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DOH!!! 10 Of The WORST JOB INTERVIEWEES!

February 27th 2010 00:05
job interview under the magnifying glass
As I steady myself for a round of gruelling job interviews, I began to wonder about what the worst possible things you could do in a job interview would be.
As it turns out, a survey in the US by Careerbuilder.com of 3000 hiring managers managed to compile a list of the top 10, and here they are.

1. Candidate answered cell phone and asked the interviewer to leave her own office because it was a “private” conversation.

2. Candidate told the interviewer he wouldn’t be able to stay with the job long because he thought he might get an inheritance if his uncle died – and his uncle wasn’t “looking too good”.

3. Candidate asked the interviewer for a ride home after the interview.

4. Candidate smelled his armpits on the way to the interview room.

5. Candidate said she could not provide a writing sample because all of her writing had been for the CIA and it was “classified”.

6. Candidate told the interviewer he was fired for beating up his last boss.

7. When applicant was offered food before the interview, he declined saying he didn’t want to line his stomach with grease before going out drinking.

8. A candidate for an accounting position said she was a “people person” not a “numbers person”.

9. Candidate flushed the toilet while talking to interviewer during phone interview.

10. Candidate took out a hair brush and brushed her hair.
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When Your Ship Comes In!

February 22nd 2010 01:09
As my ship is due in today (literally!) I thought I'd retell a tale of old, that has happened to a few people in life, most often in a hotel room, but in this case on a cruise ship where you would think it would be a little more obvious.

cruise ship
A passenger on a luxury cruise ship rings reception somewhat upset about a 'faulty electrical appliance' in her cabin that she demands needs fixing immediately.

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A Little VALENTINE'S Day HUMOUR!!!

February 14th 2010 00:01
A guy walks into a post office one day to see a middle-aged, balding man standing at the counter methodically placing “Love” stamps on bright pink envelopes with hearts all over them. He then takes out a perfume bottle and starts spraying scent all over them.

Valentines herpes sign
His curiosity getting the better of him, he goes up to the balding man and asks him what he is doing. The man says, “I’m sending out 1,000 Valentine cards signed, ‘Guess who?’”

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RHYMES For ANTI-VALENTINES!

February 12th 2010 23:54
OK, so Valentine's day isn't for everyone, so in the spirit of not leaving anyone out, here is a short collection of anti-valentines rhymes.

Cupid shot me with an arrow so I ripped his wings off
My feelings for you no words can tell.
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A Bank That Certainly Has Your Number!!!

February 10th 2010 22:00
Another story from the year 1993, this time in relation to a banking error of a different sort.

bank notes
A bank in the UK hatched a plan to target its 2000 wealthiest clients in an attempt to improve their own bottom line by selling them additional banking services. They therefore had one of their IT employees design a computer program to search the bank databases to retrieve the information on the 2000 clients, and send an automatic mail out. The software programmer decided to test his program out on an imaginary customer he named Rich Bastard.

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A VALENTINE For OSAMA BIN LADEN!

February 9th 2010 23:27
Osama Bin Laden
Peter comes home from first grade and tells his father that they learned about the history of Valentine's Day. "Since Valentine's Day is for a Christian saint and we're Jewish," he asks, "will God get mad at me for giving someone a valentine?"

Peter's father thinks a bit, then says "No, I don't think God would get mad. Who do you want to give a valentine to?"

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Jokes to Drive Tiger Mad

December 4th 2009 13:24
Car crash
OK, so as you may expect, there are a fair few jokes going around at the moment about Tiger Woods and his driving 'mishap', so I thought I'd share some of the better ones with you all.


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The Cat Before Christmas

December 2nd 2009 15:10
cat
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Cos the cat had pounced on him and tore him apart

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world map geography free

The stereotypical differences between Aussies, Brits, Americans and Canadians.

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The RULES Of AIR TRAVEL

September 16th 2009 16:55
aeroplane
1. No flight ever leaves on time unless you are running late and need the normal delay in order to make it on time.

2. If you ARE running late for a flight, it will depart from the farthest gate within the terminal.

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Technology for Country Folk!

September 5th 2009 16:43
computer stress
So just how are our country cousins keeping up with the digital age? Here's someone's humourous take on it all Technology for Country Folk.

Apologies to all those computer and internet savvy readers, but it is fun for a laugh - just pretend it's not about you, but your nextdoor neighbour.
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FUNNY WEDDING CAKE TOPPERS

August 21st 2009 08:48
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LOOSE STUFF 2 MAKE U LAUGH!

July 25th 2009 12:10
Charlie Sheen was once asked whether he'd like to have his father's job playing the American president on "The West Wing".
"I could never be the president," Sheen replied. "Think about it. I've abused cocaine, I've been arrested, I'm not a very smart guy. It's a big joke to think people would want someone like me just because his dad was president."

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2009 ODDEST BOOK TITLE AWARD!

July 2nd 2009 12:30
book stack
As discussed in a previous post many eons ago (which I now can't locate thanks to Firefox!!!) the competition for the weirdest book titles, as run by he Bookseller Magazine, has been hard at work as ever to appoint their 2009 winner.

Having brought books to the public eye such as 'How to Avoid Huge Ships', 'Bombproof Your Horse' and ''If You Want Closure In Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs', the shortlist for this year's Oddest Book Title of the Year included:

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