Packet of seeds

Beforenineoclockgoodone · Post by **Beforenineoclockgoodone** » 03 Nov 2008, 16:13

Who is still about now who remembers getting them for a Xmas bonus? :lfo :cfo

galaxie500 · Post by **galaxie500** » 03 Nov 2008, 16:37

yes remember was a few years ago was such a p*ss take they were out of date as well if i remember rightly

Post by **dvbuk55** » 03 Nov 2008, 17:28

galaxie500 wrote:yes remember was a few years ago was such a p*ss take they were out of date as well if i remember rightly

A very very good few years ago you old git

I reckon it is about 17 years but long before my time, my granddad told me about it - I can't pronounce the seeds he got but the plant "smoked" well.

zola4ever · Post by **zola4ever** » 03 Nov 2008, 18:37

Yeah I can recall that. It was easy 15 years ago .They where from Sutton Seeds. Our office ( Torquay ) sent them back. A right piss take !

shelanda · Post by **shelanda** » 03 Nov 2008, 18:41

Blimey! was it really that long ago, time flies when you're having fun .............. well that's how the saying goes, but seriously shocked it was so long ago!!

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 03 Nov 2008, 19:00

It was 1991, a packet of seeds, a car sticker and 10 stamps

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 03 Nov 2008, 19:00

I remember that too was it really SOW long a go now as far as i remember they did not grow and had to throw them away it was a foretaste of the failure yet to pass!. It is only now how with the hindsight of dream's and ambition's witherd that the seed's of destrution were then SOWED UPON US ALL SO LONG A GO!.

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 03 Nov 2008, 19:43

k66yla wrote:It was 1991, a packet of seeds, a car sticker and 10 stamps

Are we talking colleague share dividends here?

Post by **baldrick** » 04 Nov 2008, 07:10

k979aaa wrote:I remember that too was it really SOW long a go now as far as i remember they did not grow and had to throw them away it was a foretaste of the failure yet to pass!. It is only now how with the hindsight of dream's and ambition's witherd that the seed's of destrution were then SOWED UPON US ALL SO LONG A GO!.

They did grow into a giant beanstalk. :lfo and :cfo climbed up it and found the goose which laid the golden eggs.
They stole the golden eggs, and are are in the process of killing the goose which laid them, aided and abetted by the
Wicked Baron :mfo ......BOO! HISS!

Or am I confusing pantomime with reality in this panto season?

Martin Walsh · Post by **Martin Walsh** » 04 Nov 2008, 08:06

Remember that I was working in the office which delivered to Brian coburn who was the then Post Office chairman and we were delivering a bag a day of flower seeds back to him from all parts of the union as must go down as a massive own goal for the Post Office was not only making big profits but the government was taking millions out every year thanks to the EFL external finance limit. What a con that was.

vigilante · Post by **vigilante** » 04 Nov 2008, 09:46

oooohh yes I had a lovely packet of asters.
out of date!!
It was the banter in our office for many weeks......wound the hitler dim up though

Sandyman · Post by **Sandyman** » 05 Nov 2008, 22:10

Remember the packet of seeds farce very well

RM had the p**s taken out them by the national media.

Bill Cockburn (a precursor of :cfo ) seemed to think it was a great idea "sharing" some free seeds they'd been given with "Front Line Operational Employees", or whatever TQM guff they were told to call us back then. He was an idiot too. After failing in his remit to break the CWU, he scuttled off to W.H.Smith and they soon declared the first ever loss in their history. A very seedy character.

Post by **dvbuk55** » 06 Nov 2008, 16:10

Sandyman wrote:Remember the packet of seeds farce very well

RM had the p**s taken out them by the national media.

Bill Cockburn (a precursor of :cfo ) seemed to think it was a great idea "sharing" some free seeds they'd been given with "Front Line Operational Employees", or whatever TQM guff they were told to call us back then. He was an idiot too. After failing in his remit to break the CWU, he scuttled off to W.H.Smith and they soon declared the first ever loss in their history. A very seedy character.

He actually was brought in to privatise RM and when that fell through he scuttled off to WH Smith. He was the first "big" earner as head of RM and I bet he wishes he'd stayed after seeing Adams wedge - no pun intended.