Reasons for leaving a job

Kathy

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Oct 5, 2003, 8:18:43 AM10/5/03

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Courier: They gave me the runaround.

Michael Balarama

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Oct 5, 2003, 10:32:09 AM10/5/03

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"Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> Courier: They gave me the runaround.

he could not scratch out a living

nemo

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Oct 5, 2003, 12:57:28 PM10/5/03

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Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
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Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?

Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
Producer: Went impotent.
Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Get it?
"Got it!"
Good!

nemo

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Oct 5, 2003, 12:57:26 PM10/5/03

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Kathy <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
>
>

Reason for leaving any job: Melvyn Harries!!!!

It ain't a pun. It's a warning!

fredmiller@the.PC Ž

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Oct 6, 2003, 3:01:03 AM10/6/03

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Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
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"Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
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Courier: They gave me the runaround.

he could not scratch out a living

Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?

ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo) said :

Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
Get it?
"Got it!"
Good!

Artist : Couldn't come up with anything nude.
Milkman : Had to keep everything bottled up inside.
Lawyer : No drinks at the bar for him.

dustbird

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Oct 6, 2003, 1:22:38 PM10/6/03

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Unicycle tester: he only got 30 minutes off for lunch.

Michael Demko

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Oct 6, 2003, 11:23:44 AM10/6/03

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> Courier: They gave me the runaround.

Call Center: He was just phoning it in.

Firefighter: He got fired.

Policeman: He just copped out.

Doctor: He lost his patients.

Hot Dog Vendor: He couldn't cut the mustard.

Governor of California: He was terminated.

Baker: He wasn't making enough dough.

Cow farmer: He got put out to pasture.

Food factory worker: He got canned.

Okay, that's enough for now...

Tim Bruening

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Oct 6, 2003, 2:39:22 PM10/6/03

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nemo wrote:

Flower cleaner: Business drooped.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 6, 2003, 2:40:31 PM10/6/03

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Michael Demko wrote:

Ad Inserter: The news was all wet.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 6, 2003, 2:42:05 PM10/6/03

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Kathy wrote:

> Courier: They gave me the runaround.

Flower cleaner: Business drooped.

nemo

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Oct 7, 2003, 8:19:09 AM10/7/03

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The question is: Will Ted take his place?

. . . and for all the total idiots out there: "The question is, is: Will
Ted take his place?"

fredmiller@the.PC Ž

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Oct 7, 2003, 9:55:13 AM10/7/03

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ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)

Flower cleaner: Business drooped.

No, someone else with flower power (Rose) .

dustbird

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Oct 7, 2003, 5:26:03 PM10/7/03

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> Unicycle tester: he only got 30 minutes off for lunch.

(Ooops, no pun).

...and they didn't give him any brakes..

nemo

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Oct 7, 2003, 4:32:23 PM10/7/03

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Flower cleaner: Business drooped.

Nope. It's eggscruciatingly irritating peep hole suffering multiple 'is'
syndrome. There was a guy at work who always used to say, "The problem is is
that . . . " and so on. Used to drive us us mad!

And slowly pouring levigated wheat into the airstream from an electric fan
and then striking a match! That's Flour Power!

mike wheeEler

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Oct 7, 2003, 11:56:07 PM10/7/03

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In article <8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net>,
FRE...@webtv.net, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?fredm...@the.PC_=8F=8E?= was looking at the
world oddly when:

>
>ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
>Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
>news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
>nemo wrote:
>Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
>news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
>"Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
>news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
>Courier: They gave me the runaround.
>he could not scratch out a living
>
>Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
>Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
>Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>
>Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>
>The question is: Will Ted take his place?

>=A0=A0. . . and for all the total idiots out there: "The question is,

>is: Will Ted take his place?"
>
>No, someone else with flower power (Rose) .
>

The rest were bloomin' idiots

nemo

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Oct 8, 2003, 11:06:54 AM10/8/03

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>
>
> Kathy wrote:
>
> > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
>
> Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>

Embalmer: The workload was fart too fluid and he had greater aspirations!.

Buffalo Chikat

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Oct 8, 2003, 12:35:02 PM10/8/03

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Jeweler: He changed his faith.

Buffalo Chikat

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Oct 8, 2003, 12:36:33 PM10/8/03

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nemo <ne...@naughtylass2.wet> wrote:

Sculptor: He turned out to be a chiseler.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 8, 2003, 8:08:34 PM10/8/03

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nemo wrote:

Ughh!

Cybe R. Wizard

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Oct 8, 2003, 11:19:12 PM10/8/03

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Same thing happened to my friend, the gen. tiler.

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

nemo

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Oct 10, 2003, 3:46:02 PM10/10/03

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Plumber: His business went down the drain.

Laxative manufacturer: His business went down the drain too - together with
that of his customers.

nemo

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Oct 10, 2003, 3:49:26 PM10/10/03

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Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Well it's gotta be done otherwise it all ferments in there and it blows up
like a bloody balloon! Ask your Secrete-ary of Spate, Colon Bowel.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 18, 2003, 2:32:05 PM10/18/03

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nemo wrote:

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 18, 2003, 2:33:35 PM10/18/03

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>
> Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>
> The question is: Will Ted take his place?

Car saleman: His business crashed.

Kathy

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Oct 18, 2003, 11:59:51 PM10/18/03

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Gene-cloning scientist: Competition from imitators.

nemo

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Oct 19, 2003, 8:07:43 AM10/19/03

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Kathy <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message

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Locomotive Driver: Lost track of what to do. He'd been drinking too many
steaming gins!

Postman: Got the sack.

Atheistic road mender: Thought the job was too holey.

Cooper: Lost his sense of humour. Up to then the job had been a barrel o'
laughs.

Farrier: One morning he was feeling a little hoarse - and got caught! So
they kicked him out!

Clarinet-player: He forgot how to reed.

Scaffolder: The job drove him up the pole.

(Archaic English slang for barmey - from Indian Gurus who used to meditate
up poles, or russians if there were no poles handy.)

Draughtsman: The job knocked all the wind out of him.

Typist: Her tie sobered up!

Office Head: Went office head.

Chimey Sweep: He found he wasn't sooted to the job because he kept catching
the 'flu. And apart from that he had a brush with his lady boss - who was a
bit of a silly cowl.

Pastry Chef: He came to dis-pies the job.

Telephone Engineer: An irate customer wrung his neck!

Telephone Operator: She started getting switch-bored.

Plasterer: He didn't render unto Caesar's what was Caesar's.

Goon Show fan Carpenter: He couldn't get the wood, you know.

Computer Operator: His mouse died and his monitor bit him.

French Polisher: He could Copal right until he became allergic to the fumes.
He was scared they'd make his Coccus Lacca lot of its erectile function.

Miller 1: Globule Warming took the wind out of his sails.

Miller 2: He caught a nasty dose of the 'flume and while bending got
undershot by a short-sighted racist farmer.

Miller 3 (Irish/Khelmer) : He found the atmosphere inside the mill so dusty
that he couldn't see, so he struck a match!

Fisherman: He flounder better job.

Shorthand Typist: Her hand grew.

Doctor: Lost patience with his patient patients and his impatient patients.

Crane Driver: The crane flew away.

nemo

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Oct 19, 2003, 10:38:03 AM10/19/03

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Nurse: As she gave Errol Flynn an injection she said, "Just a little prick."
He sued!!!

Tim Bruening

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Mar 16, 2004, 11:19:02 PM3/16/04

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nemo wrote:

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

Florist: The gay weddings stopped.

Tim Bruening

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Mar 16, 2004, 11:19:18 PM3/16/04

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>
> Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>
> The question is: Will Ted take his place?

Car saleman: His business crashed.

Tim Bruening

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nemo wrote:

> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> >
> > he could not scratch out a living
> >
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
> Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
> Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

Tim Bruening

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May 8, 2004, 6:22:28 AM5/8/04

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>
> Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>
> The question is: Will Ted take his place?

Car saleman: His business crashed.

nemo

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Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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>
>
> nemo wrote:
>
> > Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> > news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> > >
> > > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> > > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> > >
> > > he could not scratch out a living
> > >
> > Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> >
> > Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
> > Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
> > Producer: Went impotent.
> > Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Archive: Noah's historical list of animals - and Tim's huge collection of
posts that are about 5 years old! :o)

>
> Flower cleaner: Business wilted.
>
> Florist: The gay weddings stopped.

Plasterer: Had trouble bonding with his colleagues.

Sculptor: Kept getting stoned.

Tim Bruening

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May 10, 2004, 3:32:00 AM5/10/04

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nemo wrote:

Soldier: Got fired.

nemo

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May 10, 2004, 2:09:49 PM5/10/04

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Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Postman: Got the sack.

Tim Bruening

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May 12, 2004, 3:41:51 AM5/12/04

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nemo wrote:

Ad Inserter: The presses stopped!

Tim Bruening

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nemo wrote:

> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> >
> > he could not scratch out a living
> >
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
> Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
> Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

Tim Bruening

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>
> Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
>
> The question is: Will Ted take his place?

Car saleman: His business crashed.

Tim Bruening

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Tim Bruening

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Feb 8, 2005, 4:05:05 AM2/8/05

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC ?Z <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message

Tim Bruening

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May 18, 2005, 6:20:47 AM5/18/05

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nemo wrote:

Ad Inserter: The ad inserting machine jammed.

Tim Bruening

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Jun 13, 2005, 4:19:11 AM6/13/05

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)

> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...

> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>

Tim Bruening

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Jun 13, 2005, 4:19:25 AM6/13/05

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nemo wrote:

> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> >
> > he could not scratch out a living
> >
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
> Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
> Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

nemo

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Jun 15, 2005, 9:36:27 AM6/15/05

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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>
>
> nemo wrote:
>
> > fredm...@the.PC ŹZ <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message

Plasterer's apprentice: Got fed up with trowelling around after his boss.

Nemo
Not for nothing the Numbo One Punster!
For Ł3 - 16s - 2d actually!

nemo

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Jun 15, 2005, 9:37:44 AM6/15/05

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Glue manufacturer: Got too stuck in to his work - and drowned!

Tim Bruening

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Oct 2, 2005, 7:11:51 PM10/2/05

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nemo wrote:

> fredm...@the.PC 住 <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)

> Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

> news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...

> nemo wrote:
> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> he could not scratch out a living
>
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>

Tim Bruening

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Oct 2, 2005, 7:12:07 PM10/2/05

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nemo wrote:

> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message
> news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message
> > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...
> > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> >
> > he could not scratch out a living
> >
> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>
> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
> Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
> Producer: Went impotent.
> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!

Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

Kung Fu Master Qui Chang Dobey

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Oct 2, 2005, 7:48:48 PM10/2/05

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how about the gardner who leafed his job?

nemo

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Oct 4, 2005, 6:40:14 PM10/4/05

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Maker of ensigns pendants and standards: His business flagged.

Undertaker: His business died off.

nemo

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Oct 4, 2005, 6:41:09 PM10/4/05

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"Kung Fu Master Qui Chang Dobey" <dob...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And when they found a replacement, it was quite a re-leaf!
>

Milton J. Smuthworthy, I

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Oct 4, 2005, 11:33:01 PM10/4/05

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Then "nemo" says:
>"Kung Fu Master Qui Chang Dobey" <dob...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

>>> nemo wrote:
>>>> Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message

>>>>> "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message

>>>>>> Courier: They gave me the runaround.
>>>>>
>>>>> he could not scratch out a living
>>>>>
>>>> Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
>>>>
>>>> Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody.
>>>> Postman: Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform.
>>>> Producer: Went impotent.
>>>> Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
>>>
>>> Flower cleaner: Business wilted.
>>
>> how about the gardner who leafed his job?
>
>And when they found a replacement, it was quite a re-leaf!

He was just out of topiary school and used cutting-edge
technology!

Don Kirkman

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Oct 5, 2005, 6:50:09 PM10/5/05

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It seems to me I heard somewhere that Milton J. Smuthworthy, I wrote in
article <434348f5$0$9183$bb4e...@newscene.com>:

>>>> Flower cleaner: Business wilted.

I thought that was a privet school where he also studied landscaping,
thus hedging his bets.
--
Don Kirkman

Tim Bruening

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Oct 7, 2005, 4:09:38 AM10/7/05

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Oct 7, 2005, 4:10:33 AM10/7/05

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

Scott M. Kozel

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Oct 7, 2005, 7:03:56 AM10/7/05

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Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> nemo wrote:
> > "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

> > > nemo wrote:
> > >
> > > > Flower cleaner: Business drooped.
> > > >
> > > > The question is: Will Ted take his place?
> > >
> > > Car saleman: His business crashed.
> >
> > Maker of ensigns pendants and standards: His business flagged.
> >
> > Undertaker: His business died off.
>
> Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Gasoline distributor: His business went down in flames.

Tim Bruening

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Feb 9, 2006, 11:35:17 PM2/9/06

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Feb 9, 2006, 11:35:28 PM2/9/06

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

nemo

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Feb 11, 2006, 9:49:46 AM2/11/06

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Maker of underpants who used some cloth that was particulary prone to
rotting: The bottom fell out of the market.

nemo

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Feb 11, 2006, 9:49:47 AM2/11/06

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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A large number of open-air fruit and veg stalls lining a street went out of
business all at once when, due to subsidence caused by old mine workings,
the bottom fell out of the market!

Tim Bruening

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Jun 24, 2006, 7:55:59 AM6/24/06

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Jun 24, 2006, 7:56:13 AM6/24/06

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

nemo

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Jun 26, 2006, 1:17:11 PM6/26/06

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Shrunk more like.

Tim Bruening

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Feb 23, 2007, 9:28:15 PM2/23/07

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Feb 23, 2007, 9:28:25 PM2/23/07

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

nemo

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Feb 24, 2007, 7:25:30 AM2/24/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Or defence kept falling down!

nemo

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Feb 24, 2007, 7:31:52 AM2/24/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Building Contractor: Business shrunk!

Postal Sorter: He got framed.

Roadsweeper: He got brushed aside.

Jig Borer: He broke his leg so he couldn't dance anymore and for some
strange reason, also became much more interesting.

Train Driver: His eyesight got so bad, he couldn't see the point anymore.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=61160&dict=CALD

Electrician: Same reason.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=61127&dict=CALD

Tim Bruening

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Feb 24, 2007, 4:24:28 PM2/24/07

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nemo wrote:

Mailman: He got stamped.

nemo

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Feb 25, 2007, 11:35:13 AM2/25/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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Or he got the sack.

Human Canonball: He got fired!

Gallery Attendant: He also got framed.

Museum Curator: The Cure didn't last.

Tim Bruening

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Feb 25, 2007, 5:39:56 PM2/25/07

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nemo wrote:

What happens if you find a job between now and your 60th birthday?

nemo

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Feb 26, 2007, 5:44:15 AM2/26/07

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"Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message

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I already said - After seven years of trying, I'll die of the shock!

Tim Bruening

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Jan 26, 2008, 2:29:18 AM1/26/08

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Jan 26, 2008, 2:29:32 AM1/26/08

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

Tim Bruening

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Sep 2, 2008, 12:16:31 AM9/2/08

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nemo wrote:

Defense contractor: His business bombed.

Tim Bruening

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Sep 2, 2008, 12:16:35 AM9/2/08

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Don Kirkman wrote:

Toilet salesman: His business got flushed.

Tim Bruening

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Sep 24, 2009, 6:00:57 PM9/24/09

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nemo wrote:

> "Tim Bruening" <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:43406937...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...
> >
> >
> > nemo wrote:
> >

> > > fredm...@the.PC �Z <FRE...@webtv.net> wrote in message

> > > news:8317-3F8...@storefull-2377.public.lawson.webtv.net...
> > > ne...@naughtylass2.wet (nemo)
> > > Tim Bruening <tsbr...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
> > > news:3F81B6DA...@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us...

> > > nemo wrote:
> > > Michael Balarama <mba...@ev1.net> wrote in message

> > > news:vo0as5s...@corp.supernews.com...

> > > "Kathy" <tnktk...@cogeco.ca> wrote in message

> > > news:t4Ufb.4853$733.2...@read1.cgocable.net...

> > > Courier: They gave me the runaround.
> > > he could not scratch out a living
> > >
> > > Who? An engraver or a flea exterminator?
> > > Sewer worker: Got fed up with being shat on by everybody. Postman:
> > > Didn't like delivery of de vans and de uniform. Producer: Went impotent.
> > > Snooker player: Suddenly realised the game was a load of balls!
> > >