonde, "last night, I told my husband that today would be your last day, and that we should do something special for you. I asked him what  to give you.
He said, "F**k him....Give him a fiver."  "The breakfast was my idea."
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Two priests decided to go to Hawaii on vacation. They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy. As soon as the plane landed, they headed for a store and bought some really outrageous shorts, shirts, sandals, sunglasses, etc.

The next morning, they went to the beach, dressed in their "tourist" garb.

They were sitting on beach chairs, enjoying a drink, the sunshine and the scenery when a "drop dead gorgeous" topless blonde in a thong bikini came walking straight towards them.

They couldn't help but stare. As the blonde passed them, she smiled and said "good morning, Father", nodding and addressing each of them individually, then passed on by. They were both stunned. How in the world did she know they were priests?

So the next day, they went back to the store and bought even more outrageous outfits. These were so loud you could hear them before you even saw them.

Once again the two priests settled on the beach in their chairs to enjoy the sunshine. After a while, the same gorgeous topless blonde, wearing a string, taking her sweet time, came walking towards them. Again she nodded
at each of them, said "good morning, Father" and started to walk away.

One of the priests couldn't stand it any longer and said. "Just a minute young lady."

Yes?" she replied.

"We are priests, and proud of it, but I have to know, how in the world did you know we are priests dressed as we are?"

"Father, it's me, Sister Angela," she replied.







Saturday, 7 January 2012

Fish Pie

Firm favourite with Ishbel, this one, and have to say one of my favs too.  Popped out to get some fresh fish to make it and was tempted to buy a packet of creamy sauce mix, but then thought what the hell it is so easy to make for yourself.

So what do we need:  Again this is all depending on you appetite and how many you are feeding, but this is just for Ishbel and I tonight, so this is for two.

Fish filling 

1 decent sized small to medium fillet Smoked haddock
2 decent sized small to medium salmon fillets 
1 decent sized small to medium cod fillet

handful of prawns, squid and mussels

3/4 pint of milk
1 ozs (25grams) of plain flour 
2 ozs (50 grams) of  butter (unsalted)
1 and 1/2 tablespoons of chopped Parsley
Cheddar cheese for grating 
Parmesan cheese for grating 
1 tablespoon of lemon juice 

Mashed Potatoes for the topping (to be mashed)  Dependent on the size of the dish you are using you will need to decide how much mashed potato you need to cover the top of your pie.  If you have to many just freeze them for reuse another day.

Preparation

Pre heat the oven to 200 C  or 180 C if using a fan oven.

Cut the fish into chunks and place in an oven proof dish.  Add salt  and pepper dot with 1 oz of the butter. 

Add 1/4 pint of milk to the dish and place on the pre heated oven for 15 to 20 mins 










Pour over a 1/4 pint of the milk and place in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes to poach the fish in the milk and butter. 


Not having made this for a wee while \i remembered at this point that I normally don't chop up the fish, until after I poach it, but hey, do it either way, but you will need the poaching liquor to add to your sauce in a while and it is easier to take the fish out of the poaching pan if fillets still whole!






Remove poached fish from the oven and liquor











and place in a well buttered dish for the pie.

Add the prawns  and lemon juice etc and set aside











Sauce


Take the remainder of the butter and place in a pan and gently melt down.  Add the flour and mix well.  Start adding the remaining milk in small dashes, stirring continuously.  As you stir the sauce will begin to thicken.













Continue to add the reaming milk and the milk from the poached fish until you have a nice smooth consistency, pour over fish, prawns etc

Sprinkle with Parsley....




While all of that has been going on potatoes have been peeled and put on to boil.  Once cooked, drain and mash and spread over fish dish.



Sprinkle with some grated cheese and place in oven on the high shelf at the same temperature, for about 20 - 25 mins and serve with  veg of your choice.











Enjoy 



Preparation time:

Poaching 20 - 25 mins

sauce prep 10 mins

Potatoes  cooking time 15 - 20 mins cooking while fish poaching

Pie cooking time 25 - 30 mins  (Tip: place a tray or some foil under the shelf as the sauce can sometimes spill out over the sides of the dish, saves on the cleaning of the oven)

Overall time 45 mins to 1 hr 


Monday, 2 January 2012

Pork Chops with Relish and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Another quick and simple recipe for two, or 4, dependant on your hunger!


2 or 4 pork chops, fat on or off.
Tomato Relish
Sun dried tomatoes

Potaoes

Peas

Mint

Parsley

knob of butter

Extra Virgin Olive Oil


prep and cooking time around 25 mins


Cut the unpeeled potatoes into quarters (or smaller if overly large) wash and rinse, put on to boil

Peas in a pan and bring to gently simmer


While the potatoes are cooking turn on the grill to highest heat.

Cook potatoes for about 10 mins than put the chops under the grill.

Once chops have browned on one side turn over and grill the other side, potatoes should just be coming to the boil.

Once chops are cooked on second side remove from grill. Place two or 3 sun dried tomatoes on each chop and then smother in tomato relish.  Baxter's if you can get it, alternatively a good smothering of Pesto is also great.  Another idea of course if you have plenty of tomatoes, onion, sweetcorn, etc, is make your own relish, there is nothing quite like home made (but today for quickness a jar was used)

Return chops under the grill and continue to cook.  You need to judge this yourself, we like the Pesto/ Relish just to be getting that little grilled brown crispiness to it, you may prefer just to ensure that that the Pesto/ Relish is warmed through.....

While the chops are finishing remove the potatoes and drain return to pan and add a decent knob of butter and or a dash of extra virgin olive oil and slightly crush with a fork, skins still on, sprinkle with some fresh chopped parsley.

Remove the peas from the heat and drain.  Again add a knob of butter and or extra virgin olive oil.  Add a heaped spoonful of fresh mint mix together.

Remove chops from the heat and serve up with a nice glass of red wine




Enjoy