Jamie's Rants And Things

An Obituary printed in the London Times – Interesting and sadly rather true.

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing

An Obituary printed in the London Times – Interesting and sadly rather true.

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.

He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

– Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
– Why the early bird gets the worm;
– Life isn't always fair;
– and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing

Rules as received from a friend: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note — upper right hand side.) I hope you participate, even if you didn't get tagged.

[ Jamie's comment: ok, this is hard. I can only think of **ONE** of hand that will 'always stick with me' - I'm not much of a movie fan really, so most of these will be "films I remember seeing" and nothing more - my tastes, though are comedies, and action movies ]

1) Breakfast Club (Allie Sheedy, wow! – oh, good social commentry too !)

2) Ellen Brokavitch or something like that

3) E.T.

4) Star Wars IV (i think – the first one)

5) Die Hard – good action film

6) Die Harder – good action film

7) Die Hardest (I think) – good action film
The History Boys (Good if you're trying to get to sleep)

9) Scream – nice slasher pic

10) Scary Movie – Decent spoof

11) Pulp Fiction – I vaguely remember this film

12) Matrix – not bad film. let down by part 2 and especially by part 3

13) Independence Day – good film. typical “america saves the world” – not that I blame you. British films are generally “britain saves the world”

14) The day after tomorrow (i think) – I love flood movies

15) Close Encounters of the third kind

Hard to keep it to only 15.

[ Jamie's comment: Hard to think of a whole 15 ! ]

Rules as received from a friend: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note — upper right hand side.) I hope you participate, even if you didn't get tagged.

[ Jamie's comment: ok, this is hard. I can only think of **ONE** of hand that will 'always stick with me' - I'm not much of a movie fan really, so most of these will be "films I remember seeing" and nothing more - my tastes, though are comedies, and action movies ]

1) Breakfast Club (Allie Sheedy, wow! – oh, good social commentry too !)

2) Ellen Brokavitch or something like that

3) E.T.

4) Star Wars IV (i think – the first one)

5) Die Hard – good action film

6) Die Harder – good action film

7) Die Hardest (I think) – good action film
The History Boys (Good if you're trying to get to sleep)

9) Scream – nice slasher pic

10) Scary Movie – Decent spoof

11) Pulp Fiction – I vaguely remember this film

12) Matrix – not bad film. let down by part 2 and especially by part 3

13) Independence Day – good film. typical “america saves the world” – not that I blame you. British films are generally “britain saves the world”

14) The day after tomorrow (i think) – I love flood movies

15) Close Encounters of the third kind

Hard to keep it to only 15.

[ Jamie's comment: Hard to think of a whole 15 ! ]

Rules as received from a friend: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen movies you've seen that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what movies my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note — upper right hand side.) I hope you participate, even if you didn't get tagged.

[ Jamie's comment: ok, this is hard. I can only think of **ONE** of hand that will 'always stick with me' - I'm not much of a movie fan really, so most of these will be "films I remember seeing" and nothing more - my tastes, though are comedies, and action movies ]

1) Breakfast Club (Allie Sheedy, wow! – oh, good social commentry too !)

2) Ellen Brokavitch or something like that

3) E.T.

4) Star Wars IV (i think – the first one)

5) Die Hard – good action film

6) Die Harder – good action film

7) Die Hardest (I think) – good action film

The History Boys (Good if you're trying to get to sleep)

9) Scream – nice slasher pic

10) Scary Movie – Decent spoof

11) Pulp Fiction – I vaguely remember this film

12) Matrix – not bad film. let down by part 2 and especially by part 3

13) Independence Day – good film. typical “america saves the world” – not that I blame you. British films are generally “britain saves the world”

14) The day after tomorrow (i think) – I love flood movies

15) Close Encounters of the third kind

Hard to keep it to only 15.

[ Jamie's comment: Hard to think of a whole 15 ! ]

1. Three names I go by:

Jamie
J
Git

2. Three Jobs I have had in my life:

Paperboy
Council Tax administrator
Unix devlopment/deployment

3. Three Places I have lived:

Bishopston, Swansea.
Ramat Chen, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sunbury on Thames, Surrey.

4. Three Favorite drinks:

Water
Vodka and Orange
Tea

5. Three Shows that I watch:

Veronica Mars
Chuck
Big, bigger, biggest.

6. Three places I have been:

Ibiza
Cyprus
Golan Heights

7. People that text me regularly:

None – phone offline at the moment, but when it was working, Zoe, Jeni and Luan. – all girls!

8. Three of my favourite foods:

pizza
veggie burgers
veggie pies

9. Three friends I think will respond:

Zoe and Hayley will post some smart arsed response.

Hayley maybe will do this herself

10. Three things I am looking forward to:

Getting back my life
Moving to my villa by the sea in Ibiza
Being happy and free

1. Three names I go by:

Jamie
J
Git

2. Three Jobs I have had in my life:

Paperboy
Council Tax administrator
Unix devlopment/deployment

3. Three Places I have lived:

Bishopston, Swansea.
Ramat Chen, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sunbury on Thames, Surrey.

4. Three Favorite drinks:

Water
Vodka and Orange
Tea

5. Three Shows that I watch:

Veronica Mars
Chuck
Big, bigger, biggest.

6. Three places I have been:

Ibiza
Cyprus
Golan Heights

7. People that text me regularly:

None – phone offline at the moment, but when it was working, Zoe, Jeni and Luan. – all girls!

8. Three of my favourite foods:

pizza
veggie burgers
veggie pies

9. Three friends I think will respond:

Zoe and Hayley will post some smart arsed response.

Hayley maybe will do this herself

10. Three things I am looking forward to:

Getting back my life
Moving to my villa by the sea in Ibiza
Being happy and free