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A Perfect Mess
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I've always known I was right!!:D:D:rolleyes:
Preaching to the choir, are we?
Cheers,
Joe
I heard the interview with this guy on Counterpoint the other day. A Perfect Mess - Counterpoint - 10 May 2010
He makes a lot of sense, particularly in the organisational world. Stifling bureaucracy is the result of over organisation. Looks like a useful book.
Just sounds like someone trying to get out of trouble with his mum:rolleyes:. But yes limited mess is sometimes the best way to go. I generaly like things organised and in the right place but thats only because I have a bad memory so if its on the shadow board or in the draw I remember where it should be:U
Yes! That;s where I heard about it too. Usually I turn that show off, but I liked this guys arguments.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56
One thing he said was that neat people actually spend MORE time looking for stuff than messy people. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Claw Hama
Every garden should have a wild overgrown area imo. I know that such a space was reserved in medieval gardens for the faeries. Like every area of our lives....
BTW, I used the word impugn a few months ago and all the people at work had no idea what I was talking about. One of them even told me a week later that he'd looked the word up and it didn't exist. Needless to say that after I had corrected his spelling and he found the word he was a little more circumspect. These are highly educated engineers, but I cant reconcile the education and the lack of knowledge.
Impugn? How long were you waiting before you could work that in to a sentence? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Gingermick
About 35 years, I reckon.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by tea lady
Cheers,
Joe
well they were impugnin' my learnin', I couldn't think of a better word at short noticeQuote:
Originally Posted by tea lady
im·pugn (im pyo̵̅o̅n′)
transitive verb
- Obsolete to attack physically
- to attack by argument or criticism; oppose or challenge as false or questionable
Origin: ME impugnen < OFr impugner < L impugnare < in-, on, against + pugnare, to fight: see pugnacious
Related Forms:
- impugnable im·pugn′·able adjective
- impugnation im′·pug·na′·tion (im′pəg nā′s̸hən) noun
- impugner im·pugn′er noun
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ok, they were criticising and challenging my learnin' and Joe, were you impugning my lexicographical wizardry?
Maybe it was impugnable.:D But I hesitate to be the impugner.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Gingermick
I can assure you that I got my learning from the most respectable of cereal boxes. :p
No, just pulled a number from your age posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gingermick
Cheers,
Joe
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