Author: bobmcgee

Grim for the reaper’s assistants …

Sydney has had a mild winter …

”We’ve seen the biggest drop in business in a generation,” said Andrew Smith, chief executive of InvoCare, the largest private funeral, cemetery and crematorium operator in the Asia-Pacific region. ”Winter is usually our busiest time, but there’s been no real flu season this year and no real cold snaps, and that’s being reflected in a big drop in business.”

Wollongong mortician Warwick Hansen has been in the industry for 47 years. ”It’s probably the slowest winter I’ve ever seen,” he said. ”We’ve had a 10 to 15 per cent drop in the death rate. Talking to other people in the industry, suppliers and coffin makers, they are all saying they have been affected.” SMH.

I guess the thermageddon alarmists won’t be publicising that.

Six six six …

I was talked into first twitter and then blogging by my good friend MalBrown2, convener for the Greens on the Mornington Peninsula, and for all that a wonderful guy.

In the early days with WordPress every blog was a milestone, they gave you every encouragement with messages like “Well done, lad, another one like that and you will have written two, just four more and you’ll have made it to five”. This is accompanied by little quotes such as “I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done. Steven Wright”.

After a while the celebration of every fifth post subsides but the score continues to tick over and at last we reach post number 666.

Which reminds me of Mrs Satan who once complained “Six, six , six, that’s all you ever think about”.

The Heebie-Jeebies …

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My postal vote has arrived. Since I am an undecided voter I may not post it back until after say 9 am.

Anniversary …

August 18th … today is the anniversary of the death of Ghengis Khan in 1227.

The true cause of his death is lost in the mists of antiquity but legends abound. He may have died in battle, fallen from his horse or died of pneumonia.

Or it may be true that a sweet young Tangut princess that he had taken as the spoils of war got fed up with him despoiling her and cut off his nuts with a hidden knife.

Sex appeal has to be handled with care.