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D'Oh Re Mi ... theme tune for the D'Oh film?
Possible title: "You Knead D'Oh Like an Ole in Yer Ead"
(admittedly these suggestions are a bit Hearist...)
m99m
On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:27:09 +0000, Elizabeth Walker
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....
>The term is an existing one - 'D'oh' - but we're using it as a noun to
>describe the situation when people make adaptations without actually
>consulting people or thinking it through properly.
>
>Thus, we get D'oh culture, which is the institutional culture leading to
>instances of d'oh, similarly d'ohism (similar pronunciation to taoism) and
>d'ohistic.
>
>To give an example of how this came about, my other half is in a shared
>office at a UK university. Knowing he has a hearing impairment (among
other
>issues), the university arranged to fit a flashing doorbell to the office.
>This hasn't been done yet. When he inquired about this, he found they had
>been sending workmen to the office during his office hours - who had been
>knocking (no answer) and they had been going away again. D'oh!
>
>Lizzie (and Mike) Walker
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