Old John's 

Xmas Almanac

No 6 ~ 1995

Still yet one more Cornucopia of 

Aphorisms, Axioms, Saws, Maxims,

Proverbs, Quotations & Adages

for the

Busy OSRAM Manager

			Vorsprung trotz Technik JPR Has anybody seen my passport? and some weeks later......... Has anybody seen my car? NDS, (and what next?) Maths is not an opinion it's a science RC   I suspect that, taking all things into account, perhaps one or maybe two of us, might just, have gone ever so slightly over the top name witheld to protect the guilty ISD wish you and your staff a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and Successful New Year VeronicaJuliaSallyGaryNarendraColinNickDinkarTonyJohn MW: "......and there are flames coming from the back of Prost's car as he enters the swimming pool"  JH: "Well that should put them out then" Murray Walker and James Hunt at Monaco I don't make mistakes LWP, a little surprisingly
	We've done it with our blood & flesh GM I think somebody should have voted for me a budding OSRAM starlet   Whether you think you can or you can't you are probably right unknown A girlfriend is like a leg - if you only have one you keep falling over EZ/OIBG     I've always looked on men like batteries. When they run down you just get another! Flora Crew in Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard     What I hear I forget What I see I remember What I do I understand unknown Only the paranoid survive Andrew Grove, CEO Intel

 

How can I get my hands on that Porsche?

How does that bonus scheme work?

Where are the R/3 benefits?

Why are there so many women around?

Why is my PC so unstable?

Why can't we get DuluxEL?

What do all those people in OSRAM House do?

Why can't we assume beer has vitamins?

Who fell over before both skis were on?

How come Marion's german is so good?

What is our sales strategy again?

When will SNI do something right?

When is the period-end this month?

How can I get to Barbados?

Who was the last one to leave the party?

Why does Steve keep calling them light bulbs?

How come the car policy has been stable for a few weeks?

When will he recognise my true contribution?

What is a succession plan?

Who'd have thought David a natural drag queen?

Who was Aldo Busch anyway - an Italian Prime Minister?

What time does the pub open?

Please send the correct question, which may or may not be listed, to the Editor for a special prize donated by Marketing. Correct answer next year.