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02 January 2008

Sedentary office supplies The irony is thick: "Business Stationary is often the first impression someone gets of your company."
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post by: TheDonF at: 06:41 | 13 comments

sedentary?

posted by chewatadistance 02 January | 08:16

I don't get it.

posted by octothorpe 02 January | 08:20

Heh. :)

*goes out to buy stationery bike*

posted by taz 02 January | 09:01

Don't leave it out in the rain, taz!

posted by TheDonF 02 January | 10:15

Stationary cupboard.

(Can't remember where this is from, probably b3ta or something.)

posted by chrismear 02 January | 10:52

scratches head, blinks, waits for dumbed down version that won't be funny anymore b/c someone had to explain it to me.

posted by chewatadistance 02 January | 11:18

That's pretty funny, chrismear. Saved!

posted by TheDonF 02 January | 11:24

Hee hee. Nice one chrismear too.

posted by gaspode 02 January | 11:33

it's stationary vs. stationery thing, chewie

posted by taz 02 January | 12:54

Stationary (standing still, not moving, having a fixed position, etc)
Stationery (writing paper, pens, pencils, envelopes, etc)

posted by TheDonF 02 January | 13:19

"Business Stationary is often the first impression someone gets of your company."

...unless, of course, you run an online business. then the spelling mistakes you make on your website are "...often the first impression someone gets of your company."

DOH!

posted by Doohickie 02 January | 18:42

It's interesting, though, that if you Google "stationary" you'll see a whole load of office supply companies using the mis-spelling for adwords - it's obviously such a common mistake that it's easy to make money from it.

posted by TheDonF 02 January | 18:50

In the interest of giving them a chance to make amends, I emailed the contacts at that first site. Apparently too late, since all three came back "sorry, no mailbox here by that name".

posted by Doohickie 02 January | 19:24

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