Help asked for business Motto discussion in XP Forum

[bcastner]

In XP Forum thread779-1264748 I noticed this signature line:

Malik

http://www.unlimitedcomputersolutions.com

where your problems are our solutions!!

I commented:

By the way, your signature gives the following motto for your business:

where your problems are our solutions!!

Which I take to mean that I would not have problems if it had not been for your solutions!!

I somehow cannot convince this member that the motto means exactly the opposite of what was intended. Comments?

Thanks,
Bill Castner

 

[ncotton]

I thought the Microsoft one was

..."Where you're problems...aren't important"

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[Grenage]

I saw a guy wearing a t-shirt at at biker party that stated: "If you ain't a biker, then you ain't $h_t".

I hesitated to explain to him that his t-shirt was actually stating: "If you are not a biker, then you are not $h_t" which would imply "If you are a biker, then you are $h_t" and I don't believe that was the message he was trying to send.

Not really, "you ain't $h_t" means that you aren't worth anything (or more precisely, you don't even equal the worth of $h_t)


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[bcastner]

Grenage,

Thank you for that correction.

Best,
Bill

 

[ncotton]

What about
"Your problems meet our solutions"

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
if

Your problems meet our solutions

does that mean that my problems have to call your solutions the next day....

Perhaps 'Problem ---> Us --> Solution'..








To Paraphrase:"The Help you get is proportional to the Help you give.."

 

[SilentAiche]

Everyone,

I wasn't trying to "get after" Bill - I've seen his profile, and he's helped roughly half the planet.

I guess my main problem was with Malik being identified via a thread link in a thread he wasn't a member of. Somehow it struck me as public ridicule - not to mention, if we MAIers came up with a better sig for him, how would he know?

I would have preferred a question based, anonymously, only on the questionable grammar. Just my opinion.

Please know that I never thought for a moment that Bill had any ill-will or bad intent in his post. It was a genuine grammar question.

Besides, it was a group of failed chemists who first suggested "your problems are our solutions."

Tim

[blue]_______________________________________________________
"Although many figures are strange, prime numbers are truly odd."[/blue]

 

[bcastner]

Tim,

I most certainly was not offended; to a large extent the Forums on Tek-tips are implicitly self-monitored by the tone and content of forum member replies - including the occasional use of constructive criticism as you did in this instance.

I should have thought harder about making my query completely anonymous. I did however want to include the actual business name (deduced from the URL) as it gave a context for the motto.

I did notify member Malik of this discussion, including linking the thread directly so as to make it easier for him to find.

Thank you again,
Bill Castner

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

where your problems become our solutions"

"where your problems are solved"

"where you'll find solutions for your problems"

[Cheers]

 

[SilentAiche]

Bill,

Your response was far more gracious than I deserved - I hope I can do that when I grow up. That's not a joke, Bill, it's a compliment.

I appreciate the fact that you notified Malik of the discussion.

Internet forums are a curious thing. Posters are separated from one another by time and locale. The poster's mood is unknown, as is his/her reader's mood. I might have read your post differently a week earlier or later; who knows?

At times, I can get really moody (Google "Thin Skin...); sometimes I envy the even keel displayed by Anotherhiggins. And that's aside from his formidable #@%&($# intellect.

Best wishes,
Tim

[blue]_______________________________________________________
"Although many figures are strange, prime numbers are truly odd."[/blue]

 

[aarenot]

where your solutions are our problem



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