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dicksie3 10:48 Tue Dec 2
Career-driven BERKS...

You know, graduate scheme wankers and head of departments by their early-30s...

Live to work than work to live...

Are these kind of people actually a bit mental and stupid, in some ways, putting careers over their social/personal lives forever?!...

On their death-beds; will they be thinking to themselves that they wished that they had helped increase profit for the dullard cunt, soulless company by an extra 2.5% in their final year before retirement?!...

BERKS!...

Coffee 10:49 Tue Dec 2
Re: Career-driven BERKS...

When you think about it, most people do live to work.

Imagine how dull life would be without work.

mentor 10:51 Tue Dec 2
Re: Career-driven BERKS...

To be green with envy. Whats it like?

Leigh Jim 10:52 Tue Dec 2
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Ha ha

Yeah... They are the berks

dicksie3 10:52 Tue Dec 2
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Yeah, I wish I worked every hour under the sun!...

Middle-aged Woody 10:54 Tue Dec 2
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Bit like the cunts who are far too important, rich, successful and busy to post in who...but spend all day on here anyway.

Scraper 10:54 Tue Dec 2
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Coffee 10:49 Tue Dec 2

Define 'work'

Leigh Jim 10:55 Tue Dec 2
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Thank god for people like you dicksie

Muggy Bonehead III 10:56 Tue Dec 2
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fuckin right mate. i wont have a death bed i will have a death gutter and be looking up at the stars or clouds whatever thinking fuck me what a life. all those mugs with houses and pension plans and fuck all dett coz they did all that education and had sucksessfull careers as department heads and shit, they wont be happy. wasted lives. cunts.

Leigh Jim 10:56 Tue Dec 2
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Yeah

Or cunts that spend all day making up "comedy" characters on an anonymous website

Those sort of cunts?

dicksie3 10:57 Tue Dec 2
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I worked 68 hours this week!...

Tomorrow, I'll die at my steering-wheel due to extreme tiredness for being a dullard, boring cunt BERK with no charisma, social life, hobbies and interests...

BUT... I LIVED TO WORK!... I LIVED THE DREAM!...

Muggy Bonehead III 10:57 Tue Dec 2
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fucking right mate. i despare at some of the cunts out there.

Middle-aged Woody 11:00 Tue Dec 2
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Blimey jimbo. You got a complex there?

worm 11:01 Tue Dec 2
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It's a waster of time.

We're all dead already.

Leigh Jim 11:03 Tue Dec 2
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"Lads .. You will love this... There is a poster on Westhamonline called " young woody"...

Well, he has been on there a while now.... Wait, it gets funny.... I am going to sign up and call myself "MIDDLE-AGED WOODY" ha ha ha ha ... Even though I have another name!!!!!! Ha ha ha

Lads? Lads??"

Muggy Bonehead III 11:08 Tue Dec 2
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whats your name then you cunt. jim leigh or leigh jim. i dont reckon thats your real name

Coffee 11:10 Tue Dec 2
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Scraper 10:54 Tue Dec 2

1 Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result: he was tired after a day’s work in the fields

1.1 Work as a means of earning income; employment: I’m still looking for work

1.2 The place where one is employed:

I was returning home from work on a packed subway

1.3 The period of time one spends in paid employment: he was going to the theatre after work

1.4 [COUNT NOUN] West Indian A job:
I decided to get a work

2 A task or tasks to be undertaken: they made sure the work was progressing smoothly

2.1 The materials for a task: she frequently took work home with her

2.2 (in combination or with modifier works) chiefly British Activity involving construction or repair: extra costs caused by additional building works

2.3 informal Cosmetic plastic surgery: between you and me, I think he’s had some work done

2.4 (works) Theology Good or moral deeds: the Clapham sect was concerned with works rather than with faith

3A thing or things done or made; the result of an action: her work hangs in all the main American collections the bombing had been the work of a German-based cell

3.1 [COUNT NOUN] A literary or musical composition or other piece of art: a work of fiction

3.2 (works) The artistic production of a particular author, composer, or artist, regarded collectively: the works of Schubert fill several feet of shelf space

3.3 A piece of embroidery, sewing, or knitting, typically made using a specified stitch or method.

4 (works) [TREATED AS SINGULAR] chiefly British A place or premises in which industrial or manufacturing processes are carried out: he found a job in the locomotive works

5 (works) The operative part of a clock or other machine: she could almost hear the tick of its works

6 [COUNT NOUN] (usually works) Military A defensive structure: just north of the fort were trenches and the freshly reconstructed patriot siege works

7 Physics The exertion of force overcoming resistance or producing molecular change.

8 (the works) informal Everything needed, desired, or expected: the heavens put on a show: sheet lightning, hailstones, the works

1 Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work: an engineer who was working on a design for a more efficient wing
new contracts forcing employees to work longer hours

1.1 Be employed in a specified occupation or field: he worked as a waiter in a rather shabby restaurant

1.2 [WITH OBJECT] Set to or keep at work: Jane is working you too hard

1.3 [WITH OBJECT] Practise one’s occupation in or at (a particular place): I worked a few clubs and so forth

1.4 [WITH OBJECT] West Indian Be engaged in (a particular occupation): I worked fireman on ships

2 (Of a machine or system) function, especially properly or effectively: his phone doesn’t work unless he goes to a high point

2.1 (With reference to a machine or machine part) be or cause to be in operation: the device is designed to go into a special ‘rest’ state when it’s not working
[WITH OBJECT]: teaching customers how to work a VCR

3 (Of a plan or method) have the desired result or effect:
the desperate ploy had worked

3.1 [WITH OBJECT] Produce as a result: with a dash of blusher here and there, you can work miracles

3.2 Make efforts to achieve something; campaign:
an organization working for a better life for people with mental illness

3.3 (work on/upon) Exert influence or persuasion on: she worked upon the sympathy of her associates

3.4 [WITH OBJECT] Use one’s persuasive power to stir the emotions of: the born politician’s art of working a crowd

4 [WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OR COMPLEMENT] Bring (a material or mixture) to a desired shape or consistency by hammering, kneading, etc. work the mixture into a paste with your hands

4.1 [NO OBJECT] (work in) Produce artistic pieces using (a particular material or medium): he works in clay over a very strong frame

4.2 [WITH OBJECT] Produce (an article or design) using a specified material or sewing stitch: the castle itself is worked in tent stitch

4.3 [WITH OBJECT] Cultivate (land) or extract materials from (a mine or quarry): contracts and leases to work the mines

5 Move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position: [WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OR COMPLEMENT]: comb hair from tip to root, working out the knots at the end
[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OR COMPLEMENT]: look for small parts that might work loose

5.1 [NO OBJECT] (Of a person’s features) move violently or convulsively: hair wild, mouth working furiously

5.2 [NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL] Sailing Make progress to windward, with repeated tacking: trying to work to windward in light airs

6 [WITH OBJECT] Bring into a specified emotional state: Harold had worked himself into a minor rage

Origin

Old English weorc (noun), wyrcan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werk and German Werk, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek ergon.

Phrases

at work
1 In action: researchers were convinced that one infectious agent was at work

give someone the works

2 informal
1 Tell someone everything.
2 Treat someone harshly or violently.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
have one's work cut out

3 Be faced with a hard or lengthy task:
Shaw had his work cut out keeping fires at bay in London
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
in the works

4 Being planned, worked on, or produced:
a major consolidation of companies was in the works
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
out of work

5 Unemployed: any reduction in spending will close shops and put people out of work

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
set to work (or set someone to work)

6 Begin or cause to begin work: the owners set to work itemizing what was wrong

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
a spanner (or North American monkey wrench) in the works

7 A person or thing that prevents the successful implementation of a plan: even the weakest parties can throw a spanner in the works of the negotiations

8 A task occupying a specified amount of time: it was the work of a moment to discover the tiny stab wound

work one's ass (butt, etc.) off

9 vulgar slang Work extremely hard. work one's fingers to the bone

10 see bone.
work to rule

11 chiefly British Follow official working rules and hours exactly in order to reduce output and efficiency, especially as a form of industrial action.

(as noun work-to-rule)11.1 An instance or period of working to rule: management urged cabin crew to call off their work-to-rule

work one's passage

12 see passage 1.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
work one's way through university (or college, etc.)

13 Obtain the money for educational fees or maintenance as a student by working. work one's will on/upon

14 Accomplish one’s purpose on: she set a coiffeur to work his will on her hair

work wonders

15 see wonder.
Phrasal verbs

work something in

1 Try to include something, typically in a text or speech.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
work something off

2 Discharge a debt by working: indentured servants working off their parents' debts

2 Reduce or eliminate something by work or other activity: one of those gimmicks for working off aggression

work out

3 1(Of an equation) be capable of being solved.
1.1 (work out at) Be calculated at: the losses work out at $2.94 a share

2 Have a good or specified result: things don’t always work out that way

3 Engage in vigorous physical exercise: they regularly walked, danced, ran and worked out at the gym

work someone out

4 Understand someone’s character.
work something out

5 Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation: she worked out sums on her way to school

1.1 Find the answer to something: I couldn’t work out whether it was a band playing or a record

2 Plan something in detail: work out a seating plan

3 literary Accomplish something with difficulty: malicious fates are bent on working out an ill intent

4 Work a mine until it is exhausted of minerals.

5 another way of saying work something off above.
work someone over

6 informal Beat someone severely: the coppers had worked him over a little just for the fun of it
work to

7 Follow or operate within the constraints of (a schedule or system): working to tight deadlines
work up to

8 Proceed gradually towards (something more advanced or intense): the course starts with landing technique, working up to jumps from an enclosed platform
work someone up

9 Gradually bring someone, especially oneself, to a state of intense excitement, anger, or anxiety: he got all worked up and started shouting and swearing
work something up

10 Bring something gradually to a more complete or satisfactory state: painters were accustomed to working up compositions from drawings

2 Develop or produce by activity or effort: despite the cold, George had already worked up a fair sweat

etc...

Middle-aged Woody 11:11 Tue Dec 2
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Dont cry jamie

Oh wait.....

dicksie3 11:12 Tue Dec 2
Re: Career-driven BERKS...

Leigh Jim is a multi-millionaire from trolling West Ham fan forums...

He's one of the lucky ones... Doing something he loves i.e. being an absolute dick that takes little effort but is financially very lucrative... Strange, mixed-up world we live in... Ai?...

MrCrowmanSir 11:18 Tue Dec 2
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Here lies Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. He didn't know the names of the trees and the flowers, but he knew the rhubarb crumble sales figures for Schleswig-Holstein.

Sxboy_66 11:34 Tue Dec 2
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Everyone has different reasons for working hard. Some thrive on it.

The smart ones strive for a work/life balance that works for them. Again, that balance is different for everyone and depends on their personal circumstances. (i.e wife, kids, debt, etc.)

I've taken the whole of December off because I've worked hard all year, 6 days a week, only one short holiday, smashed the crap out of my budget which was done by August, worked just as hard the last 3 months to earn myself a very healthy year end bonus, and don't see the point in working this month to try to squeeze a bit more.

I've made enough, have a lovely bit of time off, and have paid to take the whole family away for Christmas.

It works for me, my family, and my business and that's all that matters to me.

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