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"Blue Sky Thinking"

I recently received instruction from a senior manager at work, asking me to throw a few figures together, think outside the box, and get back to him by COP, and he'd touch base with me tomorrow, as this had been on his radar for some time.

Confused by his a***-talk, I stuck a few numbers on a spreadsheet, printed it out, then called the police to ask if they'd deliver the report for me.

Image my embarrassment when I found out that COP was an acronym for Close of Play and he didn't mean an officer of the law at all!

You say Citizens on Patrol, I think of Police Academy 4.

Citizens On Patrol!

"Have you heard the word
Out on the street..."

I'll stop there, ahem.

Second thread in a row that's had me chuckling.

Called the "cops" to run a delivery service. I don't believe you but that's just so funny

:D

I thought COP stood for Certificate of Posting.

Meka Dragon wrote:
> ~Darling~ wrote:
> Whats Close of Play anyways?
>
> "Close of Play"

its just not cricket.....well it is actually

Run it up the flagpole

~Darling~ wrote:
> Whats Close of Play anyways?

"Close of Play" is yet another pointless phrase to confuse matters further. It means the end of the working day, but to say that would be too simple. It's like taking a normal phrase, creating a euphemism for in, and then turning that into an acronym. Utterly pointless.

Very pro-active thinking, Meka.

Good job you found out COP actually means EOD or in financial markets COM.

However, don't tell him to FOD, else you may be looking at a P45...

Whats Close of Play anyways?

Even geniuser