And the award for "The Most Stupid Question" goes to.........

Brilliant post Phoenix! And said for many of us.

Well said phoenix. Thank you.

Thank you, it takes quite a bit to get me riled, but he insulted and patronised too many people on here, hence my outburst!

Don't know if anyone else spotted this in the news yesterday but it may be of interest to those of us who work, or have worked with someone, who constantly reports how busy they are; how valuable their work, how important they are; but actually, on closer inspection, it turns out that they spend their day drifting from meeting to meeting and actually produce sod all.

But business school researchers have identified a type of employee who manages to look busy and successful, without actually doing anything useful.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-46608818

Well said phoenix , I think that you have said what many of us have been thinking !

Well, my post is still there, but for now much longer is anyone's guess!

I just hope it lasts long enough for "him" to see it!

(He really is a self satisfied knobhead prig)

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Chewbacca I've certainly encountered people like that.

Phoenix -well said.
I was shocked by the reference Grandad made to his colleague's health. He justified it later by saying none of us know the name of his firm so can't identify the woman. That isn't the point is it and it's typical of someone so totally self absorbed that they don't know that.

Here Here ?????

Applause Phoenix and thank you x

Indeed Phoenix a knobhead slightly irksome sort of fellow and amazingly transparent with it! Self satisfied doesn't even begin to describe such an ego, seemingly the size of a planet. I can't help thinking instead of crashing your thread, why didn't start his own. Something along the lines of "A Day in the life of an almost retired pensioner, called back to the front line, whilst simultaneously trying to police the shameful misandry and subversion on the exclusionary site known as GN" A bit of a mouthful, but I imagine being such a multi talented MAN he could precis that better than me. Anyway what a fascinating read it would be!

Brilliant post Phoenix, thank you. Loved two more balls for your tree . He’s such a pain in the a*se!

Terribull ??????

Having finally read through the thread, I see grandad1943 as an old codger who can't understand the affectionate tone of posts he misinterprets as misandry. The prefix 'mis' comes from a Greek word meaning 'hate'. Phoenix's OP was not hostile to men in general or her DH in particular. For centuries women have been the butt of jokes from not-very-funny comedians. Mothers-in-law in particular were the target of Les Dawson's gags. Was this misogyny? I don't think he hated women, but MiLs were an easy target and didn't usually bite back.

annodomini that sums it up well.

I believe, in fact, that Les Dawson and his MIL got on very well indeed - they probably had a little giggle together about his jokes.

Grandad seems to be unaware that so many of his posts on many threads are misogynistic.

If we all copied Phoenix's post and pasted it on our iPads/phones/laptops for safekeeping, we could all put it back if it was deleted, along with a gilet jaunt logo.

Gilet jaune!!!!!! Expletive deleted predictive text!

grumppa ! How militant would that be!

We'll all be banned.
We could then go on a march in our gilets jaune

Down filled of course, or with thick polyester filling, for the vegans (although that won't sit well with the antiplastic supporters) Jalima.

We wouldn't want to risk getting a chill.

Actually, change that, of course it's only the Royal Family that get chills!

BTW, I notice that there has been no response from a certain quarter? (#innocentface)

phoenix, you forget that office hours may be only just over.

I thought they spent office hours looking at Gransnet
along with preparing huge warehouses ready for the invasion of spam.

To resort to street language "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!"

(Sorry, rather uncouth!)

Perhaps this thread caused even more laughter in the office