The day began with a sweet candy walk and ended in sour disappointment with the Fralics beauty pageant. Well, as they say, you’ve got to take the good with the bad. Let’s start with the good.
At noon, my driver picked us up for the trip to San Antonio. My helper Terri and Swan’s sister came along. We also picked up Tom and his gal Kate to join in the adventure. Or should I say disappointment? Tom met Kate a couple of years ago when she was a pageant contestant. I’ve attended two or three of these events previously, and I have always enjoyed them. Yesterday was pretty much a disorganized fiasco. Indeed, when long-time fans like us leave almost angry in frustration, you are doing it wrong. Some of the issues were logistics and timing–way too much downtime between events, and some of it was just not giving a shit about why those in attendance were there. The contest seemed secondary. The MC for the event stood on stage practically begging people to buy tickets for the 50-50 raffle (half goes to the winner, half to event organizers). It was pathetic, to say the least. He wouldn’t allow the contest to continue until the raffle pot had grown to at least 15,000 pesos, saying they needed the money to pay the rent and stay open. I enjoy the FRA venue, but I won’t be going back for the Fralics events next year. Okay, rant over.
Oh, well. Shit happens. A long way to travel and not have a good time. Lesson learned.
The Quora Q&A:
Q: Can I say an employee didn’t give a 2 week notice when called for a reference?
A: It’s generally true you just state the facts about employment history…date hired, date left. I did have a tough situation once. We had fired a mailman for drinking and driving in his mail truck! So, I got the call later for a reference check. Gave the basics as specified above. The caller asked if there was anything else I could tell them. I asked what job is he applying for…school bus driver! Yikes. So I honestly said, “I wouldn’t want him driving my kids.” The caller thanked me and said that is all I needed to know. No regrets and no repercussions.
Time to lighten things up a tad:
Another Hash Monday has arrived. Vienna Sausage is the Hare, so I expect I’ll be looking for alternatives. I’ll go to the start and decide from there. I’ll let you know how that goes tomorrow.
There were a few dead ends and kid-less streets, but in the end, we found them!
But what noun is the “them” at the end replacing? The “kid” in “kidless” is part of an adjective, and you’re not saying you found dead ends or streets. A pronoun replaces a noun.
Word spreads fast
This might sound racist at first, but it’s not meant to be. Ever heard of the Hundredth Monkey Effect? It’s been debunked, but it held sway for a while.
The ten contestants.
All pretty. At least one has that cocker-spaniel hairstyle that was popular in Korea through the early 2000s (straight hair on top, wavy down the sides of the head).
Number 5
Lookin’ a little pudgy! And if that’s our standard for the ladies, imagine what they think of our fat asses.
Screw that!
Prince wrote a joke in one of his songs for the 1989 “Batman” movie. The song was called “Vicki Waiting”:
I told the joke about the woman
Who asked her lover, “Why is your organ so small?”
He replied, “I didn’t know I was playing in a cathedral”
Vicki didn’t laugh at all
Good luck with today’s Hash.
Yeah, that kidless dead-end line felt off…now I know why. Since it was a caption on a picture with kids, I thought I might get away with it. “Some streets were dead ends or had no kids, but in the end, we found what we were looking for.” Better?
I hadn’t heard of the “Hundredth Monkey Effect” before. It’s nice to learn something new. In the case of the candy kids, once the first group has been given their ration, they run up and down the street telling all their friends about free chocolate. Just when we think we’ve got them all, another group comes charging in. It’s pretty funny.
Yeah, a couple of the gals were a tad chubby (like I’m one to talk), and one had a massive tattoo, something I find very unattractive, but the cuties were in the majority.
I love that Prince joke! I just told it to Swan and she burst out laughing.