The cock inn
Name that HPE boozer: Last orders please
Our call for potential names for Hewlett Packard Enterprise's private London drinking club has prompted the expected rush to the bar from readers. The paradigm-busting green rectangle formerly known as HP or Hewlett Packard or whatever will serve up booze and music to punters at its new City of London HQ at 1 Aldermanbury …
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Friday 11th December 2015 20:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: no winners yet?
I guess they haven't seen enough options they like yet to begin the voting. I'm voting for "The Box and Padding" as suggested by someone in the last article. If there's any justice in the world that will win it going away.
Of course it doesn't matter, HPE will pick something horribly mundane since they'll have various bigwigs from Fortune 100 companies there from time to time and won't want to run the risk of anyone being offended or worse yet cracking a smile at HP's expense.
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Saturday 12th December 2015 15:36 GMT Proctalgia Fugax
My thought(s)
Star Trek:Enterprise NCC 1701 - not the best of the bunch, either grape or banana, more of a lemon actually.
So HP Enterprise would have to be - The Suck IT and 'C'
with a big Lemon as the pub sign. Can't call the place an Inn, because it may not be an 'Inn Place', you are more likely to be out on your (r)ear.
As to it qualifications to be a bar, it certainly needs propping up.
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