Preview for Sunday 022708

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Hey folks,

Another very busy Sunday coming right up. From Alabama doing the right thing, to Penis theft. Yup, you read that correctly. Pelosi denouncing an Obama and Hillary ticket, the Health and Science segment, and of course the IWA.

But first an update. Yes folks, I’m sorry. You can put away those applications. The job has been filled. Sorry Irishgodfather. Back on Sunday, 040608, I told you about a help wanted ad.

The son of a retired widower has placed an advertisement looking for someone to have a few drinks with his father at a local pub for seven pounds (nine euros, 14 dollars) an hour.

Jack Hammond, 88, and his son, Michael, will begin interviewing candidates for the position soon, after Michael posted the advertisement at their local post office in Hampshire, southern England.

The elder Hammond used to go to his local pub four times a week in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, with his neighbour, but had to stop the practice recently when he moved into a nursing home closer to the rest of his family.

"When you put an advertisement in a post office for 25p you don't expect anything to come of it, so the response has been amazing," Michael, a chef, said.

They have ruled out hiring a woman, as Michael Hammond said his father, a retired electrical engineer, would be uncomfortable having a drink with a woman he did not know, and are hoping to find "a gentleman who is not too bombastic and enjoys a nice pint" with an interest in engineering or golf.

"Dad will be going out with some of the candidates next week but we are going to do it properly, as he is vulnerable," Michael added.

"It's got to be the best job in the world."

Well, it has been filled. According to Reuters - Getting paid to drink

Mike Hammond was bombarded with offers after advertising in his village post office for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to a southern England pub from a nursing home.

He offered the lucky winner 7 pounds ($14) an hour plus expenses and, after sifting through the applicants, decided on a job-share. Drinking duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military man.

“Dad's now going to be going down to the pub several times a week -- three with his new friends and twice with me,” Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. “I want to give him some of his old life back.”

All well. Maybe all the good jobs ARE taken. {Smile}

Be right back
Peter

Sources:
Reuters - Getting paid to drink
OPNTalk- You Can’t Make This Stuff Up 040608