I may be alone in this but...

[cornflakegirl]

Taken from a deleted scene from Shrek the Third which featured a besotted Puss-in-Boots post visit to Merlin, perhaps?

Rory - you'd better make him suffer as much as I did on this one!

 

[Richard Schollar]

Specialisation - it's the key to economic growth. Rory, save the economy by refusing to change a diaper!

 

[Richard Schollar]

I'm going to shut up now before my stock falls any further with the female MrExcel contingent...

 

[Greg Truby]

...before my stock falls any further...

Ever the contrarian. Everyone else's stock is happily plummeting into the ninth level of the inferno, why not come along for the ride?

 

[RoryA]

Taken from a deleted scene from Shrek the Third which featured a besotted Puss-in-Boots post visit to Merlin, perhaps?

Non, pas du tout, mon ami. Y'a pas de magie ici.

 

[Greg Truby]

Non, pas du tout, mon ami. Y'a pas de magie ici.

I'm guessing it's another one of your "humpty dumpty" hooziwhazzits. Never had any instruction in French, so kinda guessin' as to what it's supposed to sound like...

Je suis un âne. Je ne suis pas ce que je suis car si je suis ce que je suis, je ne suis pas ce que je suis.

zhe swee uh an zhe nuh swee pah say kay zhu swee car see zhe swee say kay zhu swee zhu nuh swee pah say kay zhe swee

It certainly appears to have the cadence of a nursery rhyme. But if it is, I'm not sussing out which one...

 

[cornflakegirl]

I was sat here for ages trying to make that work as well!

This one isn't a nursery rhyme - it's entirely about the meaning of the words.

 

[Greg Truby]

... it's entirely about the meaning of the words.

Oh, so it is the Popeye song after all... "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam..."

 

[SydneyGeek]

As an aside, do you find that after your forays into this forum, your knowledge of Excel has increased to such an extent that you are now the acknowledged office expert on anything IT related? As in, "You're an Excel expert, can you help me recover my Word doc that I worked on for four hours and exited without saving"?

...or, "I've got a problem with this application on my Blackberry. Could you help me sort it out please?"

Denis

 

[SydneyGeek]

Oh, so it is the Popeye song after all... "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam..."

... which could be a personal statement, or a comment on sweet potatoes.

Denis