The worst typo in history

Another little gem from T.K.

A new young monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the
other monks in copying the old canons and laws of the church by hand.
He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying from copies, not
from the original manuscript. So, the new monk goes to the head abbot to
question this, pointing out that if someone made even a small error in the first copy,
it would never be picked up. In fact, that error would be continued in all
of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries,
but you make a good point, my son."
So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the
original manuscript is held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been
opened for hundreds of years.
Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot.
So, the young monk gets worried and goes downstairs to look for him. He
sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We forgot the "R",
We forgot the "R" !"
His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father ?"
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies:
"The word is 'celebrate' ".<

Spring?

Spring seems a long time coming this year. Here we are well into April and the weather forecasters are still making sly references to snow.

Looking carefully this morning, the signs are that maybe it won't be too much longer.

Let there be music!

I just can't stop fiddling. I promised myself, when I came back to Blogger that, this time, I would not continually ruin the template with 'experiements' that didn't work. No, I would keep it simple.
Today, I have added Haloscan comments (see previous post) and now.............ladies and gentlemen, for your delight and delectation..............music!

If you don't like my choice - tough! There is an option to switch it off but it had to be something school-related, didn't it?
And anyway, I like it, so there!

Haloscan comments

For anyone without a Blogger account who wishes to comment on my blog, I have now installed the Haloscan comment system - so you have NO EXCUSE!!! :)

Women's brains

Keith expresses the opinion every now and then that women's brains are smaller and therefore less effective than men's. You may wonder why he is still around to tell the tale (and no, his broken ankle is not the end result!) but we women can rise above such insults. We don't need to let such obvious misapprehensions bother us.
But we can get our own back .................read on!

When Lawrence found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a woman to enjoy it with. So one evening he went to a singles bar where he spotted the most beautifulwoman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.
"I may look like just an ordinary man," he said as he walked up to her "but in just a week or two, my father will die, and I'll inherit 5 million pounds."
Impressed, the woman went home with him that evening and, three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much smarter than men.....

Medical Humour

Sent to me by Elder Daughter. She said it would appeal to my sense of humour. Not sure what to make of that as she is never very complimentary about it. :)

NHS Dentists? Coming here?

I was in the chemist's this morning and my eye fell on a leaflet inviting people to send their details to the Local Health Board if they wish to have access to an NHS dentist as a new dental care company is shortly to be offering its services around here. (The idea of sending in a form is to avoid the politically embarrassing queues filmed some months ago in mid-Wales, of course, but I digress.)
There was a website address on the form, which I looked at tonight and, whilst browsing, I chanced upon a vacancy for an assistant planning officer. So I thought I would take a look - only idle curiosity, you understand. Below is the job description:

Wrexham Local Health Board is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to work as part of the LHB Planning Team.
The Post: An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in LHB Development and Performance Directorate at the Wrexham Local Health Board. You will assist the Commissioning & Performance Manager to manage the Local Health Board and Partners ‘Hearts & Minds Project’. The role will involve joint working and service development in support of the project. You will also support broader commissioning & development work within the directorate. This post will provide an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience of working in the challenging environment of health services planning.

Well, I'm not a serious contender for the job, but what I would really love to know is.............

What the hell does it mean???