In the news today - A woman was killed in Hong Kong when she was struck down by a 74 year-old pensioner, who had slipped off her 27th floor balcony while collecting her clothes.
A couple of things become glaringly obvious.
Firstly, laundry is hazardous to your health. I hate hanging, collecting and folding the wash. Now I know why. Apparently, one must stay vigilant of falling down the laundry chute and breaking your neck, which ranked ahead of accidentally mistaking a handgun for a telephone and blowing your head off in the top 600,000 killers of American people.
Secondly, we now have another use for the elderly. That's right, as kamikazee contract killers. What wasn't reported was that the husband of the victim had put out a hit on his wife to the sum of US$5,000. Using pensioners reduces the strain on government coffers by lifting the over-reliance on the pension; provide financial freedom to self fund funerals; gives further assistance to the family of the pensioner for particularly lucrative contracts; all while having a favourable effect on the nation's unemployment figures.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Stand or sit
I'm finding myself having to face the old conundrum of "stand up or sit down". I am of course speaking of travelling on Melbourne public transport and the dilemma arises when I have a seat but then notice a woman - now don't think I am sexist, I also keep an eye out for the elderly too (now I'm sexist AND ageist) - and I have to stop and think
"stand up" and offer my seat or
"sit down" and ignore it.
It wouldn't be a problem, except I was brought up that common courtesy was to allow a woman to sit. Now my intention is not to suggest that a woman is incapable of standing up for 20 minutes in a train, but I actually didn't mind when people had manners and did things like this. I don't think any less of women who'd rather sit than stand. But there have been instances where I've been shot down for doing this and have ended up feeling a fool on several occasions for what is, for all intents and purposes, a kindly gesture. Yes, I suppose its roots are derived from that, but when I do it it's not because I think they're weak.
Next time, I'll just manhandle and force them into the chair so that I'd plainly be assaulting them rather than being a chauvanist.
Speaking of chauvanists, I noticed Tony Abbot made another gaffe saying that most ironing is done by women. He based this on the fact that in his household, his wife did the ironing. I don't know about him, but I tend to iron my own damn shirts. He would do a lot better if he either censored what he said before he spoke, or just spoke less. Of course, I wish Kevin Rudd would speak less. I have simply tuned out to the meaningless crap that comes from his mouth and this was highlighted as he was being grilled by Australia's youth. Broken election promises and a lack of authenticity will be his legacy. But then again, I was never a fan.
I was happier to read old news about two girls dancing in bikinis on top of a crocodile cage. Not that it is a terribly smart thing to do, but at least it's not Australian politics.
Enjoy!
"stand up" and offer my seat or
"sit down" and ignore it.
It wouldn't be a problem, except I was brought up that common courtesy was to allow a woman to sit. Now my intention is not to suggest that a woman is incapable of standing up for 20 minutes in a train, but I actually didn't mind when people had manners and did things like this. I don't think any less of women who'd rather sit than stand. But there have been instances where I've been shot down for doing this and have ended up feeling a fool on several occasions for what is, for all intents and purposes, a kindly gesture. Yes, I suppose its roots are derived from that, but when I do it it's not because I think they're weak.
Next time, I'll just manhandle and force them into the chair so that I'd plainly be assaulting them rather than being a chauvanist.
Speaking of chauvanists, I noticed Tony Abbot made another gaffe saying that most ironing is done by women. He based this on the fact that in his household, his wife did the ironing. I don't know about him, but I tend to iron my own damn shirts. He would do a lot better if he either censored what he said before he spoke, or just spoke less. Of course, I wish Kevin Rudd would speak less. I have simply tuned out to the meaningless crap that comes from his mouth and this was highlighted as he was being grilled by Australia's youth. Broken election promises and a lack of authenticity will be his legacy. But then again, I was never a fan.
I was happier to read old news about two girls dancing in bikinis on top of a crocodile cage. Not that it is a terribly smart thing to do, but at least it's not Australian politics.
Enjoy!
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