Well, remember that shed I demolished and said I was getting a new one? Well the shed company disappointed me and called to delay delivery by two weeks so now I have an empty spot in the yard and stacks of lumber I can’t move until they finally deliver the new shed, so naturally I’m thinking about work and deadlines:
I love deadlines – especially the whooshing noise they make as they fly past.
College students and the government share one thing when it comes to deadlines: both wait till the last minute and then get an extension.
I got a book on deadlines. I was supposed to finish it last week.
Did you hear the chef missed the deadline? He said he ran out of thyme.
I was out with a group of enthusiastic weavers having a great time, but they all had to leave early to meet a looming deadline.
Doctor said I had three months to live, I said that I’ve never meet a deadline in my life.
If it was worth doing, it would have been done by now.
I believe that tomorrow holds possibilities for new technologies and discoveries that will make all my current projects obsolete.
If at first you don’t succeed – well there’s always next year.
Remember that the probability of a miracle, although very small, is not zero.
A good excuse is as good as a finished job.
Team work is always important – it helps to have someone else to blame.
The best way to ruin a Friday is to remember that it’s Tuesday.
If at first you don’t succeed – redefine success.
I was working on some deadline jokes, but I ran out of time before I had to post this.
Andrew's View of the Week 
Several groans with this list, Andrew. The very first one (“whoosh!”) may be the best of the lot.
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I used to use the “whoosh” line in scheduling meetings … š
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Haha. Always good stuff, Andrew. Sorry about the shed delay. It just figures, though, right?
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It had to happen because I really needed it to be on time.
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Haha. Yep. š
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“A looming deadline” – ha! Good ones, all.
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It seems deadlines don’t mean much any more. Delays on everything is the norm now and as someone who sticks to deadlines (I used to be a newspaper reporter/editor), I don’t like it!
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Deadlines are now the date by which you need a good excuse for not completing something.
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I thought that your chosen topic of deadlines would be a very difficult one, but you’ve come up with some really, really good one liners. My own favourite was “A good excuse is as good as a finished job.”
I will be passing that one onto the Association of British Builders” for formal adoption as their motto.
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Iād vote for that one for the builders.
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My entire working life was one deadline after another (editor). Loved this. Also going to send it to my son.
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We always had deadlines in engineering, but most were softer than most editors have to live with.
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Getting ‘stuff’ seems to be a lot more complicated than it used to be. Lumber–that’s a long wait these days.
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Wait times on everything – especially all my woodworking stuff has gotten longer.
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At least you’re being creative with your unwanted break!
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Have to stay creative – š
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