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#4568 | | scenario, n.: An imagined sequence of events that provides the context in which a business decision is made. Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
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#4569 | | Schapiro's Explanation: The grass is always greener on the other side -- but that's because they use more manure.
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#4570 | | Schlattwhapper, n.: The window shade that allows itself to be pulled down, hesitates for a second, then snaps up in your face. -- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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#4571 | | Schmidt's Observation: All things being equal, a fat person uses more soap than a thin person.
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#4572 | | Scott's First Law: No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.
Scott's Second Law: When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been wrong in the first place. Corollary: After the correction has been found in error, it will be impossible to fit the original quantity back into the equation.
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#4573 | | scribline, n.: The blank area on the back of credit cards where one's signature goes. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
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#4574 | | Second Law of Business Meetings: If there are two possible ways to spell a person's name, you will pick the wrong one.
Corollary: If there is only one way to spell a name, you will spell it wrong, anyway.
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#4575 | | Second Law of Final Exams: In your toughest final -- for the first time all year -- the most distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you.
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#4576 | | Secretary's Revenge: Filing almost everything under "the".
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#4577 | | Seleznick's Theory of Holistic Medicine: Ice Cream cures all ills. Temporarily.
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