W.C. Fields? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._C._Fields
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:01 PM Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah . . . sigh . . . > A story I can tell now: > One night around the new year, at the end of 1999. I was wondering around > (client) with a bottle of nice sparkling wine, looking for somewhere to > keep it cool. > > It was a special one-off night shift tacked onto the > ml llend of a contract. I was to stay until various things had finished > normally overnight, as expected. > > "You're drunk!" said the fella. I recognised him from a manager's meeting. > I'd had a glass of wine, but I defo wasn't drunk! > > I couldn't resist it. I stole a line from an American comedian (I can't > remember his name) and I said his line loud and proud "Why the Hell not? > I've been drinking all day!" > > His face was a picture :-) > > And all he could do, being practical, was to sigh and say "Carry on . . ." > :-) > > It was my last day as a contractor, as I was going to spend some years as a > single parent of 4, so I never asked for a reference. Perhaps it would have > read "Got the job done. Appears to drink like a fish." :-) > > Rupert > > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2019, 18:26 Chris Hoelscher, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has it been 20 years since Y2K?? sometimes it seems like last year, other > > times seems like another lifetime ..... > > > > Thank You, > > Chris Hoelscher| Lead Database Administrator | IBM Global Technical > > Services| T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
