I actually feel pangs of what could possibly be guilt when we post something by Illustrious Frisby. Compared to most of the hate-filled bilge seeping through the HYS columns, she’s actually a fairly pleasant character. She’s also grade-A bonkers, which I think makes me like her even more. Anyway, guilt is for people with a conscience, so fuck that. When asked what she thought about the government plans to sell off the sickly Royal Mail, she makes sure she covers all her bases. She worked there. So did her son (not at the same time). I think she’s allowed an opinion. But sometimes, one opinion isn’t enough.
I don’t know if it is a good idea because it’s a bit over-my-head this, but I do know that the postmen work very hard. I worked in a sorting office once, over 5-6 Christmases, before I retired and my son worked there too. Not at the same time. I cannot see beyond what the Government are planning but it is very sad that the Royal Mail are not making enough money; sometimes they are darn sight more reliable than computers – if the “network’s down” for instance.
IllustriousFrisby
Two days later, after forgetting where she put her handbag and taking the wrong dog home from the vets, she discovers an interesting debate on HYS. What’s this? They’re going to privatise the Royal mail?
No, I think it’s an awful idea. I’m very against it. And this Government is supposed to be listening to the people. What about when there is nothing left to privatise?
IllustriousFrisby
Don’t worry love, in a couple of days you’ll have forgotten you even worked there. Is that dog still trying to get out the back door? Why doesn’t he come when you call his name?
10 Responses to “Not At The Same Time”
First, they privatised the Royal Mail and I said nothing, for I was not a postman…
Someone better tell Sid – lazy cunt probably still hasn’t learnt how to read.
IllustriousFrisby is slightly too close to me-in-twenty-years for comfort. It probably means I can laugh at her with less guilt, though. (Guilt is not just for people with consciences, it is also for those of us with deep-seated psychological issues.)
It is nice to know that barking-mad is not equated with evil, though. I hope you are all nice to me when I show up on HYS foaming about how David Cameron has bribed my cat to spy on me in the bath.
Intruiging…I once worked as a potato harvester and an exam marker, not at the same time…
I’m desperate to know if her mother ever worked there. I feel her mother is the key to this…
I’m not surprised she was there as a christmas casual. Utter cluelessness is pretty much a prerequisite for that lot.
Then we have a violent revolution, kill and eat the rich, forcibly nationalise everything, and start all over again. History is all about cycles, you know.
I bet she still refers to BT as “the GPO”.
And refers to her NI contributions as “paying her stamp”.
Excellent! I’m getting close to a full house in this week’s HYS Bingo. Here we have a beautiful, textbook example of the ‘the question you have asked is too difficult for me to understand, so I will answer with a stultifyingly banal pseudo-fact that is only marginally related at best’.
It’s a tactic that worked like a charm during my organic chemistry finals:
PAPER: Something about writing out detailed synthesis pathways of complex proteins from simple starting reagents, including all intermediate stages with charge flow indicators.
ME: Hmmm, that’s all way over my head, but I’ll tell you one thing, my sister’s friend is a vegan and her doctor told her she had to start eating eggs and drinking milk otherwise she’d get really ill.
>‘the question you have asked is too difficult for me to understand, so I will answer with a stultifyingly banal pseudo-fact that is only marginally related at best’
Ah, but at least the Frisby KNOWS the question is too difficult for her to understand, which places her way above a lot of HYSers. There are many who would believe that their banal and irrelevant pseudo-fact was THE one and only correct answer to the question, and that anyone who disagreed should die horribly.