worry 090205
Things to Worry About
The basketball coach at St. John (Kan.) High School, with a championship heritage to protect but only a 7-6 record this season, sent all but one player through two 45-minute hypnosis sessions . . until the school board found out (and went nuts). Wichita Eagle via Kansas City Star
Jose Rivera, on trial for murder, said he never saw "The Fugitive," said it really was a "one-armed man," not he, who killed that woman (except that when the prosecutor informed him that the woman's neck had two-handed choke marks, he said, Oh, wait, I forgot, yeah, there was another guy with him). San Antonio Express-News
Loo Choon Yong, a member of the Singapore Parliament, pretty much summed up his country's low birth rate: "We should accept that as a people, our procreation talent is not our forte." (Bonus: and since apparently nobody's having sex on Saturdays, Loo is sponsoring a move to a six-day work week) Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Fine Point of New Zealand law: Telling the boss to "stick this job up your arse" and walking away is not officially a "resignation" (and a gov't agency said the boss should have followed up for clarification). The Press (Christchurch)
Awesome: Fifteen illegals from the Netherlands were smuggled into Britain in a 37-ton tanker filled to half-capacity with chocolate powder destined for a Mars Candy factory. Daily Telegraph
Austrian anti-discrimination law is being tested by a Salzburg insurance company, which advertised recent job openings by limiting them to Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries, and Leo (who are supposed to be way-high-performing). [Ed.: A good editor'd be checking the signs of Madoff, Fuld, Thain, et al, but I'm busy today. Sorry] Daily Mail (London)
Alcohol Was Involved: A 22-yr-old soccer fanatic, returning by bus from a big Manchester United match, apparently mistook the bus's exit door for the restroom door and fell onto the highway, where he was run over. United Press International
The basketball coach at St. John (Kan.) High School, with a championship heritage to protect but only a 7-6 record this season, sent all but one player through two 45-minute hypnosis sessions . . until the school board found out (and went nuts). Wichita Eagle via Kansas City Star
Jose Rivera, on trial for murder, said he never saw "The Fugitive," said it really was a "one-armed man," not he, who killed that woman (except that when the prosecutor informed him that the woman's neck had two-handed choke marks, he said, Oh, wait, I forgot, yeah, there was another guy with him). San Antonio Express-News
Loo Choon Yong, a member of the Singapore Parliament, pretty much summed up his country's low birth rate: "We should accept that as a people, our procreation talent is not our forte." (Bonus: and since apparently nobody's having sex on Saturdays, Loo is sponsoring a move to a six-day work week) Agence France-Presse via Yahoo
Fine Point of New Zealand law: Telling the boss to "stick this job up your arse" and walking away is not officially a "resignation" (and a gov't agency said the boss should have followed up for clarification). The Press (Christchurch)
Awesome: Fifteen illegals from the Netherlands were smuggled into Britain in a 37-ton tanker filled to half-capacity with chocolate powder destined for a Mars Candy factory. Daily Telegraph
Austrian anti-discrimination law is being tested by a Salzburg insurance company, which advertised recent job openings by limiting them to Capricorn, Taurus, Aquarius, Aries, and Leo (who are supposed to be way-high-performing). [Ed.: A good editor'd be checking the signs of Madoff, Fuld, Thain, et al, but I'm busy today. Sorry] Daily Mail (London)
Alcohol Was Involved: A 22-yr-old soccer fanatic, returning by bus from a big Manchester United match, apparently mistook the bus's exit door for the restroom door and fell onto the highway, where he was run over. United Press International
Comments
One less fanatic football fan (soccer fan) isn't going to help much. We need to find a more efficient way to deal with them.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/05/09 at 11:32 AM
Basketball Hypnosis: wouldn't their time be better spent practicing?
New Zeland Law: so the correct response would then be "stick this job up your arse because I officially want to resgin"?
Salzburg insurance company: The CEO of this company must not know any Libras. They are some of the hardest workers around.
New Zeland Law: so the correct response would then be "stick this job up your arse because I officially want to resgin"?
Salzburg insurance company: The CEO of this company must not know any Libras. They are some of the hardest workers around.
Posted by Matt in Florida on 02/05/09 at 11:41 AM
In completely unrelated news I would like to nominate Madd Maxx for the grand slacker award. He is by far the reigning champion in having the most WU posts of us all. He's even got more than Chuck, Paul and Alex. Way to avoid working Maxx!
Posted by Jules in Connecticut on 02/05/09 at 05:02 PM
Man, I'm way behind Maxx, must post more! Prepare for the deluge!
Posted by Viceman48 on 02/05/09 at 05:24 PM
The funny thing is I just got a steller review at work. :lol:
Posted by Madd Maxx on 02/05/09 at 06:13 PM
Hypnosis is fine for athletes. I saw a show about pro athletes doing this on fsn. I dont see an issue unless the school was paying.
Posted by One of them guys on 02/05/09 at 07:25 PM
That soccer fan finally succeeded in getting smashed.
Posted by dingusting on 02/07/09 at 09:56 PM
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