tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post8770077364205615966..comments2023-12-15T01:18:40.855+11:00Comments on Expat@Large: The Gravity Of Pepsiexpat@largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-79664707298216614842009-03-11T03:08:00.000+11:002009-03-11T03:08:00.000+11:00Keep drinking Pepsi! I just bought 10 shares of th...Keep drinking Pepsi! I just bought 10 shares of their stock.Skippy-sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115988855323925228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-33747847020961873602009-03-10T12:10:00.000+11:002009-03-10T12:10:00.000+11:00Sav: muaks!Sav: muaks!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-73761884703168198362009-03-10T00:27:00.000+11:002009-03-10T00:27:00.000+11:00dammit...i just remembered the drunk commenting he...dammit...i just remembered the drunk commenting here and thought i could trash it before you saw it! *sigh*<BR/>although, your comments are enough to remind me never, ever to <I>drunktype</I> here!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(i love you!)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-59784684240952306472009-03-09T13:59:00.000+11:002009-03-09T13:59:00.000+11:00Sav: LOL - "sunshgime"? Ah, OK you'...Sav: LOL - "sunshgime"? Ah, OK you're brightening things up all right... Hey since when do I HAVE to comment on everyone's comment? I'm only a rude Aussie, remember!<BR/><BR/>Word Verif: I spend hours thinking up new ones.<BR/><BR/>& sunshine? Well, apart from the HUGE dark storm clouds rolling up over Sentosa as I type this. I have quite a dramatic view one of the cruise ships sneaking out, trying to avoid the rain. It is still in the sunlight all white and bright, its smoke now being sucked towards the rapidly apporaching storm, now spiralling away... a streak of lightnening flashes, and I wait -- ggrikkuummmberber -- the thunder growls.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-10190394570272020352009-03-09T13:32:00.000+11:002009-03-09T13:32:00.000+11:00gawd, i hate word verification6 triescorkpon wtf?gawd, i hate word verification6 tries<BR/>corkpon wtf?savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-87627368151089448372009-03-09T13:31:00.000+11:002009-03-09T13:31:00.000+11:00what? i give you sober sunshgime (as opposed to dr...what? i give you sober sunshgime (as opposed to drunken commenting <I>now</I>) and i get nuttin???? :D<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>(i love you anyway) <BR/>(xoxox)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-64754264230166778582009-03-09T13:02:00.000+11:002009-03-09T13:02:00.000+11:00Speaking of business meetings: The manager just w...Speaking of business meetings: The manager just walked in all serious business-like and said: <BR/><BR/>"This Pattaya meeting... <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Bring your golf clubs."expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-57256853553557497532009-03-09T12:58:00.000+11:002009-03-09T12:58:00.000+11:00"Don't you like change?" they used to ask me. "Ar..."Don't you like change?" they used to ask me. "Are you afraid of change?"<BR/><BR/>You may as well ask me if I like dinner. <BR/><BR/>What does it mean, change? What's FOR dinner?<BR/><BR/>By "change", do you mean IMPROVEMENT? or do you mean CUTTING THE HEART OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND LEAVING IT THROBBING ON THE FACTORY FLOOR.<BR/><BR/>By "dinner" do you mean pate de foie gras melted onto an hot-seared eye fillet, crisply steamed fresh vegetables and potatoes dauphin, or do you mean creamed dog's turd on a bed of lawn clippings?<BR/><BR/>Fuck off with "change", if it is just shorthand for cost-cutting, or for giving the suits something to present at all those meetings.expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-81020348883540457532009-03-09T11:03:00.000+11:002009-03-09T11:03:00.000+11:00New is not always better. And change merely for th...New is not always better. And change merely for the sake of change sucks. Majorly.Creepyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01063081348358828902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-11657269387184556642009-03-09T04:54:00.000+11:002009-03-09T04:54:00.000+11:00my darling! i live to cheer ya'll up! it is the hi...my darling! i live to cheer ya'll up! it is the highlight of <I>mah</I> day to try and bring a lil bit o' southern sunshine into ya'll's life! i<I>ah</I> am nothing unless i can bring a smile o'delight and joy to ya'll! xoxox ;)<BR/><BR/>(but yeah, i was done with the economic doom & gloom, sugarpie)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-1823719585705844882009-03-09T02:52:00.000+11:002009-03-09T02:52:00.000+11:00I bet you got that message in a bottle?.... I've l...I bet you got that message in a bottle?<BR/><BR/>.... I've lost my faith;-)Momentary Madnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314884356743431845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-76914981359263986552009-03-08T19:00:00.000+11:002009-03-08T19:00:00.000+11:00Sav: I thought you meant done with trying to cheer...Sav: I thought you meant done with trying to cheer us up!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-10696815708137819042009-03-08T15:35:00.000+11:002009-03-08T15:35:00.000+11:00not with blogging, just worrying about what the he...not with blogging, just worrying about what the hell is going to happen next! xoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-64555964543601208832009-03-08T11:22:00.000+11:002009-03-08T11:22:00.000+11:00sighthat's it.i am done.sigh<BR/><BR/><BR/>that's it.<BR/><BR/>i am done.savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-9136510405725995652009-03-08T10:43:00.000+11:002009-03-08T10:43:00.000+11:00The white part of the new Pepsi logo reminds me of...The white part of the new Pepsi logo reminds me of the outline of a stomach. It infers either "drink this and rot your guts out" (yay!) or "drink this and grow a bigger one of these" (not so yay).<BR/><BR/>At least your employers current slogan is relevant. I think ours is "we're flush with cash but let us take this opportunity to stick it to our now captive employees". That said at least I have a job for the foreseeable future.dibabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160261542703053377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-67422070495227121222009-03-08T05:34:00.000+11:002009-03-08T05:34:00.000+11:00Sav: but you know what happens at end of KVjr's Pl...Sav: but you know what happens at end of KVjr's Player Piano? We all get sucked in again, because we are hard-wired to conform. We think we are steering this tofo elephant, but if she wants to go this way, we go this way...<BR/><BR/>MM: never saw no miracle of science, didn't go from a blessing to a curse... but let me say this first...expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-64768136148888913072009-03-08T05:21:00.000+11:002009-03-08T05:21:00.000+11:00Dan: I'm ex-Philips myself and I was glad to s...Dan: I'm ex-Philips myself and I was glad to see "let's make things better" go. It implied we weren't making them properly to being with. When I started we had old badge with the wavy lines only. Now it's gone minimilasy with just the word in Gill Sans...<BR/><BR/>My current company is in the middle of changing it's excellent, timeless logo, "science & humanity" with something like "let's ride out this shitstorm"...expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-35180053003517623722009-03-08T02:26:00.000+11:002009-03-08T02:26:00.000+11:00"science is a thief," ha, that's for sure. To some..."science is a thief," ha, that's for sure. <BR/>To some degree I accept it, in another, definitely a rip-off.<BR/>No doubt there are always discoveries about how our imagination is stimulated, and you’ll always have those with a vested interest in knowledge. <BR/>Yes, always someone trying to make a fast buck, and that’s what has us in the shit we’re in; make money - get rich - quick, ignore the long term repercussions.<BR/>This comment requires more elaboration but I wont bore, ye "get the drift."<BR/>-------------<BR/>"Well why do we dream in metaphors?<BR/>Try to hold on to something we couldn't understand. <BR/> <BR/>Tell me why must we argue loudly? When peace is our one salvation <BR/>I couldn't understandMomentary Madnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314884356743431845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-19733333216791491082009-03-08T00:57:00.000+11:002009-03-08T00:57:00.000+11:00i say walk away from all things branded...go gener...i say walk away from all things branded...go generic. live the <I>repo man</I> lifestyle. chic and cheap, sugar...according to the nyt anyway. xoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-15360963904599252262009-03-07T22:00:00.000+11:002009-03-07T22:00:00.000+11:00It may be a spoof, but as the article says it is f...It may be a spoof, but as the article says it is frighteningly believable.<BR/><BR/>I worked at Philips when they sacked the director of research from the board and replaced him with one of these MBA dandies. He immediately replaced the then logo 'let's make things better' with 'sense and sensibility' immediately inferring Philips no longer were making things better. <BR/><BR/>Whilst that may have been true I am sure it was not the intention of the marketing prick. We had all the pseudo-scientific presentations doing the rounds to justify this nonsense logo. I remember some open cardboard box which supposedly represented all our ideas, only it was empty.<BR/><BR/><I>'We live in a world that has indulged these buffoons for so long that they think they are heroes, while nerds are regarded with contempt.'</I>DanPloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141529316324762686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-1184327797302981852009-03-07T20:19:00.000+11:002009-03-07T20:19:00.000+11:00Heavy and yet attractive - absolutely!Heavy and yet attractive - absolutely!expat@largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01250623536121293636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26717801.post-82866936741536273932009-03-07T19:35:00.000+11:002009-03-07T19:35:00.000+11:00You could do the same as for a reason why people s...You could do the same as for a reason why people should be attracted to read E@L ~grin~Indianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691561872847907682noreply@blogger.com