7/12/2006

Looking-glass semantics

…So there’s this guy at this training at office, he’s very short and very fat, kind of a latino version of the Humpty-Dumpty, and he’s talking to me:

GUY: …Because our aims should be directed to better service the customer…
ME: 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
GUY: …And we cannot fall back on any mis-interpreted initiative when applying new technologies to keep up with the current trends of the market…
ME: Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
GUY: …And to provide a direct approach to problem-solving considering a benchmarking within the reaches of…
ME: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. and so on. Dude, can the lingo willya!! Roll up your sleeves and get to work, go!