Bringing a new meaning to the word "Layoff"...
One would hope that this is not so much the indication of economic woes that they claim it to be, but instead an indication of better gender relations overall...
Nevertheless... all I can think of now is a bizarre hybrid of two types of late-night commercials: the ones for the sex industry, and those ones where the guy is screaming "Why is everything so cheap? Because I'm CRAAAAZY!! Come down to Crazy Jack's, everything must go!"*
No word on whether their union might consider something like this** as a golden handshake for those approaching their "sell~by date"...
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* Which brings to mind that other Ed, and his slogan "Come in and get lost." If Mr. Mirvish ever expanded operations to Amsterdam...
** Thanks to the late great Ms. Bombeck; please see a lovely tribute to her here, and check out these other interesting bits here, and here, and, to balance this one {how on earth could you possibly that claim feminists didn't like the woman who wrote about the inanity of trying to live up to the image of the perfect mother?}, particularly here.
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Addendum: And here, and here too.
Wow. I'd forgotten just how much I enjoyed Erma...
Posted by edgar at October 30, 2003 08:46 AM