I don't have any video editing software. Just photos for me. Plus anything that takes more than 5 mins to do is too much work..
I don't think microwaved quinoa counts as posh. I can't eat much meat, I'm supposed to limit myself to 3oz a day (I bet I eat twice that though) so need to get protein from other sources.
Not at all, Canal Street was famous for being the gay mecca of the Northwest even when I was growing up. It was the subject of a number of jokes.
I assumed you'd read back and were just taking the piss. I said microwaved quinoa was posh and so ****Milk accused me of being a Manc and I just ran with it. I've mentioned many times in the past my sad upbringing in the shadow of Goodison Park. Maybe before you joined though.
F*cking Around on LinkedIn (DO NOT READ if Easily Offended) Published on January 15, 2017 LikeF*cking Around on LinkedIn (DO NOT READ if Easily Offended) 3,337 Comment 724 ShareShare F*cking Around on LinkedIn (DO NOT READ if Easily Offended) 242 please log in to view this image Angela Melling FollowAngela Melling Photographer & Owner, picturiacommercial.co.uk Let me start by admitting my bias on this topic. I swear. A lot. This has recently been exacerbated by hot flushes, night sweats and the fact that seemingly reason-based democracies are now evolving into populist reactionary idiocracies. SAD! “What has any of this to do with LinkedIn?” I hear you tut in disapprobation*. Well, for me, my business is a big part of my life, and if I can’t have fun whilst I am going about my business, then **** it! Starting work in the 1980s, I recall that there was still an element of foosty hierarchical decorum, whereby you were expected to call your boss Mr BlahBlah (and it was usually a Mr). Conversely, He would address you by your first name to reinforce his superiority. Well, those days are long gone. Work for me no longer feels like wading through a 45 year prison term. Work and life are integral, regardless of any bollocks-spouting regarding the work/life balance. And some of us will have to work beyond 65 in the post-welfare state, so we had bloody well better had enjoy it! Anyway, back to swearing…Has someone pissed you off in your working day? Doesn’t it feel good to phone a friend and tell them all about “that ****er”? Swearing is a valve, it releases pressure. When it is done correctly it can also be the cause of much mirth, as anyone who has marvelled at the highly inventive expletive bursts of Malcolm Tucker will testify. Of course, no-one is proposing that we emulate him and fire **** missiles at the incompetents and self-servers that we encounter in daily life. Malcolm appeals to the part of us that would love to be so upfront with people, but we know that would break the social contract and impinge upon the rights of others, regardless of their ****wittery. In this post-truth, post-grammar world, is swearing really something that should get you all steamed up? **** No! Why not get worked up instead over the prevailing storms of misinformation (FAKE NOOS!), unbridled greed, stupefying self-interest and the tsunamis of hatred washing across the Cyber instead? I, for one, am pigfuck-tired of seeing my LinkedIn feed crammed with 7 Things Highly Formulaic People do, or anything that Sir Dick Branson chooses to fart out. How refreshing to come across Cara Mackay and her ****ing shed post (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-work-from-home-cara-mackay) in my feed. It actually made my day. I would like to give her big thanks for providing me with an enema for my public personality constipation. Changing careers, 10 years ago as I hit 40, enabled me to escape the daily soul-crushing grind of discussing the relative merits of Sarbanes ****ing Oxley, or having to listen to folks make ****e small talk about sport (which leaves me narcoleptic), so that they could dodge talking about anything of importance. There is no point in making that change if I am to carry on playing the game and nodding as if I gave a ****. When I was a school governor years ago (ha-ha! Yes, swearers are approached for such duties too!), I remember tabling a change to the school rules, so that girls could wear trousers. When we won the vote, some old bastard who had been on the board for decades made a lot of noise about it being “the thin end of the wedge”. I daresay some of you reading this will be of the same opinion. Some of you may also be thinking whilst reading this “What the ****?! Is she committing career suicide here?” Well, I may be taking a gamble, but as James Watt (author of “Business for Punks” and co-founder of BrewDog) states: “Unless you are occasionally petrified you are not pushing hard enough. You need to get yourself out of your comfort zones. Comfort zones only exist to perpetuate mediocrity and anonymity.” Some of the best marketing advice I have been given over the years is to imagine your ideal clients and they will come. Well, now I am entreating you foul-mouthed ****ers to pick up the phone/keyboard and book me. Swearers apparently lie less, have a better sense of humour and don’t suffer from crippling repression. Just the sort of clients that I am looking for! Do swear responsibly and remember to be nice to one another. Thank You. (*No, I will not tailor my posts to suit a fifth grader, thank you marketing algorithms.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTSCRIPT New visitors, please note the following points that I made in a comment below the line. I am adding this as a postscript to the main post to try and dissuade new punchbowl-pissers from stinking up the place: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A massive “Thank You!” for all of your kind words and for taking the time to comment. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend filled with whatever makes you laugh. As for the handful of disparagers, I just wondered what your motivation may be? My motivation for writing the post was • Marketing – establishing my brand as the Roger Mellie of commercial photography in Surrey; • To encourage openness and more fun in our work – trying to make the point that most of us are human and not just a bunch of corporate automatons; • Wording it in an attempt to make people laugh. Now, back to your motivation? • The header clearly states that there is content which may offend, so why read it if you disapprove? • Can I ask if you have any awareness of your surroundings? Did you look at other folks’ comments and notice that the vast majority said the post had given them a smile or a laugh? May I ask why you are so important that you feel you are entitled to turn up to a party and piss in the punchbowl because you disagree with alcohol consumption? And to those (mainly crusty older men) who are now trying to make it personal, maligning my personality traits - do you know what? I’m very happy with myself, thank you! I go through life smiling in the street and attempt to engage positively with everyone I meet, from CEOs to shop assistants, hoping to find a laugh along the way. As I have individually mentioned to detractors previously, try not to judge others by your standards, as we are not all alike. I do hope that you find something to laugh about today, or at some point in the not-too-distant future. To repeat how I signed off on the original post: Swear responsibly (meaning don’t do it in front of children, strangers or self-righteous killjoys). Oh, and be nice to one another!
