Comments on: You’re fired http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116952 tyger Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:45:41 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116952 MsM Am I a Stalinist? Oh. Strange, maybe that's why I haven't taken to Gordon Brown. Maybe I'll have him <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky#Assassination" rel="nofollow">taken out with an Ice Axe?</a> Can't be having another pretender to the throne, can we? MsM

Am I a Stalinist? Oh. Strange, maybe that’s why I haven’t taken to Gordon Brown. Maybe I’ll have him taken out with an Ice Axe? Can’t be having another pretender to the throne, can we?

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116889 tyger Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:07:09 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116889 Wow, you're one spiteful Gooner! hahaha He has always struck me as an odd choice. I mean, what the fuck is the deal with the Amstrad em@iler? That hidious grey phone that you can pick up for a tenner at Currys? (suggested retail price? Around £79) The CPC464 wasn't a bad machine for the time. Better than the Sinclair Spectrum IMHO. But the Commodore 64 (not to mention the awesome and groundbreaking Amiga) was a better computer. I wasn't aware he was a property guru, but as you suggest, it's not a full-time job, is it? Wow, you’re one spiteful Gooner! hahaha

He has always struck me as an odd choice. I mean, what the fuck is the deal with the Amstrad em@iler? That hidious grey phone that you can pick up for a tenner at Currys? (suggested retail price? Around £79)

The CPC464 wasn’t a bad machine for the time. Better than the Sinclair Spectrum IMHO. But the Commodore 64 (not to mention the awesome and groundbreaking Amiga) was a better computer.

I wasn’t aware he was a property guru, but as you suggest, it’s not a full-time job, is it?

]]> By: Juvenal http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116843 Juvenal Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:15:15 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116843 How Sugar has become some sort of business guru, I don't know. Amstrad produced crap for most of the eighties, and only survives now by making digi-boxes or something. His real money is from property, which does not require anywhere near the same levels of business acumen - simply invest and watch your money grow. I have to say that I'd love to take part in some of the challenges on the programme, but I would never, ever want to work for that bullying barrow-boy. The fact that I'm an Arsenal supporter has nothing to do with it (!) How Sugar has become some sort of business guru, I don’t know. Amstrad produced crap for most of the eighties, and only survives now by making digi-boxes or something. His real money is from property, which does not require anywhere near the same levels of business acumen - simply invest and watch your money grow.

I have to say that I’d love to take part in some of the challenges on the programme, but I would never, ever want to work for that bullying barrow-boy. The fact that I’m an Arsenal supporter has nothing to do with it (!)

]]> By: Ms Melancholy http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116336 Ms Melancholy Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:07:50 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116336 So the Stalin bit wasn't a joke then? I like the new look tyger. So the Stalin bit wasn’t a joke then? I like the new look tyger.

]]> By: Leo http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116303 Leo Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:31:01 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116303 "hollow, vacuous and unfulfilling" capitalism is a means of generating wealth. dont expect it to make you happy too. there Are some things where the onus is on the individual, i feel. “hollow, vacuous and unfulfilling”

capitalism is a means of generating wealth. dont expect it to make you happy too. there Are some things where the onus is on the individual, i feel.

]]> By: Finnieston Crane http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116271 Finnieston Crane Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:52:14 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116271 It certainly doesn't seem to provoke the best traits humankind has to offer. And that's just me when I clap eyes on Sugar. But it makes for good TV... It certainly doesn’t seem to provoke the best traits humankind has to offer. And that’s just me when I clap eyes on Sugar.

But it makes for good TV…

]]> By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116263 tyger Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:43:12 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116263 It remains 'watchable' if only for the anthropological lessons. It remains ‘watchable’ if only for the anthropological lessons.

]]> By: Richard http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116259 Richard Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:37:20 +0000 http://tygerland.net/2007/04/04/youre-fired/#comment-116259 This 'you're fired and you're hired' competitive pathology might be appropriate in very narrow fields within business, but it can be lethal if applied universally. Can you imagine what havoc would be created if this pathology was applied to, say, a University Research Laboratory - where 'results' are dependent on professional co-operation between colleagues ! The Apprentice was watchable for me, until recently. Now I find it immature and childish. This ‘you’re fired and you’re hired’ competitive pathology might be appropriate in very narrow fields within business, but it can be lethal if applied universally.

Can you imagine what havoc would be created if this pathology was applied to, say, a University Research Laboratory - where ‘results’ are dependent on professional co-operation between colleagues !

The Apprentice was watchable for me, until recently. Now I find it immature and childish.

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