tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post7616362221275231644..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: Voyages of DiscoveryMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-57866616800512253982015-10-04T16:13:24.371+01:002015-10-04T16:13:24.371+01:00Methinks you are confused between laws and constan...Methinks you are confused between laws and constants. Maybe I can suggest: Chisholm's first law should be expressed something like this: equal volumes of cataloguers at the same temperature and pressure produce the same number of catalogue records for books regardless of their humour and physical attributes. This statement of Chisholm's First Law, then gives rise to the infamous Chisholm constant, which, as any academic Library cataloguer knows is 3.3 per hour.D.Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342095668382529192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-36960063130574877942015-10-04T11:05:10.824+01:002015-10-04T11:05:10.824+01:00Debra,
Comment received, loud and clear: the myst...Debra,<br /><br />Comment received, loud and clear: the mystery of the missing comments deepens. You're not the first to complain of this -- Blogger is free, of course, which means "light touch" support, at best.<br /><br />My first law was "No matter what system is used, in any higher education institution average cataloguing productivity proceeds at 3.3 books per hour", but this -- universally true and useful as it is -- has always lacked a certain catchiness.<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-69673923764320928722015-10-04T06:50:40.635+01:002015-10-04T06:50:40.635+01:00He, he, Mike, fine post. On a recent featureless ...He, he, Mike, fine post. On a recent featureless trip west of junction 13 on the M4 I saw several large lorries bearing slogans of logistics and solutions. What's wrong with plain old trucks, lorries and haulage, anyway? Interestingly, it seems that it's very tricky to translate phrases like: "I'm passionate about courtly manners in the reign of Queen Fay" from English not French. I fully endorse Chisholm's Law of idiocy; is this the first law? Looking forward to the publication of the second, third, and.....D.Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342095668382529192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-44892875856223540582015-10-02T08:18:48.253+01:002015-10-02T08:18:48.253+01:00Kent,
Really?? I'm sensing a business opport...Kent,<br /><br />Really?? I'm sensing a business opportunity...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-23017304733147182762015-10-02T03:13:41.092+01:002015-10-02T03:13:41.092+01:00Interesting term that, "strapline". Not ...Interesting term that, "strapline". Not one I'm familiar with, and not quite so prevalent on the sides of vans in these parts. Where they do seem to crop up is on billboards for local businesses. But mostly they're reduced to the pathetic "For all your Blankety Blank Needs, call Joe Blow." For all my prophylactic needs, or my suppository needs, or my plumbing needs, or my mental health needs. There are innumerable <b>needs</b>, but a call will take care of them <b>all</b>.Kent Wileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440197819258194471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-49305667491335291462015-10-01T22:40:32.910+01:002015-10-01T22:40:32.910+01:00David,
Crikey, talk about yer fish in a barrel......David,<br /><br />Crikey, talk about yer fish in a barrel... Reminds me of the French soft drink that always gave my kids hysterics, called "Pschitt"...<br /><br />"The Fockedey Way keeps the doctor away", maybe, or what about "Fockedey! Yes, Fockedey! Laugh now, there's plenty more where this one came from!". Or "Monday to Fockedey: we deliver!"<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-59960104377395131632015-10-01T20:17:51.967+01:002015-10-01T20:17:51.967+01:00Mike
I would like you to invent a strapline for t...Mike<br /><br />I would like you to invent a strapline for the Belgian bulk tanker company whose trucks we have seen today (and many times before) on our drive back from Italy. The company is named "Fockedey". Over to you!<br /><br />David BrookesDavid Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10521345628505603971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-12290338543183767942015-10-01T13:04:44.242+01:002015-10-01T13:04:44.242+01:00I have actually seen a van with the strapline, &qu...I have actually seen a van with the strapline, "Delivering Solutions". Chemical supplies company, maybe?<br /><br />I'm still waiting for the Lord Chancellor's invitation for those with "a passion for dispassion" to apply to be judges though.Zouk Delorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983226210415857258noreply@blogger.com