How to liven up a meeting.....

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ever been in one of those meetings that drag on............ and on..........

We had one of those Yesterday and a good friend and colleague decided to play a bit of a game to keep us entertained and see if the other people would cotton on.......

Let's get 3 phrases in each.. I choose 3 for her, she chose 3 for me....

Given to me were....

"Romantic weekend in Paris"

"Swing low sweet chariot"

and some lyrics from Polaroid by Imagine Dragons..."I am a headcase, I am the colour of boom"

The stakes were 1 bottle of wine as to who could get them all in, in context, first...

One is expecting one's wine today!
 
Yes, I do that all the time...Most recently my trigger was someone calling me Paul Young. And they had no idea who that was, so I kept dropping lyrics from his song....Everytime you go away, come back and stay etc...The topic was brilliant as it was actually regarding travel...It took five minutes for the others to realise what I was doing, and that was it....It was literally ROFLMAO and this poor girl had no clue, even after we explained she still didn't get it :) Bless...
 
Lynton said:
Given to me were....

"Romantic weekend in Paris"

"Swing low sweet chariot"

and some lyrics from Polaroid by Imagine Dragons..."I am a headcase, I am the colour of boom"!
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She didn't set the bar very high, did she?

I bet you weren't even the first person in that meeting to say you're a headcase!? :p
 
Bah!, too intellectual for me.

Releasing a Honey Badger is enough to liven up many a boring meeting.
 
Ive played a similar game when I was in a sales team. I had to get the phrase 'Good to go, daddio' into the conversation. I managed it, but the guy on the other end of the phone thought I was a bit...special :D
 
Yves Geza said:
She didn't set the bar very high, did she?

I bet you weren't even the first person in that meeting to say you're a headcase!? :p
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Correct. But try to define the colour of "boom"
 
didn't some firearms officer lose his job over playing this game in his coroners testimony ?
 
Steve Smith said:
Every work meeting I have ever attended.

It is now expected that I will fall asleep in them.


Steve.
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where the meeting is by teleconf i have been known to mute the phone and doze off
 
In a previous life I worked for Thomas Cook in one of their call centres and we used to set each other challenges of getting certain words into the call. I was given the word 'Orange' one day so chose to answer all calls with, "Good morning, Orange Cook Direct, how can I help you."
 
big soft moose said:
where the meeting is by teleconf i have been known to mute the phone and doze off
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About ten years ago, our company was bought by an American company. One day some of our American bosses visited and called a meeting for 1:00.

At 1:10 someone came into the canteen to remind me that I should be in the meeting. I had already started my lunch so I took it with me and finished it in the meeting... Then I had a little after lunch snooze whilst they were droning on about something.

And I still work there now!


Steve.
 
big soft moose said:
where the meeting is by teleconf i have been known to mute the phone and doze off
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Browsing ebay was my favourite for teleconferencing and you just had to grunt or make some noise every so often. Surprising how audible a barely muttered "Oh god" can be, apparently. :oops: :$ Then they messed it up by installing video conferencing .......................
 
big soft moose said:
didn't some firearms officer lose his job over playing this game in his coroners testimony ?
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There is a time and place to do these kind of things ;)
 
I understand that it is a game played by barristers where only the word is required.

Apocryphally someone used, in a case, "cunning lingers on" and scored top points - I will leave you to guess the word.
 
big soft moose said:
the officer concerned was actually cleared of playing the game - but you can draw your own conclusions

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/04/mark-saunders-inquest-song-title-ruling
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Reading that article I thought it was all a bit ridiculous that it apparently brought the met into disrepute and caused additional distress etc. Then I saw the song titles he had used and it all started to make sense why it was a big deal!
Along with the reference to Faith by George Michael, six other song titles were present in the evidence, the IPCC said.
These were Enough Is Enough by Donna Summer, Self Preservation by the Lucksmiths, f*** My Old Boots by the Membranes, In the Line of Fire by Dogwood [also attributed to Journey], Quiet Moments by Chris De Burgh, and Point of No Return by Immortal Technique [also by Duran Duran].​
 
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