Archive for the 'humour' Category

Where the Brain gives Pinky a Lesson in Statistics

Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other is insane They’re advertising guys Their mind is on the prize They’re dinky They’re Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, BrainBefore each night is done Their plan will be unfurled […]

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Where Pinky and the Brain (Re)Define Best In Class

Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other is insane They’re advertising guys Their mind is on the prize They’re dinky They’re Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, BrainBefore each night is done Their plan will be unfurled […]

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What Do Object Oriented Programming and Custom GUIs Have To Do With Actionable Data?

Note to the astute reader: This is essentially the same comment that I made in response to Jason Busch’s It’s Not Just About the Data — It’s About Acting on the Data post on Thursday.I don’t know, but if anyone can tell me, I’d be grateful. The Supply Chain Management Review recently ran an […]

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Where Pinky and the Brain Devise A Plan To Market Their Strategy

Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other is insane They’re advertising guys Their mind is on the prize They’re dinky They’re Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, BrainBefore each night is done Their plan will be unfurled […]

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Happy New Year from the Sourcing Maniacs

Yesterday, in Ariba Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Thaddeus Plotz and Chicken Boo are in the boardroom, looking rather serious. It’s empty but for a vase of flowers on the table. The intercom is turned on. Mary Hartless The intercom crackles. […]

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The Wit and Wisdom of the SpendFool Revisited

One year ago today, I brought you The Wit and Wisdom of the SpendFool, culled from all of the foolish comments I could find over on SpendMatters. The SpendFool was also kind enough to leave some very juicy tidbits again this year, but in case you missed them, here are the highlights.The WitFrom Risk […]

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The Brain Gives Pinky a Marketing Lesson

Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other is insane They’re advertising guys Their mind is on the prize They’re dinky They’re Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, BrainBefore each night is done Their plan will be unfurled […]

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Fortune’s Dumb Supply Chain Moments

Fortune recently posted their 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2007. I found the following five supply-chain related moments to be quite humorous.Free Virus for All! A Belgian IT security consultant, testing Google’s ability to block harmful advertising, posts an add that reads “Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!” Google accepts […]

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Spend Rappin’

To the Tune of “Christmas Rappin’” by Kurtis BlowDon’t you get me all that JIVE about code you used before I’s alive, Cause this ain’t 1965 - ain’t even 1999! Now I’m the guy named Lamoureux and Spend is one thing that I know. So every year, just about this time, I celebrate it with […]

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the doctor Wants To Assure You That This Blog Is Not Evil

The unnaturally observant will notice that this is the 666th post. Knowing that the majority of readers of this blog are from North America or the UK, that the predominant religion in these parts of the world is Christian, and that many Christians associate 666 with the number of the beast, I feel that […]

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