Humour for a Friday

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.

The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.

In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.

By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza.

Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.

If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl. Zen ve vil rul ze world!! iT zoUn lik french Now!!

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Happy Birthday jaanquidam

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And thanks to lawgeekgurl for making sure I knew about it.

Good News (For a change!)

1) I submitted 14 pages to my advisor. They are draft pages only, and lack cohesion. But they DO have actual analysis in them. And interesting insights and stuff. Plus, they establish a rudimentary analytical methodology. AND they point to the things I will analyze next. This bodes well. :D. And best of all, I feel good about sending it, so I can enjoy my weekend.

thassalia I might spare you this round of reading. . . But if my advisor comments negatively, and I collapse into a little puddle (unlikely, because my advisor is cool) then I will force you to read it, go HUH WHAT? and tell me it is good. Aren't I kind?

2) Good news on the sheep front. As reported earlier , our initial sale of the our flock of breeding ewes (sheep, we are cutting down substantially) fell through, much to our chagrin. The financial loss is big, and the emotional factor is huge. Most of the sheep would now have to be shipped to market or sent to auction or the feedlot. The former choice would be preferrable, to an extent, because at least then we would KNOW how the sheep were handled. These are lovely ewes that we care for greatly.

Anyway, we got a call tonight from someone who wants to buy 8 of the 12 we were initially going to sell. We are taking a HUGE finanicial hit, as they are going well below what they should be sold for as breeding ewes. BUT, it means that we are proceeding with the herd reduction, which will reduce mom's stress level ENORMOUSLY (and therefore mine and Dad's, too ;)). AND, the gentlemen is buying them for his kids, who want to use the ewes to mow their orchard, and to raise lamb for meat. So, assuming that Mom and Dad get a good vibe when they take the ewes over, the ewes will have an ok quality of life. Which is important to me. Now, if the vibe is wrong, Mom and Dad will refuse to complete the deal. And because we are selling inexpensively, the buyers have agreed to a non-disclosure agreement, which will protect us, too.

And we were planning to ship the remaining 4 ewes for burger meat for us and a friend, so the flock is taken care of. This is a GOOD solution. And we will, in the long run, be keeping 10 beautiful ewes, and possibly 1 ram. The ewes we are keeping are the special ones, the sweet ones, the ones with good wool. ANd we will be able to enjoy them SOOO much more, because we will have more time for them. We will breed a couple for our own meat consumption, and perhaps for close friends. Which is hard, but part of the cycle, and they DO have a great life while they are here. THis ain't no feedlot!

So all in all a good solution. Plus, we will have time for the horses. And God willing, we will have a little foal next April, and foals are SOOOO cute.

3). Mom and I are going on a ride-a-thon on Sunday. It is to raise funds for the North Okanagan Therapeutic Riding Association, which is a great cause. And it is a BEAUTIFUL ride through the Coldstream Ranch and Kalamalka Lake Park near Vernon. The ride goes right to the beach at Cosen's bay. Mom and I are really looking forward to it. I just hope the rattlers which are common in the area decide to cooperate and stay OUT of our way. I do NOT like rattlesnakes . But I love riding. So I am hoping for the best. It should be fun!

4) Lesley, my favorite little lamb, will probably be going to her new home with Sheila, the sweetest woman who takes one of our special lambs every year. They mow her Christmas tree farm, and give her wool to make stuff, and get spoiled rotten. It is such a wonderful home for her! And I'll get to see her when we go to buy our Christmas tree. :D