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The football fixtures fixers
Creative columns offer ways for you to bunk off to watch England play in the World Cup. Really creative columns simply redefine the problem.
‘There’s no need to bunk off work to watch World Cup matches – £40 or so is enough to acquire a USB digital TV receiver that should not be beyond the wit of most to conceal in the tangle of wires behind one’s PC. Some might even find they’re able to lose the cost in an expense account,’ says Antony Hawkins, who works in the public sector at the University of Sheffield.
And really creative corrupt columns offer publicity to people who want to make a profit from this problem. ‘We will very conveniently be running “seminars” all around the country at handy locations “just far enough away” from your offices’ says Graham Brown of Brown Corrupt Industries. All seminars will be scheduled to clash with England games, and have any title you want.
‘All this for a nominal £10 per person to cover a valueless delegate ID badge and directions that would choke a satnav,’ he adds. At which point, go home, put your feet up and watch the game.
I thought about the USB DVB-T tuner idea too, but there is just one problem it will not work in an open plan office.
Posted by :ggreaves | May 25, 2006 1:25 PM