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Helen

"we've squared the circle"
« on: July 05, 2011, 05:26:22 pm »
Your interpretations please.
Quote taken from a marketing call received today ???
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clinton

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2011, 05:31:17 pm »
Sounds like a yank sales pitch ;D
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Colin Day

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2011, 05:34:29 pm »
My interpretation is that he/she watches too much "Apprentice", what a cringe-worthy sales pitch!!!!

It's worse than "We give 110%", "I'm at the top of my game" and "You have to speculate to accumulate"... Utter drivel.... ;D
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D Ingram

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 05:35:42 pm »
I'm going to give my age away here I can see it.

When I was in the army all our kit had to be folded into squares and the term squared away was often used when completing a job.

Maybe this is an update on an old saying.
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Dave Ingram

Mark_Jubb

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2011, 05:38:39 pm »
Cheers Dave
I've often wondered where that saying came from.
You learn something new every day.  :)
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Colin Day

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2011, 05:47:46 pm »
I would have felt inclined to reply "You squared your circle? Sounds painful fella!  ;D
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garry22

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2011, 06:09:00 pm »
What else did they say (or what were they trying to say)?

Why did they not say something like  "every carpet cleaner we have worked with has increased their turnover by 15%"? That would ahve been worth listening to
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AshWhite

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2011, 06:31:33 pm »
Sounds to me like something you'd say when you dropped a b*llock, ie:

"I've only gone and squared the bloody circle again!"
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derek west

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2011, 06:40:20 pm »
i think they are saying they have reinvented the wheel in terms of marketting.
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markpowell

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2011, 07:26:55 pm »
 ;D
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garry22

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2011, 08:12:08 pm »
Quote
i think they are saying they have reinvented the wheel in terms of marketting.

Instead of doing what has worked for the last hundred years. :)
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Helen

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2011, 08:14:12 pm »
Quote from: garry22 on July 05, 2011, 06:09:00 pm
What else did they say (or what were they trying to say)?

Why did they not say something like  "every carpet cleaner we have worked with has increased their turnover by 15%"? That would ahve been worth listening to

to be honest, I really wasn't taking in much else  that was said as I was laughing so much ;D ;D ;D
It was about one of those answering services "whilst you are out working we can take your calls"
I just politely said no thanks and put the phone down and have laughed every time I think of it ;D
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garry22

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2011, 08:30:41 pm »
Actually Helen,

I've just thought of another answer.... If they say they have squared the circle, ask them "Why?" ;D
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Helen

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2011, 08:46:54 pm »
Quote from: garry22 on July 05, 2011, 08:30:41 pm
Actually Helen,

I've just thought of another answer.... If they say they have squared the circle, ask them "Why?" ;D
;D ;D
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Andy Hogarth

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2011, 08:48:49 pm »
there's nothing wrong with circles..... these marketing companies have to go messing with everything!!  ;D ;D ;D

Agree with col, it sounds like an apprentice board room saying lol
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colin thomas

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2011, 10:25:03 pm »
squaring the circle,  'attempting the impossible', google is a wonderful thing,
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Neil Williams

Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2011, 10:29:28 pm »
Well I'm going to try and square the circle in record times tomorrow, or will it all go oval ;D
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D Ingram

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2011, 11:53:03 pm »
Thirty years of cleaning and I have gone full circle.
I started at the bottom and here I am still there. I have to hand it to myself when I balls up I do it big time. ;)
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Dave Ingram

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2011, 07:22:08 am »
Say

'Great so is that r2x pi' (area of a circle in sq cm or m)
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Doug Holloway

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Re: "we've squared the circle"
« Reply #19 on: July 06, 2011, 08:02:52 am »
Hi Martin

Surely if you square the circle its r to the power 4 x pie squared.

Cheers

Doug
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