Introductions and Time Out - The Book-keepers Forum (UK)

Amanda · Amanda

Hi Where is the Friday fun John, I looked forward to reading your 'bad' jokes! My friend once called a few house painters to his house for some work. He wanted them to paint his porch. After a few hours, the house painters came back for the payment as their work was complete. Before leaving they told my fri...

EmmaAlt · EmmaAlt

Hi everyone My name is Emma and I'm near Glasgow. Been working in finance for over 5 years now and setting up as a self-employed bookkeeper (on hold to HMRC as I type...) Qualified to Level 3 AAT and working on Level 4 now. Not sure if I'll do ACCA after this or not, it was my plan but have seen a few posts about...

Aloe Aly · Aloe Aly

I just followed a tweet and found this forum. I used to be really active on a few Sage forums a few years ago offering help and advice but facebook groups just kind of took over - so it's good to see this kind of support exists. I am Alison Mead - I run an IT business with my husband Paul and we have been helpin...

Leger · Leger

Sorry, we haven't had one for a little while. --------------------------------------------------------- A farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and would just walk home.On the way home he stopped...

Hewly · Hewly

Hellooooo everyone, just starting up bookkeeping practice and thought I'd check out this forum.

Leger · Leger

It is just before Scotland v England in the Euros Group game. Kane goes into the English changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit glum. "What's up?" he asks. "Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it's important but it's only Scotland. They're shite and we can...

Leger · Leger

Cant believe what I saw in McDonalds today. An old man placed an order for one burger , French fries and a drink.He unwrapped the burger and carefully cut it in half , placing one half in front of his wife.He then carefully counted out the French fries , dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pi...

Leger · Leger

It started off with header advertising. Unobtrusive and a very small price to pay for a free forum. Then we started getting advertising inside the posts. I wasn't so keen but I lived with it. Then, in the last 3 months you get a pop up advert as soon as you open the forum page, and you have to click on the pa...

Leger · Leger

I asked my Chinese friend what it was like living in China. "Can't complain" he said. -- I saw a Fox on the way to work this morning.I thought to myself "wonder what he does..." --John: Dad, there's a girl I like. She's beautiful. I want to go out with her.Dad: Who?John: The girl across our street, Nina.D...

Diamond8 · Diamond8

Hello just a quick intro I have been lurking on this site for some time now and picked up some useful info, so thought it was about time to actually join and perhaps contribute a bit when able. I am a member of ICB and run a small part-time practice doing bookkeeping etc for several clients. Also am employe...

Leger · Leger

Sorry, it's been a while since we last had one, time just seems to fly sometimes. I've added a few more this week to make up for it's absence. Apologies for the formatting, I tried to edit it but it didn't change. ----------------------- I've just told my wife that our neighbour has died. She said "W...

Leger · Leger

A retired older couple returned to a Mercedes dealership where the salesman has just sold the car they were interested in to a beautiful, leggy, busty blonde in a mini skirt and a halter top. The old man was visibly upset. He spoke to the salesman sharply. "Young man, I thought you said you would hold tha...

Leger · Leger

A man walks into a pet shop and says to the owner. Ok I want to buy a pet, but I dont want a boring or normal pet no cats, dogs, or birds I want something different. The pet shop owner informs him that he has a talking centipede. Really?, the main replied, How much? The owner informs him that the talking centi...

Leger · Leger

Two 90 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives. When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, "Joe, we both loved football all our lives, and we played football on Saturdays together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get to Heav...

proteamcleaning · proteamcleaning

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Leger · Leger

Sorry it's a little late this week --An Arab Sheik was admitted to hospital for heart surgery, but prior to the surgery, the doctors needed to have some of his blood type stored in case the need arose.As the gentleman had an extremely rare type of blood that couldn't be found locally, the call went out ar...

Leger · Leger

I phoned my boss on his mobile number this morning and said, "I'm on the train heading to the south coast now.""What?" he answered, sounding a bit annoyed. "It's 5 o' clock in the morning! What are you doing on a train?""Im doing what you told me," I replied. "You're the one who told me to be in Brighton ear...

Leger · Leger

A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointin...

Leger · Leger

After a two week hiatus, it's back. Sorry, got bogged down with tax returns. Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day and they both go before an Angel to find out if they'll be admitted to Heaven.Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day, so the Angel must decide which of them get...

JenHen · JenHen

Hello! New here! I've just applied for my Money Laundering Supervision with HMRC. I have 3 businesses waiting for me to be registered to take over doing their books. I'm familiar with 2 of them having been employed previously by them. I have always done accounts for small/medium businesses sin...

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	Where is the Friday fun John.......... (Preview) Hi Where is the Friday fun John, I looked forward to reading your 'bad' jokes! My friend once called a few house painters to his house for some work. He wanted them to paint his porch. After a few hours, the house painters came back for the payment as their work was complete. Before leaving they told my fri...	Amanda	1	1685	Thu Aug 26 14:37 2021 by Leger
	Introduction :) (Preview) Hi everyone My name is Emma and I'm near Glasgow. Been working in finance for over 5 years now and setting up as a self-employed bookkeeper (on hold to HMRC as I type...) Qualified to Level 3 AAT and working on Level 4 now. Not sure if I'll do ACCA after this or not, it was my plan but have seen a few posts about...	EmmaAlt	6	2586	Fri Jul 30 21:49 2021 by Shamus
	Hello from Aloe Aly sage xero IT (Preview) I just followed a tweet and found this forum. I used to be really active on a few Sage forums a few years ago offering help and advice but facebook groups just kind of took over - so it's good to see this kind of support exists. I am Alison Mead - I run an IT business with my husband Paul and we have been helpin...	Aloe Aly	2	2054	Wed Jul 21 18:40 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 10.7.21 (Preview) Sorry, we haven't had one for a little while. --------------------------------------------------------- A farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn't do it while he waited, so he said he didn't live far and would just walk home.On the way home he stopped...	Leger	3	1717	Tue Jul 13 14:03 2021 by Leger
	Intro (Preview) Hellooooo everyone, just starting up bookkeeping practice and thought I'd check out this forum.	Hewly	4	1748	Wed Jun 23 18:56 2021 by Artois
	Weekend Fun 20.6.21 (Preview) It is just before Scotland v England in the Euros Group game. Kane goes into the English changing room to find all his team mates looking a bit glum. "What's up?" he asks. "Well, we're having trouble getting motivated for this game. We know it's important but it's only Scotland. They're shite and we can...	Leger	3	1448	Wed Jun 23 18:55 2021 by Artois
	Weekend Fun 31.5.21 (Preview) Cant believe what I saw in McDonalds today. An old man placed an order for one burger , French fries and a drink.He unwrapped the burger and carefully cut it in half , placing one half in front of his wife.He then carefully counted out the French fries , dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pi...	Leger	2	1642	Wed Jun 2 11:44 2021 by Leger
	Taking the pee (Preview) It started off with header advertising. Unobtrusive and a very small price to pay for a free forum. Then we started getting advertising inside the posts. I wasn't so keen but I lived with it. Then, in the last 3 months you get a pop up advert as soon as you open the forum page, and you have to click on the pa...	Leger	5	1967	Wed May 26 12:35 2021 by BudgetB
	Weekend Fun 18.5.21 (Preview) I asked my Chinese friend what it was like living in China. "Can't complain" he said. -- I saw a Fox on the way to work this morning.I thought to myself "wonder what he does..." --John: Dad, there's a girl I like. She's beautiful. I want to go out with her.Dad: Who?John: The girl across our street, Nina.D...	Leger	3	1650	Thu May 20 00:52 2021 by Leger
	Hello (Preview) Hello just a quick intro I have been lurking on this site for some time now and picked up some useful info, so thought it was about time to actually join and perhaps contribute a bit when able. I am a member of ICB and run a small part-time practice doing bookkeeping etc for several clients. Also am employe...	Diamond8	4	1694	Tue May 18 22:13 2021 by Amanda
	Weekend Fun 09.05.21 (Preview) Sorry, it's been a while since we last had one, time just seems to fly sometimes. I've added a few more this week to make up for it's absence. Apologies for the formatting, I tried to edit it but it didn't change. ----------------------- I've just told my wife that our neighbour has died. She said "W...	Leger	5	1563	Tue May 11 22:53 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 20.3.21 (Preview) A retired older couple returned to a Mercedes dealership where the salesman has just sold the car they were interested in to a beautiful, leggy, busty blonde in a mini skirt and a halter top. The old man was visibly upset. He spoke to the salesman sharply. "Young man, I thought you said you would hold tha...	Leger	3	2388	Sun Apr 4 13:49 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 29.03.2021 (Preview) A man walks into a pet shop and says to the owner. Ok I want to buy a pet, but I dont want a boring or normal pet no cats, dogs, or birds I want something different. The pet shop owner informs him that he has a talking centipede. Really?, the main replied, How much? The owner informs him that the talking centi...	Leger	2	1648	Thu Apr 1 21:51 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 7.3.21 (Preview) Two 90 year old men, Mike and Joe, have been friends all of their lives. When it's clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, "Joe, we both loved football all our lives, and we played football on Saturdays together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get to Heav...	Leger	2	1573	Mon Mar 8 19:30 2021 by Artois
	Commercial Cleaning Ashford (Preview) <<REMOVED>>	proteamcleaning	2	1755	Thu Mar 4 18:46 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 28.2.21 (Preview) Sorry it's a little late this week --An Arab Sheik was admitted to hospital for heart surgery, but prior to the surgery, the doctors needed to have some of his blood type stored in case the need arose.As the gentleman had an extremely rare type of blood that couldn't be found locally, the call went out ar...	Leger	4	1205	Thu Mar 4 09:30 2021 by Leger
	Weekend Fun 20.1.21 (Preview) I phoned my boss on his mobile number this morning and said, "I'm on the train heading to the south coast now.""What?" he answered, sounding a bit annoyed. "It's 5 o' clock in the morning! What are you doing on a train?""Im doing what you told me," I replied. "You're the one who told me to be in Brighton ear...	Leger	3	1782	Mon Feb 22 15:46 2021 by Artois
	Weekend fun 14.2.21 (Preview) A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to question this, pointin...	Leger	3	1737	Tue Feb 16 14:39 2021 by Leger
	Weekend fun 6.2.21 (Preview) After a two week hiatus, it's back. Sorry, got bogged down with tax returns. Queen Elizabeth and Dolly Parton die on the same day and they both go before an Angel to find out if they'll be admitted to Heaven.Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day, so the Angel must decide which of them get...	Leger	1	1614	Mon Feb 8 11:48 2021 by Artois
	Hello! (Preview) Hello! New here! I've just applied for my Money Laundering Supervision with HMRC. I have 3 businesses waiting for me to be registered to take over doing their books. I'm familiar with 2 of them having been employed previously by them. I have always done accounts for small/medium businesses sin...	JenHen	18	2586	Tue Feb 2 13:27 2021 by Maat
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