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ORGANISATIONAL METHOD

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. BUREAUCRACY You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one,...

Joke of the day—The cigar and the lawyer

A TRUE STORY, Charlotte, North Carolina . USA. A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even...

Chairman’s Corner May 2012

The Battle of Britain, the sight and sound of the world’s favourite fighter performing aerobatics, and new insights into the challenges of flying the Spitfire… These were the benefits accruing to members who attended the April lunch. Air Commodore Chris Lorraine gave...

Decorum Corner—CADS Lunch Etiquette

Some CADS members do not like you to throw chocolate biscuits at the chairman when his back is turned. Others, however, insist on it. When there is a fly in your soup, insist that it wears swimming trunks. If your duck arrives wearing knickerbockers, however, this is...