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Aspiration, Inc. Part One April 7, 2002
An official customer-free zone, yet they still describe themselves as "highly successful".

Aspiration, Inc. Part Two April 14, 2002
Crazy ideas get "fixed" rather than buried in a landfill somewhere.

Scatterlogic Part Three March 3, 2002
Meet the Novelty Engineers and their primary-coloured Enterprise Screen Savers.

Sheep-Cleaning Story January 6, 2002
Contractual wrangling at an unnamed US Governmental agency.

Tightclub Press Corp. December 9, 2001
The male-dominated old boy's network is alive and well in the magazine world.

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BodgeCo Part Three October 21, 2001
The return of the sinister Mrs Griffiths and her dreaded Evil Eye.

Stapler Story October 14, 2001
Sulky manager gets in a tiz over stapler misfire.

MegaloSchrek October 7, 2001
Seagull managers make the most noise...

Hoopla Inc., Part Three - September 30, 2001
The dreaded meeting gets under way. Dipsy is confused.

Amorous Nutcase at Mental Health Clinic - September 16, 2001
Has very little to do with the techie world (except some of us may end up somewhere like this...)

Scatterlogic Part Two November 11, 2001
Meet Laurel, Hardy and Calvin the Stubborn Manager.

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