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How was it for you?
I’m feeling rather inadequate. I’ve been looking at the roundups of 2007 on some of my favourite blogs and these industrious people have posted lots of worthy articles of immense help and/or interest to the web community.
I seem to have posted dross.
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Happy Thing
Office decorations have been outlawed due to Health and Safety regulations. 70% of UK schools aren’t having a Nativity Play any more due to the fact it might offend other religions. ACAS, the arbitration and conciliation people have pointed out that if your office Christmas party doesn’t provide an age neutral entertainment package then you could be sued for ageism.
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Manufacturing Bad Luck
Lets face it we can all have a run of bad luck. Things will occasionally just appear out of the blue and slap us in the face like a wet kipper but some people seem to get more than their fair share. This morning I was talking to a friend who has permanent bad luck. Everything goes wrong for him to the point he now expects it to. His outlook on life is, expect the worst and then if it doesn’t happen it’s a nice surprise.
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Mine Host
I looked up the official definition of host today as my understanding of the word seems to be way off beam.
Here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary has to say on the subject…
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Somebody turn the tap off!
It all got a bit damp round here today. One minute I’m thinking it’s raining a bit harder than usual and the next I’m on the phone to the Council screaming for sand bags.
There was of course not a cat in Hell’s chance of getting any as the water further up the road, in both directions, was much deeper and the need therefore was greater.
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National Homeworking Day
Today is National Homeworking Day. How interesting. I’m a homeworker. I didn’t know.
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