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06-24-2008, 07:58 PM
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"Cankicky" is what you do when the boss has handed you a project that's not worth your effort, or one that is sure to change its objectives at three times before being cancelled.
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06-24-2008, 07:59 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by Nords
"Cankicky" is what you do when the boss has handed you a project that's not worth your effort, or one that is sure to change its objectives at three times before being cancelled.
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No, that's headslappy
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06-24-2008, 09:09 PM
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Location: Minneapolis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boont
The two names are:
Cankicky.com
Goalkit.com
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Cankicky.com -- sounds like a game: kick the can or you can kick the habit.
Goalkit -- kits for the goal setting or tracking.
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06-24-2008, 09:24 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Minneapolis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CuppaJoe
Cankicky.com: negative
Goalkit.com: go for it.
First thought: she is a soccer mom, a long thought later: she's a career counselor
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Your first thought is probably correct. Both names suggest sites where you can purchase international football products.
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06-27-2008, 02:42 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TromboneAl
I'm surprised no one interpreted them the way I did, and I'm sure mine is the correct interpretation.
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I bet they are two different potential site names for the same idea.
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06-27-2008, 03:09 PM
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Location: New Orleans
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boont
My wife is trying to decide between two website names. Without saying what the topic is, she would like to know what each of these names suggests to you, if anything.
For instance positive reaction or negative reaction.
The two names are:
Cankicky.com
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Folies Bergere. A line of scantily clad dancers doing the can-can. Definitely a negative reaction since that would bore me.
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Originally Posted by boont
Goalkit.com
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Get rich quick scheme, in a cardboard box with Kiyosaki recommendations on the back. For people who can't figure out a financial plan on their own. Mildly negative though it arouses curiousity.
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06-27-2008, 05:05 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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OK, times up. Were we right?
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06-27-2008, 05:28 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Massachusetts
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Cankicky - isn't that a town in Illinois?
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