tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post9019759856829041573..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: BOOKS: Maybe a Thneed IS Something That All People NeedTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-2034834924968639012007-06-20T11:24:00.000-07:002007-06-20T11:24:00.000-07:00Ha! Do you work at the CBC, too?Ha! Do you work at the CBC, too?Doppelgangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725922601661788402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-72293760825389663942007-06-19T23:36:00.000-07:002007-06-19T23:36:00.000-07:00Totally random connection here. We chose a Dr. Seu...Totally random connection here. We chose a Dr. Seuss theme for our product at work (all project names would source from Seussian origins).<BR/><BR/>We chose 'Thneed' as the first project name.<BR/><BR/>2 months later, word comes down from HQ that all projects must be simple English words because some of the project names are too hard for the foreign subsidiaries to pronouce (Imagine the Quebecois saying 'Thneed'. It's 't-need' at best).<BR/><BR/>Several other project names we choose are rejected and we finally exclaim in frustration "why don't you just give us an approved list of project names we can choose from??"<BR/><BR/>I kid you not, the answer we got back was "we don't want to stifle your creativity."<BR/><BR/>I truly appreciate the synchronicity of your post...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-57924444215798430902007-06-09T00:47:00.000-07:002007-06-09T00:47:00.000-07:00it's just all the industrial heavy machinery - don...it's just all the industrial heavy machinery - don't let it worry you. Sam DOES care about global <BR/>warming : )BabelBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00467487618830618571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-43888769384908791162007-06-08T05:00:00.000-07:002007-06-08T05:00:00.000-07:00I was at a book sale yesterday and Guess what I fo...I was at a book sale yesterday and Guess what I found??? Barbapapa books. Clickety-click.Doppelsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047131391069169474noreply@blogger.com