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  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Far too clever for me at this time of night. Sure it's a very witty and pertient point to those less tired.

    I'm off at work tomorrow too, wageslave. (Boo.)

    Long standardisation meeting tomorrow. Still, chance to catch up with some old faces, and civilised conversation. Ho hum.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »
    If you had met them you would know why. The dad is a tube driver and his wife is a banker. 2 of their kids work in the public sector and the other is unemployed.

    H'okay. Which annoys you more, the banker, the civil servant or the unemployed person?

    It can't be the poor auld tube driver.
    Retail is the only therapy that works
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »
    If you had met them you would know why. The dad is a tube driver and his wife is a banker. 2 of their kids work in the public sector and the other is unemployed.


    Thats pretty dreadful. But I did snigger.
  • the_ash_and_the_oak
    the_ash_and_the_oak Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    thats not even the worst of it, they STRd and also have a BTL and they're in a trade union. Its all at the taxpayers expense imo and I'm not sure they're even white
    Prefer girls to money
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    Started well, doing some interesting stuff, then went out bought a tree:) Then this rvrning picked DH up and was sick on his feet. (thats pretty mean right?) and so...I'd say its been a mixed day really.


    Poor you.

    Hope you're feeling better.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    wageslave wrote: »
    H'okay. Which annoys you more, the banker, the civil servant or the unemployed person?

    It can't be the poor auld tube driver.

    Did you miss the tube threads?

    tube driver v bus driver.
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »
    thats not even the worst of it, they STRdand also have a BTL and they're in a trade union. Its all at the taxpayers expense imo and I'm not sure they're even white


    Oh, I think I get it now.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    carolt wrote: »
    Poor you.

    Hope you're feeling better.

    I didn't really feel that sick...took me by surprise, otherwise I would have moved!:o Feel ok now too, just keeping quiet just in case. :) Feel more sorry for poor DH. He's such a poppet.
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    Yes, men's masterful ability to deal with someone else's sick always impresses me too. (Usually the kids', I should add, not mine.) I'm much more squeamish.
  • wageslave
    wageslave Posts: 2,638 Forumite
    the_ash_and_the_oak wrote: »
    thats not even the worst of it, they STRd and also have a BTL and they're in a trade union. Its all at the taxpayers expense imo and I'm not sure they're even white

    Are you an albino hedgehog living in a cardboard box on a short assured tenancy?
    Retail is the only therapy that works
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