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New Post 7/20/2009 12:20 PM
User is offline Guy Beauchamp
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The wit and wisdom of BAs 

What sayings do you swear by? Here's a couple to get us started...

See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
William Shakespeare

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups...
Anon?

Guy

 

 
New Post 7/20/2009 11:38 PM
User is offline fizz
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Re: The wit and wisdom of BAs 

 Perhaps a little cliche'd or old fashioned, but I think it's ideal for any BA.

Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.

Dale Carnegie (from his 7 Habits of highly effective people).

 
New Post 7/21/2009 11:31 AM
User is offline ptmiser
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Re: The wit and wisdom of BAs 

"So easy a caveman can do it."

Geico

 
New Post 7/28/2009 7:24 PM
User is offline Kimbo
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Re: The wit and wisdom of BAs 

Well he wasn't a BA but he was funny. Here's some Tommy Cooper jokes. Tommy was a stand up comedian in the 60's and 70's in the UK for those of you who don't know him. A true genius! Enjoy, Kimbo

Two Aerials meet on a roof - fall in love - get married The ceremony

was rubbish but the Reception was Brilliant.

 

 

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Man goes to the doc, with a strawberry growing out of his head.

Doc says "I'll give you some cream to put on it."

 

 

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"Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home."

"That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome. "

"Is it common? "

"It's not unusual."

 

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A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only clingfilm for shorts.

The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."

 

 

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A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there

anything you can do for him? "

"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him" So he picks the dog

up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.

Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."

"What? Because he's cross-eyed? "

"No, because he's really heavy"

 

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Guy goes into the doctor's.

"Doc, I've got a cricket ball stuck up my backside

"How's that?"

"Don't you start"

 

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"Doctor, I can't pronounce my F's, T's and H's."

"Well you can't say fairer than that then"

 

 

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Two elephants walk off a cliff......... boom boom!

 

 

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What's brown and sounds like a bell?

DUNG

 

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What do you call a fish with no eyes?

A fsh.

 

 

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So I went to the dentist.

He said "Say Aaah."

I said "Why?"

He said "My dog's died.'"

 

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"So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I

picked it up, and said

'Who's speaking please?'

And a voice said 'You are.'"

 

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"So I rang up my local swimming baths. I said 'Is that the local

swimming baths?'

He said 'It depends where you're calling from.'"

 

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"So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my

house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'

 

 

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Apparently, 1 in 5 people in the world are

Chinese. And there are 5 people in my family, so it must be one of

them. It's either my mum or my dad. Or my older brother Colin.

Or my younger brother Ho-Cha-Chu.

But I think it's Colin.

 

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So I was in my car, and I was driving along, and my boss rang up, and

he said 'You've been promoted.' And I swerved. And then he rang up a

second time and said "You've been promoted again.' And I swerved

again. He

rang up a third time and said 'You're managing director.' And I went

into a

tree.

And a policeman came up and said 'What happened to you?' And I said

'I careered off the road.

 

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So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me "Can you give

me a lift?" I said "Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go

for it.'

 

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Two cannibals eating a clown. One says to the other "Does this taste

funny to you?"

 

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Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid,

the other was eating fireworks.

They charged one and let the other one off.

 

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"You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today.

They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.'

So that was nice."

 

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A man walked into the doctors, The doctor

said " I haven't seen you in a long time "

The man replied "I know I've been ill"

 

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A man walked into the doctors, he said "I've

hurt my arm in several places"

The doctor said "well don't go there any more"

 

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I had a ploughman's lunch the other day.

He wasn't very happy.

 

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My dog was barking at everyone the other day.

Still, what can you expect from a cross-breed.

 

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went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day

but I couldn't find any.

 

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I bought some HP sauce the other day. It's costing me 6p a month for

the next 2 years.

 
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