Tuesday - June 23, 2009

No photos on the cake please and, what is your sexual orientation?

Not certain this early how much I’ll be able to post today but ran across these sign of the dumb times in the letters column of the paper this morning.

In more normal times if there ever was such an animal, I might have questioned these. Or else they might never have been written which is more likely.

But on seeing these I knew I had to post them. 

With regard to the photo/cake. I might have to add it to yesterdays Moonbat of the year award as it surely is a tie between the two. 
With each passing day I swear this place seems to be more moronic.  I can only hope I live long enuff to return to the USA, even if it would be for no more then just to die.

Incorrect answer?

SIR – My 16-year-old son has just returned from an interview for a summer job in a hotel.

He wasn’t asked about his ability to do the job, about punctuality, reliability, manners or anything which might contribute to his being an effective and pleasant team member.

However he was surprised to be asked to state his sexual orientation. His reply was “normal”. Politically incorrect?

Lady Portal
Basingstoke, Hampshire

Cake compliance

SIR – Last week my wife visited the Asda in Wolstanton to order a birthday cake for her father, who will be 90 on June 29. We wanted to have a photograph placed on the cake, showing him at the age of 14 – 76 years ago.

Because it appeared to have been professionally taken, the store would not accept the order on the grounds that it could possibly infringe copyright, unless we could produce the photographer’s death certificate, proving that copyright had lapsed.

Neil Buchan
Clayton, Staffordshire

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