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Deals with God
Many of you will have read PC Prince (for 'Prince' read 'prick') Nick Hornby's classic tale of middle-class isolation, moralising about the depths and despairs of human nature, life in the Swinging Sixties and fashion disaster 70s along with an obsession with the Gooners 'Fever Pitch'. It is an interesting read, mainly because of his very dry prose (reminiscent of Cosgrove in 'Hampden's Babylon' - I'm sure the smiley faced Saintee will love that comparison). However, there is a section in which he details how in the early summer of 1979 he was that desperate for Arsenal to win the FA Cup that he made a deal with God, i.e. if we win the Cup I'll (Shock Horror Tristram) accept those wicked Tories getting in! Outrageous!
He then goes on to detail in that obsequeious, cloying, smart-arse, right-on style which so nauseates me how he, personally, feels responsible for all the supposed political atrocities of Margaret Hilda Roberts' regime: - unemployment over 3 million - the Falklands War - the miners' dispute - the alliance with Reagan - the selling off (and failure to replace) of council housing - the continued use of British sites for nuclear missiles, i.e. the Greenham common saga. You get the picture and I'm sure there are many on this site who don't necessarily think all of the above were bad things. Anyway, I had my appraisal yesterday and I was desperate for a pay rise. I still am. I'm not phuckin' 'appy. Despite exceeding sales targets by 29% in the calendar year 2006 on the magazine and bringing in another 16K on another publication I, apparently, don't qualify because I haven't made enough 'effective calls'. (This is a new wanky system brought in by the accountants at Canary Wharf - apparently they haven't tried it in places like Glasgow or Liverpool, two cities where militancy is more of a tradition than the anglified Welsh capital). Whatever, I could bore you all shitless about how annoyed I am. But I won't. I'm sure everyone of you has to put up with ridiculous decisions in your workplace everyday too. I'm not alone. Economically, we're dominated by accountants and lawyers and at the risk of (hopefully) offending any accountants or lawyers who read this site: - accountants know the cost of everything but the value of phuck all and - lawyers know how to sue, and that's about phuckin' it. However, God I will accept this disappointment if Hibs win the Cup. I hope you realise the sacrifice this will entail. Tuna pieces everyday. No trips to Tony's on Caroline Street for fishcake and chips. A phucker of a penance, I tell thee. Has anyone else recently experienced a disappointment that they'll reluctantly accept as the Lord working in mysterious ways if he redresses the karma with a league cup success on March 18th? Or is it just me. Incidentally, my time on this site when I should have been on the dog n bone was cited as an example of my not using available time productively. Further, whilst typing this my big boss came up behind me and thrust down in front of me a fully typed up copy of said appraisal for me to peruse and sign! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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15-02-07, 10:34
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Re: Deals with God
I've been looking for a new job lately and was due to finish up at my current place last Saturday.
I went for a job interview on the Thursday and all went well, when I got back to my current job I was asked if I would like to extend here for 4 weeks. I said I'd get back to them, they told me that I had to confirm either way by close of business that day (Thursday). Well, I chased up the other job but the agency hadn't heard back so I had to confirm here as I had no concrete offer from the other folk. I was offered the other job on Monday. Dear God, even though I don't believe in you, for the purposes of Sweary Scotts' request I beseech you please let the Glorious Hibernian FC actually be about Glory as well as Goals for once if not, twice this year. Love from Brainwrong.
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Not 2 hours ago bought a house the wife ( and me to a much lesser extent) liked.she was determined to get it and pestered me enough that i put in an offer 30% over the asking price.In my own mind I happily accepted this on the understanding I get peace and quiet but more importantly hibs bring home at least one major trophy this season.
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15-02-07, 18:21
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Southfield Hibby - as a man reared on the STV commercials of the late 70s and early to mid 80s did you buy it through:
SLATER HOGG AND HOWISON? And if so, will you decorate it yourself? Indeed will you: GO TO KELVIN TIMBER CHAMPS IN DIY! For some reason, I have this rather sad mental image of being in our living room in Strathaven on a boring, mournful Sunday while these ads came on before the second half of some uninspiring match featuring Morton's Andy Ritchie in 1981. No doubt, Arthur 'Raincoat' Montford would have been commentating and many a 'stramash' would be described in his inimitable passionate tones. Whilst the quiet reasoned tones of (sadly) the late Ian Archer would provide us with a post-match post-mortem. And try and convince us it hadn't really been a bag of dull, dreary shite. Gregor Stevens probably got booked as well. Again.
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And I thought this was going to be a thread about a Kate Bush song
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Re: Deals with God
House mate.Now looking to sell my flat, so if anyone wants to buy a 2 bed flat in Porty, I'm yer man!!
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