Announcement from Ant

Date: July 28th, 2003 | 9 comments

An Announcement to the BootsnAll Travel Community
For starters, unlike similar jokes on the boards and in newsletters in the past, this is not a joke or a quip or a gag. It’s required a lot of thinking and soul-searching, as they say, but after 3 years, I’ve stepped down from my position at [read more]

Acts of Gord

Date: June 11th, 2003 | No Comments

Mo Valentine said it all, when he sent along this link
Acts of Gord: Love the Gord, Fear the Gord
For anyone who has worked retail–or retoil, as I like to call it. This guy owns a video game store, calls himself “The Gord,” and writes short stories about the idiots he comes across doing his daily [read more]

“out to change more than your tires”

Date: May 21st, 2003 | No Comments

If you're familiar with AAA, the US-based roadside assistance membership thingie, but have a greener edge to you, then you might want to check out this:
Better World Club - Roadside Assistance, Insurance and Travel
Found it today in a newsletter - pretty neat. Even offers roadside assistance for [read more]

Happy as Larry

Date: May 16th, 2003 | 2 comments

Being a Yank, I'm easily confused.

So when I got an email this morning that said “You'll be happy as Larry by the end of the day!” I had to ask Chris if they were talking about one of our clients. If you've heard this before and been wondering, it's one of those wee Commonwealth expressions:
Questions [read more]

Some of the finest double meanings on British TV

Date: April 22nd, 2003 | No Comments

Thanks to Mo Valentine for sending this along - sometimes you just hafta wonder about sports commentators…

MICHAEL Buerk watching Phillipa Forrester cuddle up to a male astronomer for warmth during BBC1’s UK eclipse coverage remarked: “They seem cold out there, they’re rubbing each other and he’s only come in his shorts.”
Ken Brown commentating on golfer [read more]