benjamindickson.bsky.social
Habitually make things up, mostly in comic book form. Writer of The Queen's Favorite Witch and Santa Claus Vs the Nazis, among other things.
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Marketing talking out of their arse again
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Held the door open for David Hasselhoff once. He didn't thank me.
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Lizzie K is awesome, and I would work with her in a heartbeat.
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Won't be touching these guys with a barge pole, then...
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I blame Paul Merton.
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I've never understood why movie people do anything before getting the script sorted. It makes no sense to me.
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See you there!
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Generously described by Goodreads author Will Hoover as "absolutely dripping with politically correct, social justice warrior sentimentality - complete with the usual total detachment from any genuine sense of reality." What's not to love?
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Wait, your son is a teenager? When did this happen?!
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Did you ever review A New Jerusalem? That is about PTSD and mental health. I think it's still available, though will likely be out of print soon.
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Teaching migrants English so they can integrate is literally my day job. Right now we have a massive backlog of people waiting to come to us and learn. If they were serious about this they would fund the sector better and also pay the teachers more so they didn't keep leaving.
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There's a gag in Santa Claus Vs the Nazis that - to my knowledge - precisely one person has got so far. For some reason that just amuses me all the more.
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I really want to go to this, but I will get teaching that evening! Will it be recorded and available somewhere?
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Hope you enjoyed them! Will keep an eye out for Bereavement.
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...we feel that this is nonetheless a modest proposal for preventing our company from excessive health claims and the over-diagnosis of life-changing injuries. We hope you understand.
Yours sincerely
S.Karmer
Swift Solutions
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...entitled to an additional £20 gift voucher, a meal in the monkey house cafe and a T-shirt with the company logo on it.
Whilst we recognise that this is not a perfect solution and our heart goes out to all those who have been inconvenienced by sharing the office entrance with hungry lions... 9/10
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...the whole of their lower body, loss of the entire face, or the loss of 5 pints of blood or more. The position on decapitation remains unchanged. Due to these savings, those who are deemed to be eligible for workplace injury support will be... 8/10
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...simply claim it to get a day off. All workplaces require staff that can manage stress and work under pressure, and our workplace is no different.
This redefinition will help us offer greater support to those who experience more severe injuries, such as the loss of all their limbs... 7/10
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Other claims no longer valid include the loss of a single eye or ear, a single lung or kidney, or the loss of less than four pints of blood. Obviously we cannot consider psychological trauma as a claimable injury due to the lack of physical evidence, and how easy it would be to... 6/10
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Therefore we shall be redefining what constitutes a workplace injury. Any limb severed below the knee or elbow will no longer be considered a serious injury, and will therefore not be entitled to an injury claim. 5/10
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...however we must remind you that sharing our entrance with the lion enclosure has resulted in a 15% saving in running costs.
Unfortunately, as we have recently seen such a high increase in work-related injury claims, our competitive position is now being put at risk. 4/10
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...we have managed to make a lot of beneficial savings and as such have made our business far more efficient and competitive. We are aware that there was some resistance regarding the relocation of our office... 3/10