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Old 23rd October 2018, 16:19
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Meetings, thank goodness I never went.

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My Grandfather was promoted to head of department many decades ago. First meeting cancelled all other meetings.

The best meeting strategy I ever came across, all meetings were held standing up in rooms with no furniture, often a corridor.

You don't have many meetings on a farm.
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Old 24th October 2018, 09:32
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I used to look forward to the bi-monthly Works Committee meetings at work. I got a shift off, a free lunch and drinky-poos with higher management who hated us really!


On one occasion I got a remote operated fart gizmo and fixed it under the table where the station manager's secretary sat. I don't know how we contained ourselves, watching the reactions. Happy days!


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Old 24th October 2018, 15:42
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My Grandfather was promoted to head of department many decades ago. First meeting cancelled all other meetings.

The best meeting strategy I ever came across, all meetings were held standing up in rooms with no furniture, often a corridor.

You don't have many meetings on a farm.
Ah, now artificial insemination is explained.
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Ah, now artificial insemination is explained.
Often known as "The Bull in a Bowler Hat".

Was down the farm today, it is "that time of year" if you are a tup. The three of them followed me for miles, I was quite nervous. Then I thought of all the nervous ewes I have known. They don't like shearing or being dosed for worms, you understand.
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Old 25th October 2018, 10:56
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That sounds a bit Corporal Jonesish, Farmer J!
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Old 25th October 2018, 13:10
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Don't panic!
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My old man used to tell me that the best number of people at a meeting was ‘3.’ Where one fails to turn up, and another gets run over by a bus. That way one bloke gets to make a decision !
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