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GregThe sunshine has returned, hoorah! It didn’t look very promising first thing this morning, but it has brightened up wonderfully.
Number Four Son has set of for the first day of his work experience placement. He was actually supposed to start on Monday at a hotel in a nearby village, but that was cancelled at the last minute because the chef he was going to be working with threw a bit of a wobbly and walked out. (That Gordon Ramsay has a lot to answer for, I’m sure chefs never used to be this temperamental.) Instead, he will be spending a week at a department store in town, which he isn’t happy about because he has to wear a tie, and also because this job involves working from 9-5, rather then 11-3. I am a bit disappointed too, I was hoping for some free samples from the hotel job, maybe a nice cake or two.
Is anyone else who uses the coComment thingy having a problem with it? I have had to disable it because for the last couple of days it has been refusing to let me post any comments, which rather defeats the object of having it in the first place. I was wondering if this a problem with the service or whether it is something at my end.
Are you happy Dear Reader? Well, you should be, because today is officially the happiest day of the year. It seems a bit silly that someone can decide this based on a scientific formula which can’t take account of the personal circumstances of an individuals life, but hey, that’s wacky boffins for you. And if you have ever wondered just how the process of happiness works, this page explains it in very simple terms, and also why we feel sad.
Three sisters have had their immaculate conception insurance cover withdrawn because it angered the Catholic Church. The policy was intended to pay out should one of them become the Mother of the new Messiah, thus providing financial compensation to cover the cost of raising the child. Sounds fair enough to me. The Child Support Agency would be faced with a very difficult task if they were called upon to chase God as an absent Father, and it seems very unfair that He should go around impregnating women and then leaving them to shoulder the burden alone. Surely anyone fearing this may happen to them should be entitled to make provision for the future.
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parnellpr
/ June 23, 2006That story with the catholic sisters, that is one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard. You must be able to insure pretty much everything………
Kate
/ June 23, 2006Pippa – it is odd, I did a double take when I saw it. I guess there must be no limits to what you can insure for or against.
Thinking aloud . . . I wonder if I could get a policy against marrying Johnny Depp or Sean Bean by the time I am say, 45. Either way, I would win LOL
Jack Yan
/ June 23, 2006CoCo has been OK for me, Kate: only on one occasion last week did I have to disable it.
WBS
/ June 23, 2006I don’t think you can blame Gordon Ramsay for this (though perhaps for some of the other behaviors seen). Many years ago I was an apprentice chef, two head chefs, a sous chef and an apprentice walked out within 6 months – I followed shortly aftwards to join the Army. It’s probably more down to strange hours and not great pay (or thinking they are gods gift to cooking)
The Virtual Ranger
/ June 23, 2006I think God would give His offspring some kind of modern-day power to support themselves, like turning water into Grolsch, or feeding the 10,000 from 5 Chicken popcorns and two Zinger Tower Burgers. Those insurance monkeys really sold something to those sisters! They must have laughed their heads off every time the premium came in. I mean, if the second coming were to really be in the offing, would we all be rushing to check our insurance first? I suspect not. And just in case, I bet the small print had something about ‘Acts of God’…
Abby
/ June 24, 2006I think that insurance is just someone having a laugh. After all Jesus will not return via a virgin birth next time but in glory from the heavens, and nobody will be in any doubt who he is as he wraps up the entire world.
parnellpr
/ June 24, 2006Kate I would probably do something similiar if could be bothered, except given my current predilections would probably be 4 an american footballer or a world cup star. Still not found those better pics. Add that to the list of stuff have to do 4 my blog. It’s growing longer by the day (LOL). Pippa.
Stegbeetle
/ June 24, 2006I’ve had no problems with Cocomment, Kate. At least none that I noticed!
Beki
/ June 24, 2006The Catholic insurance got me thinking of a row I had with one of the nuns at my Convent School.
She singled me out something rotten in my first year as I was the first (knowingly) illegitimate, single parented child.
In one lesson someone asked what a virgin was and Sister C answered an unmarried woman so I put my hand up.
“My mum has never married” I said, “is therefore a virgin and I would like to declare myself the new myself”
Have you ever seen a really mad Nun?!
The story has a nice ending, my Mum spoke to Sister M about Sister C’s treatment of me and pointed out she had never stood in front of any altar to swear never to have a child out of wedlock, however there were lots of girls in my year from ‘good catholic families’ with divorced parents, were they going to be singled out to?
Sister C took this on board, I (modestly aside) was top of the class and we had a new found understanding of one another.
What a waffling comment!
Kate
/ June 24, 2006Beki – Have I ever seen a really mad nun? As a former convent girl, you bet I have LOL Sometimes it wasn’t even my fault.
One of then used to collar my Grandad at church on Sundays to complain about me. I have no idea why she bothered, because he thought everything I did was wonderful, and used to tell her where to stick her complaints.
Kate
/ June 24, 2006Jack and Steg – I think it was a problem at my end. I emptied my temp folders and it seems to be working ok now.
Kate
/ June 24, 2006Pippa, I know what you mean. I have a similar list, it just gets longer and longer.
Kate
/ June 24, 2006WideScreenBoy – “It’s probably more down to strange hours and not great pay”
Tell me about it, I did quite a few catering jobs as student, with one exception all had a bad pay to hours ratio.
I actually walked out of one job myself, because after I had worked a 14 hour shift, finishing at 2am, the restaurant manager told me off for not coming in at 5am for breakfasts. I (not very) politely informed him I wasn’t due till 10, didn’t appreciate being spoken to in that manner and left.
“(or thinking they are gods gift to cooking)”
I worked with a chef like that. He did terrible things to the food of anyone who dared complain.
Kate
/ June 24, 2006Ranger – LOL Yes, you are right, God would have to make sure he was equipped for the modern world. And think how popular he would be if he could turn water into Grolsch!
“Those insurance monkeys really sold something to those sisters!”
I know, I bet they couldn’t believe their luck when the enquiry came in.
Kate
/ June 24, 2006Abby – As far as I can tell, the sisters who took out the policy were serious. They are deeply religious and geninely believe this could happen to them. On the other hand, I’m sure the insurance company were literally laughing all the way to the bank.
parnellpr
/ May 22, 2009That story with the catholic sisters, that is one of the strangest things I've ever heard. You must be able to insure pretty much everything………