tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post8837154009362876366..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: The CV I never submittedRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-435407713577665502011-11-21T06:46:57.876+00:002011-11-21T06:46:57.876+00:00Lucy: Adopting the same apologetic tone you employ...Lucy: Adopting the same apologetic tone you employ in your last sentence, I have to confess that I heard a shout of agreement from the next atelier to mine down the corridor, as Mrs BB announced herself totally in accord with Tom's first. It seems she did the work while I frittered away my substance in riotous living. So, the trope is now out in the open.<br /><br />Avus: Being in charge of a magazine was like getting a huge expensive train-set for Christmas and being paid to play with it.<br /><br />Plutarch: I'm not sure I ever employed any Fools, but I certainly fired some. Three to my certain knowledge.<br /><br />RW (zS): That card undersold you. Renaissance Women? Polyglot Ascendant?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-72427117893481163472011-11-20T21:49:25.218+00:002011-11-20T21:49:25.218+00:00Ancient Jester - that's what I've always y...<i>Ancient Jester</i> - that's what I've always yearned to put on my business card. My favourite business card was the one drawn up for me by the people I worked for in Japan. My name appeared in English, then in Japanese, followed by "Chief English Head."Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-32768641276804272402011-11-20T17:30:24.055+00:002011-11-20T17:30:24.055+00:00Thank you for you application. We a currently over...Thank you for you application. We a currently overwhelmed with applications. We are drawing up a short list and will let you know should your name be included. You should be aware however that competition for the post of Fool is intense on account of the growing number of people with outstanding qualifications for the job.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-68083517538511419292011-11-20T12:56:14.959+00:002011-11-20T12:56:14.959+00:00You have had a most enjoyable, unplanned and satis...You have had a most enjoyable, unplanned and satisfying career, BB - well done. Very much like that Ancient Mariner:<br /><br />"I pass, like night, from land to land;<br /> I have strange power of speech;<br /> That moment that his face I see,<br /> I know the man that must hear me:<br /> To him my tale I teach."Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-60583308195524636382011-11-20T08:36:10.061+00:002011-11-20T08:36:10.061+00:00Tom's first wife made an utterance which has b...Tom's first wife made an utterance which has become something of a trope in our household: she was complaining about her work (teaching) and he cautiously put in that he too did have a job, to which she replied 'That's not work you enjoy it'.<br /><br />Always likes Jeremy Hardy's observation about Ann Widdecombe:'People say she's a character, by which I suppose they mean she ought to be fictitious.'<br /><br />(Not that I'm in any way comparing you, be assured.)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com