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» Tales of the Unexplained
Instant karma?
A friend's mother averred to friend - Mr Chris, for it is he - that lightbulbs burst when people are angry.
He replied, with some emphasis, 'I've never heard such nonsense in all my life mum'. Or something like that.
(Pop).
Friend's mother smirked. A lot.
(Thu 3rd Jul 2008, 17:43, More)
Instant karma?
A friend's mother averred to friend - Mr Chris, for it is he - that lightbulbs burst when people are angry.
He replied, with some emphasis, 'I've never heard such nonsense in all my life mum'. Or something like that.
(Pop).
Friend's mother smirked. A lot.
(Thu 3rd Jul 2008, 17:43, More)
» Family Feuds
Feuding Bretons
My estranged wife is the daughter of a father who is one of nine, seven of whom live within half an hour of where they were born. These sexagenarians and septuagenarians do an A1 job of falling out over the most pitifully small issues, and will shun a relative who is literally a next door neighbour. And what's more, the kids (20-40 somethings) get embroiled too.
The last big blow up involved the inheritance from the estate of the mater familias. This tiny house sold for maybe £30,000, probably to a naive Briton. Anyway, ex F-in-l argued that under some obscure piece of French inheritance law he was entitled to a larger share on the basis that as the eldest son he had worked the land - these being farming folk. This might have resulted in him pulling in an extra £500 or so, so the other siblings would have been down comparatively little. Not that either side would condede the point.
The estranged wife does not really care one way or the other, but is rather hurt that two cousins to whom she had played big sister to for years - both of whom are extensively educated - were not interested in being non-partisan and refuse to answer phone calls, e-mails and what have you. As for the rest of the nine, it is her father plus his little brother versus the rest.
And I won't even get started on said F-in-L having to be tranquilised on the day after his daughter's wedding as he feared lasting loss of face in front of siblings because the Anglo contingent did not turn up on the dot of 3 for a barbecue. He was intercepted with a rope just short of the nearest tree.
First /substantial/ post - be gentle.
(Tue 17th Nov 2009, 13:02, More)
Feuding Bretons
My estranged wife is the daughter of a father who is one of nine, seven of whom live within half an hour of where they were born. These sexagenarians and septuagenarians do an A1 job of falling out over the most pitifully small issues, and will shun a relative who is literally a next door neighbour. And what's more, the kids (20-40 somethings) get embroiled too.
The last big blow up involved the inheritance from the estate of the mater familias. This tiny house sold for maybe £30,000, probably to a naive Briton. Anyway, ex F-in-l argued that under some obscure piece of French inheritance law he was entitled to a larger share on the basis that as the eldest son he had worked the land - these being farming folk. This might have resulted in him pulling in an extra £500 or so, so the other siblings would have been down comparatively little. Not that either side would condede the point.
The estranged wife does not really care one way or the other, but is rather hurt that two cousins to whom she had played big sister to for years - both of whom are extensively educated - were not interested in being non-partisan and refuse to answer phone calls, e-mails and what have you. As for the rest of the nine, it is her father plus his little brother versus the rest.
And I won't even get started on said F-in-L having to be tranquilised on the day after his daughter's wedding as he feared lasting loss of face in front of siblings because the Anglo contingent did not turn up on the dot of 3 for a barbecue. He was intercepted with a rope just short of the nearest tree.
First /substantial/ post - be gentle.
(Tue 17th Nov 2009, 13:02, More)
» Accidental innuendo
Rings...
The extremely camp deputy head at my alma mater did not cope well with the school changing from a boys grammar school to a co-ed comp, but it did facilitate this assembly announcement:
'Ear rings are not permitted, but finger rings are'.
Collapse of the entire upper year groups.
Oh yes, and 'pop'.
(Wed 18th Jun 2008, 10:03, More)
Rings...
The extremely camp deputy head at my alma mater did not cope well with the school changing from a boys grammar school to a co-ed comp, but it did facilitate this assembly announcement:
'Ear rings are not permitted, but finger rings are'.
Collapse of the entire upper year groups.
Oh yes, and 'pop'.
(Wed 18th Jun 2008, 10:03, More)