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Internal memo
Posted by Chimney Singing... on 8 June 2011 - 10:40am.
From George Harrison to all Apple staff: "Hell's Angels will be in London within the next week to straighten out Czechoslovakia. There will be 12 in number, complete with black leather jackets and motorcycles. They will undoubtedly arrive at Apple and I have heard they may try to make full use of Apple facilities. They may look as though they are going to do you in but are very straight and do good things, so don't fear them or uptight them. Try to assist them without neglecting your Apple business and without letting them take control of Savile Row".
Truly I was born in the wrong time
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You can't leave it like that!
what's the story, what happened next and how did you come by this memo?
Read
'The Longest Cocktail Party' by Richard DiLello to find out.
Luckily Derek Taylor is on hand to smooth things over, although there is nearly a dust up over a 43lb turkey.
There's also a memo from McCartney to Derek Taylor advising him 'not to artificially expand his consciousness during office hours'
Laughed out loud...
...when I read that in Philip Norman's 'Shout'. Still makes me laugh. I love the idea of the Angels going to 'straighten out' Czecholslovakia, and George's cautionary note not to 'uptight' them. Brilliant. Apple must have been a pretty crazy place to work!
Should we alert the OED?
...that may be the first - or indeed only - written instance of 'uptight' being used as a verb...
I've been using it ever since
I'm trying to bring the spirit of Apple into my workplace.
There's much we can learn. Apart from the beneficial use of psychedelic drugs and cocktails in the office, the friendly, cheerful, debonair approach provides a welcome antidote to the aggressive, Apprentice style approach favoured by the younger set.
Actually...
...in all seriousness... I have an old Collins ED handy and it gives uptight only as an adjective. I would have thought it'd be an abstract noun. well, well.
Anyone out there got a decent dictionary?