Arthur Little
3rd May 2012, 13:50
Finally ... after 30 years "in harness" as a Presiding Officer :xxaction-smiley-047 at Local, General and European Elections, I have stepped back from these somewhat onerous duties.
Unless Cameron and his motley crew are given the "bums rush" :BlueTeamEnforcer: there are unlikely to be further polls of ANY description until the Scottish Independence Referendum :Kilt: scheduled for Autumn of 2014 :olddude: - by which time, I'll have [hopefully] attained my allotted span of three score years and ten!
Am I sorry? :rolleyes: Am I buggery! :nono-1-1:
Admittedly, I've previously given readers the impression I actually enjoyed these experiences. And yes ... for the most part, I have ... the social interaction :blahblah::blahblah: was invariably a pleasure in itself.
But overall, though, who the hell, in their right mind, would relish the prospect of being tethered :8_1_215: to a makeshift desk, cooped up in a confined space - from 06.30 am till 10.30 pm - without being allowed to leave the building ... save for intermittent short walks along the corridor to answer the call of nature. :piss2:
Lunch & Teabreaks?? Forget those!! :thumbsdown:
Sustenance is, therefore, totally reliant on furtive, snatched opportunities to make inroads on a seemingly endless pile of soggy sandwiches (gradually curling up at the edges, as if in defiance of their tupperware container) and/or pre-baked sausage rolls (that've grown cold!) washed down by endless cups of lukewarm tea or coffee from a Thermos flask? :vomit-smiley-011:
So ... all in all ... glorious freedom ... ! :Jump:
Unless Cameron and his motley crew are given the "bums rush" :BlueTeamEnforcer: there are unlikely to be further polls of ANY description until the Scottish Independence Referendum :Kilt: scheduled for Autumn of 2014 :olddude: - by which time, I'll have [hopefully] attained my allotted span of three score years and ten!
Am I sorry? :rolleyes: Am I buggery! :nono-1-1:
Admittedly, I've previously given readers the impression I actually enjoyed these experiences. And yes ... for the most part, I have ... the social interaction :blahblah::blahblah: was invariably a pleasure in itself.
But overall, though, who the hell, in their right mind, would relish the prospect of being tethered :8_1_215: to a makeshift desk, cooped up in a confined space - from 06.30 am till 10.30 pm - without being allowed to leave the building ... save for intermittent short walks along the corridor to answer the call of nature. :piss2:
Lunch & Teabreaks?? Forget those!! :thumbsdown:
Sustenance is, therefore, totally reliant on furtive, snatched opportunities to make inroads on a seemingly endless pile of soggy sandwiches (gradually curling up at the edges, as if in defiance of their tupperware container) and/or pre-baked sausage rolls (that've grown cold!) washed down by endless cups of lukewarm tea or coffee from a Thermos flask? :vomit-smiley-011:
So ... all in all ... glorious freedom ... ! :Jump: