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On today's show, Brian spoke to Annabelle Gurwitch, producer of Fired!. He took listeners' calls about their traumatic tales of getting canned. Here are some responses:

In the 80's, I was fired from a big hair new wave band. They told me my bass playing was too funky and my lyrics were too intelligent. How could I protest?
(As it happened, I was also the only member with non-teased hair)

--N

In the late '80s, I was working at an IBM facility. The euphemism being tossed about was:

MIA: Management Initiated Attrition

--Bob

I just finished reading "White House Chef: Eleven Years, Two Presidents, One Kitchen" by Walter Scheib. (It's a fascinating look at the workings of the White House kitchen.)
Mr. Scheib is the only person from inside the Bush White House who actually told the press that he was FIRED, and got considerable flack for it. Everyone else says that they "resigned."

--D