ChatterBank4 mins ago
You couldn't make it up, or could you?
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Is April Fool's Day late this year, or is this what being a parish councillor does to people? This one is beyond satire:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1 274613,00.html
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1 274613,00.html
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The sins of the father are oftern re issued to the children, even if your nothing like them. I don't know why it happens, just does. that's why if your parents are devoiced you are more likely to experience it to. as a daughter you expect to be treated the way your mother was and as a son you expect your relationship to be the same as your mother and fathers was. Only if you are an independant thinker can you break from this, i think. So in this case, would you want to be the person who said yehhhh sure you can come and live over here? i wouldn't.
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Just wanted to add my two pence worth regarding the age difference. I am 33 and my wife is 57. We will have been married for 3 years this year and have been living together for 10 years now (and my parents came from Sri Lanka to boot) - in my opinion we have a good relationship and it has certainly lasted a lot longer than some of our friends relationships have.
Of course, he may be an absolute diamond geezer - compared to his dad at least. The whole thing just struck me as rather funny, that's all.
Shame she won't be using the name - it might have made parish council meetings quite surreal. "Right, all those in favour? OK, that's Councillor Smith, Councillor Brown, Councillor Bin Laden, Councillor Jones...." ;-)
Shame she won't be using the name - it might have made parish council meetings quite surreal. "Right, all those in favour? OK, that's Councillor Smith, Councillor Brown, Councillor Bin Laden, Councillor Jones...." ;-)