Day: 28 April 2013

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28 April 2013

Good morning to you all on what is looking like the beginning of a decidedly dodgy week, which is a shame considering that this past week we enjoyed some pretty decent Spring-like weather – it’s been warmer than it has been and we’ve even seen the occasional spot of sunshine. Yesterday, however, provided a precursor to what the weather forecasters are predicting for the week ahead – hail showers and plummeting temperatures. Oh, well. Spring will arrive one day, I guess.

We gave you the least bad photos last week from our recent excursion to Barcelona. Today, a quick run-down of some of the highlights.

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28 April 2013 – Amusements

A salesman for a major beverage company returns from his assignment in the Middle East and reports his assignment was a total failure. “Tell me what happened,” his boss says.

“When I accepted the assignment,” replies the salesman, “I was confident I could turn a profit for the company there, since it was a brand new market and no one had ever tried our drink. But once I arrived, I realized that I had a problem: I didn’t speak their language.”

“So what did you do?” the boss probes.

“I decided to convey our message by using three posters. In the first, I showed a man crawling through the desert heat, exhausted and panting with thirst. The second poster shows the man having a drink of our cola. The final poster showed the man happy and totally refreshed. I had them plastered at every corner and in every market I could find.”

“That should have worked,” the boss chimes in. “Why didn’t it?”

“Well,” the salesman confesses, “not only did I not speak the language, but I also didn’t realize that most people in that country read from right to left.” Continue reading “28 April 2013 – Amusements”