Only in local government

I’ve just been given a potential contract for the next six months working for one of the local councils, twatting about working with their website, and building a Content Management System. In the contract, it says I’ve got to work a 7.20 hour working day, leading to a 36.40hour working week.

Now, I’m assuming they mean 7hours 20 minutes – but that’s not the same as a 7.2hour day. Needless to say, I don’t think it’d be approved by the Campaign for Plain English.

A political gesture

Nice to see John Prescott living down up to his nature, and making a V-sign at journalists in Downing Street. I’m sure they all responded with the official sign-language denoting a politician. (A loosely clenched fist waved gently side to side).

Oddly enough, the same gesture is also used to denote bank managers, estate agents, lawyers, and football team managers.

What about the femail ones?

The Royal Snail has announced that it will be phasing out the use of overnight mail trains after 170 years of using them. (And somewhere there’s still a letter from the first train – still undelivered, of course) Quite how they can say they want to stop using them “because of poor reliability” without getting flattened by thunderbolts is beyond me. A more perfect illustration of “pot calling the kettle black” you couldn’t wish to see.