Latest leak from VS HQ; how management arrived at the necessary numbers:
Overheard in The Office:
"OK, So how many pilots do you want to sack this time round?".
"I was thinking maybe a hundred?".
"You what? A Hundred! Are you mad? You can't do that!"
"Why not? We need to get rid of a lot of them for..you know - the 'savings' ".
"Let me re-phrase it - You can't SAY a hundred".
"Why not?".
"Because it's a round number, you idiot. Last time was bad enough. 30 was awfully round. Saying 100 just looks like you've plucked a number out of the air".
"Well I have."
"But you can't. It doesn't work like that. Don't you read women's magazines?"
"Eh?"
"Hang on. Let me dig this out. See - look at this cover - '34 ways to brighten your toilet. The 17 best pillow cases. 127 Sex Tips for Working Mums'. All those numbers look like they've been thought over, not just made up to fill space."
"We can't sack 127, even ****-for-brains will object to that".
"OK. Then think of a smaller number, nearer 100".
"107?"
"NO NO NO! Christ's sake!"
"What's wrong with that?"
"It's a prime number, you cretin. Christ, didn't you learn anything at business school?"
"I didn't got to business school remember? And what's wrong with primes?"
"They're just wrong OK? I don't want to discuss it".
"106?"
"Even number. Duh".
"105?".
"Getting better. Yes I like that number. Plus it's the product of three primes: 3,5 and 7 so they all cancel out".
"Cancel what out?"
"The prime thing."
"You are seriously f
ked up, you know that? OK, 105 it is . That'll help with the "savings" . More caviar?".
"Can't. Since She left me for Him, I've been on a diet".
"Really? Doesn't show".
"f
k off".