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FRIDAY, 29 DECEMBER 1995
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— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You've "been meaning to" for three years. The thing you meant to do has…
- Your birthday cake now needs a risk assessment. The candles are outnumbering the years…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
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