That was one of my first introductions to office life after moving from the shop floor

Friday lunch time drinks.....most of the afternoon slumped over the drawing board, feet hooked over the bars so you didn't fall off the stool!

Obviously this company went tits up and we were all made redundant......I blamed Thatcher at the time

Posted By: BSE Canary on March 11th 2015 at 11:54:39

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I just nearly passed out (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Mar 11, 10:39:08
- I had that once in the Triangle pub in Lowestoft after 3 pints of James White Special Brew (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Mar 11, 11:17:26
  - Good pub (NCFC) - norway, Mar 11, 11:19:30
    - Is it still there? Must be more than 20 years since I was in it. (NCFC) - Dunney, Mar 11, 11:36:58
      - This was in the late 80s, sort of pub where they asked if you had a knife, if you said no (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Mar 11, 11:52:01
        
        late 80's sounds about right. SLP? (n/m) (NCFC) - Dunney, Mar 11, 12:12:29
      - lol (NCFC) - norway, Mar 11, 11:46:36
        
        Used to get 3 pints of Abbot on a friday lunchtime. Bonkers. (n/m) (NCFC) - Dunney, Mar 11, 11:49:15
        
        That was one of my first introductions to office life after moving from the shop floor (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Mar 11, 11:54:39
        
        Old boss of mine would order a pint of lager at lunchtime and "secretly" (we all knew) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 11:52:51
        
        Gold Label - I feel sick (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Mar 11, 12:07:48
        
        I know. Syrup! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 12:13:16
- Similar happened to me a couple of years ago (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Mar 11, 11:10:51
  - I was going to say it was signs of that (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 11:13:53
    - I carry some prescription prochloroperazine with me now (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Mar 11, 11:28:24
      - Being fairly ignorant to the symptoms or how it feels (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 11:39:56
        
        I?ve never had any physio (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Mar 11, 12:51:34
        
        excellent, I know 2 people with it. One who's like you, but has bouts all the time (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 13:19:49
        
        *** (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 13:21:01
  - labyrinthitis ? If nothing else that's a very impressively named condition (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 11:12:03
    - David Bowie fixation? (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 11, 11:33:34
    - vertigo, quite a broad diagnosis (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 11:15:00
      - Vertigo is my fave Duran Duran track. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Mar 11, 11:32:39
    - Quite a-MAZE-ing (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 11:12:15
- Excessive fantasising. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Mar 11, 11:10:07
- We are all robots really, and the sky pixie re-booted you after a software upgrade (NCFC) - harry boulders, Mar 11, 11:09:32
- mini stroke (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Mar 11, 11:04:14
  - I get that every time I treat myself to a mini stroke (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 11:05:39
    - *titters* (n/m) (NCFC) - lurd, Mar 11, 11:18:04
- sleep much? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 10:43:48
  - about 5 hours (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Mar 11, 10:46:28
    - Probably that then (NCFC) - pants, Mar 11, 10:50:16
      - Hardly deprivation but yeah pretty common if it doesn't happen regularly! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Mar 11, 11:06:18
- I like yawning. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 11, 10:43:38

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