tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post1200474311688463701..comments2023-11-05T07:37:16.624+00:00Comments on The Drayton Bird Blog: News from the department of “Who Would have Guessed It?"Drayton Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-53190734311435596372011-09-06T13:20:43.686+01:002011-09-06T13:20:43.686+01:00"For this you need a professor?"Consider..."For this you need a professor?"Considering the standard of today's education I would say you probably do. You need at least a master's degree to be able to string a sentence together.Rezbihttp://directmarketing.edu.pl/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-39558348943638285832011-09-01T08:26:47.986+01:002011-09-01T08:26:47.986+01:00This sounds suspiciously like malpractice, though ...This sounds suspiciously like malpractice, though I am not sure. I am going to ask a client about itDraytonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-5502076082445427772011-09-01T08:18:01.055+01:002011-09-01T08:18:01.055+01:00When I was teaching privately in Burma, I wrote to...When I was teaching privately in Burma, I wrote to the Teachers' Pension Agency to ask if I could have some (or all) of my pension at the age of 55, so that I could buy a flat there. They wrote back that I couldn't retire as I wasn't working. They also promised I could have my pension at 60, but that event passed last September and -- guess what? -- they've shifted the goal-posts yet again. Bloody marvellous, eh?Ian Carternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-49800976877798265582011-08-30T22:29:48.958+01:002011-08-30T22:29:48.958+01:00I'm reminded of The Daily Mash story "...I'm reminded of The Daily Mash story "'Pointless Research' Gene Discovered<br />RESEARCHERS last night claimed they had discovered a gene which increases people’s propensity to launch enquiries into the bleeding obvious."<br />The 'Department of the Bleeding Obvious' is oft cited by scurrilous organs as the source of many of these stultifying revelations. <br /><br /><br />http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-%26-technology/'pointless-research'-gene-discovered-2007041363/Ken Munnhttp://www.writeltd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-92124389555931522002011-08-30T21:26:46.625+01:002011-08-30T21:26:46.625+01:00Drayton - You just reminded me... I need to read y...Drayton - You just reminded me... I need to read your blog every day. Great piece.Ryan Healyhttp://www.ryanhealy.com/noreply@blogger.com