So what is timesnewroman? It's not the font, rather my take on the age we live in. The USA is the new Rome and the times we live in are timesnewroman.
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Telesales I heard this for the first time the other night, thought it was a hoot.The daughter of a friend, lets call her Shaz, used to work for a US company in a call centre in Scotland selling insurance to Americans a few years ago. Apparently us Scots have a trustworthy accent and are probably as cheap to hire as Indian graduates.
Anyways, our Shaz is on the line looking to speak to Mr X. Mrs X explains that Mr. X has "gone to meet his maker" a euphemism lost on Shaz, who asks "when will he back? " "No" says Mrs X, "he's gone to meet his maker." "Yes" Shaz replies, "but when will he be back home?"
Oh how we laughed.
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posted by timesnewroman at 7:21 PM
