Happy Europe Day - Pass The Sick Bag!

Today, apparently, is "Europe Day".

Pass the sick bag someone!

Ameliorate

Whenever I read the word "ameliorate" in a report I instantly reach for my sick bag.

Pass The Sick Bag

Whenever I receive an email, offering me an article/product/service, containing the phrase "we are very excited by this..." I instinctively reach for my sick bag.

World Class

Whenever I hear the phrase "world class", I instinctively reach for my sick bag.

Risk Assessments

Whenever I hear the phrase "risk assessment" I instinctively reach for my sick bag.

These "risk assessments" are invariably excuses for petty minded bureaucrats to foist an encyclopedia of unnecessary rules and restrictions on people and organisations, without any thought for the consequences.

Hope

Whenever I hear the word "hope" used by management, when discussing their prospects and business plans, I immediately reach for my sick bag.

Politicians

Whenever I hear a politician say "I welcome this report", I instinctively reach for the sick bag.

Political Correctness

When I hear the phrase "political correctness", I instinctively reach for my sick bag.

Commercial Space Travel

The prospect of "ordinary people" being able to travel in space, if they are rich enough, has moved one step closer.

You can count me out, travelling by plane is uncomfortable and inconvenient enough. The mere thought of being weightless in a cramped rocket, would render the inconsequential sick bag more than inadequate.