Because it doesn't rhyme with anything.
Don't think I didn't notice it rhymes with bluddy Blatham, Blatham.
I'm not just a furry face, you know.
And it doesn't, anyway.
He is Laytham.
I don't think you are Blaytham, are you?
None of us will really get the chance to vote for Mark Latham, regardless of pronunciation.
None of us live in his electorate, in the west of Sydney.
I guess, if we're so inclined, we can vote for him theoretically, by voting for his party representative in our local electorates.
I do wish they'd nominate a slightly less sleazy candidate in my electorate. (although, pickin's may be slim. The creep next door to me has been voted on to local council again )
JoanneDorel wrote:Isn't Guam by Wake?
I know what a wake is, having been to may of them. (Sorry, no drugs or alcohol allowed.) But, what is a Guam and why would one want to be on one?
Good question!
But what's the use of a wake without alcohol - that's what they're for!
The distance from Guam to Wake is considerable. However, in view of the vast amount of "empty" ocean there, one might think of them as being "near" one another.
Whatcha talkin' about empty ocean? I thought Wake was in North Carolina.
More damned threads awakening.
Man, I have had a shitdful couple of weeks - anyone up for giving a little sympathy...holds up sore head to be kissed....like a sore paw.....where's Androcles when I need him - or don't Bunnieses get Androcleses....?
Work.
It is like a big, alien forest - where you don't know which are the friendly and which the dangerous aminals!
I have pissed off a very powerful woman - not by doing anything that was my decision as it happens - just by taking on a project, as told to, from someone else, and taking the next planned action!!! It is weird having no idea where the bear traps are - you just know they are there! Thing is, she will not address it honestly, and - while I don't give a dman what she thinks of me - I am worried that she will use her power to undermine the project - which is on behalf of a bunch of the people who work there. Sigh. Also, as I expected, there is trouble cos I am in a high position, without the agency experience that would be expected at that level - which makes it hard for people to deal with - you know - Minister's/boss's baby.
And, I am getting no support/time to discuss things with the boss - just cos he is so busy - everyone is - but the result is the same as deliberate undermining.
AND I pissed powerful woman off more yesterday, at a meeting about a separate project - by accidentally challenging her power (I don't DO hierarchy, and she's big on it!) I meant to be circumspect - but I am not at all good at that!
Enough whingeing. At least I am being paid a lot.
Inappropriate to send your boss a short brief on the problem?
Well, I was thinking of having a confidential chat way above my boss - but instead I went to my immediate boss and demanded some time. If he had said no, I would have said I would need to send an email to him and the director and above - but he said yes.
Thing is, it's no drama there - this is how it operates. Everyone knows it's stuffed - the BIG people want change - but are beginning by putting in structures - the detail will have to wait. This is detail.
It ain't just me! I actually caused a person way above me - doing a huge and crucial project - to cry the other day! Just by existing! Cos nobody had told her about me and the projects I am doing - which are hand in glove with what she is doing. I had been told to contact her, but with no emphasis - I had no idea why or what she did - so I did it just 3 weeks ago.
Thing is, it was a last straw for her - after a while incompetence starts looking like they are out to get you!!!!!! She was just so staggered by the incompetence and starting to feel helpless - I sympathise - I am not sure she has quite recovered - it was a bit of an over the edge thing for her. I know just how she feels!
Bummer. Have a stiff drink.
Or just a drink.
Or a stiff.
Goddamn neighbors. Always yell, never laugh. And never empty the goddamn lint trap. Freakin' missing link dragging knuckles around downstairs. Goddamn meatheads.
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I don't use alcohol, in fact mouthwash tastes bad in my mouth, nor do I do drugs. However, each time I open my eyes after a nap or night's sleep, my partner Sam says, "Good. You're a wake!" Does that mean that
I'm useless? Hmmmmmmmmm?
My experience of wakes is that they involve alcohol.(Irish family tradition)
My experience of being awake is much the same!
Deb
You can always express the view that, if things weren't so f---ed up, you wouldn't be there anyway! Someone saw the need for change, it couldn't be done from within, so you were brought in to advise.
They can take that whatever way they like!
Tact was never my strong point!
Rest of your life is OK, eh? (uses Canuck-ism!)
