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Oh! You Pretty Things
Ok, so this week is the last week of an 8 week cancer block we have been doing (with a two week Christmas Holiday in the middle). As it is the last week, we have had lots of forms to get singed off by tutors, appraisals, reflective essays, and been given grades on a whole host of random things.
The Grades we get given are stupid. There is a scale of A-E, which A is supposedly the level of a consultant, and E is the level of someone who issn’t that good. In the 3rd year, HYMS say that we should be around a C- or C+ standard. So, with out fail, no matter how good, or bad you are every tutor will give a C- or C+! You would have to kill a patent to get graded worse, and cure cancer (I am working on it) to get a better grade!
In an exam with a patient I got marked down for not doing something properly, when I know for a fact that I did do it properly! I hate it when the person in authority will just not listen to you, so its not even worth trying to correct them, even when you absolutely know you are 100% right. Thats why I never want to get arrested.
However, that is not the main purpose of this post. One of the things we get graded on is ‘Dress and punctuality’ i.e. do we turn up on time, and do we look smart. This is graded from Excellent, Satisfactory, Borderline, and unsatisfactory. There are 4 of us in my group, and none of us have ever been late. The 2 girls both got an excellent, while myself, and the other guy in the group both got satisfactory’s! So obviously our tutor thinks we don’t dress as smartly as we could. I am fairly sure I dress well on placement, always smart, wearing a tie, shirt tucked in etc etc. Perhaps she just thinks we are ugly.
Oh, and just to finish with a bit of name dropping. I was taking photos at a Futureheads gig the other night. If I am honest, I have never heard of them, and I didn’t think they were very good at all-but never the less, if, indeed, they are famous, I am happy to drop there name in to further my own prospects (and ego).
Maybe the beard got you marked down?
I personally think it makes you look rather dashing, not too shabby! I wounder if Carolyn would mind if I grew one…
Perhaps she would like it…keep it tidy tho…I suppose some people like them, and some people don’t.
whoa whoa whoa
Who edited my post. There is some foul work afoot!
I did not wonder aloud (or ablog??) whether I should grow a beard. My post read as follows
“Maybe the beard got you marked down? :P”
I suspect that Hoyland (of the Andy variety) is involved in this betrayal of free speech.
Ha! I did think it was unlikely that you would want a beard. I can’t really imagine it. I also thought it slightly strange that you said Pete’s beard made him look “dashing” but to be completely honest, I didn’t question it that much. You have made equally bizarre and somewhat camp comments before…
I honestly had nothing to do with editing your comment.
Which is a little worrying as I thought I was the only one who had comment editing powers… I have a feeling I may have forgotten to decrease powers to a certain One Man Band. Although it could equally have been somoene else.
Right. I checked. It could, as far as I can tell, have only been Mat or my dad. I might still be wrong… But I’m still voting for Mat. Having said that - my dad has been known to sport a beard…
Well if thats true then I think it should mean instant expulsion from the blog for at least an hour!
However, we are assuming that Jonny is telling the truth. Is it not possible that he did actually say that, and then is saying someone edited it as a joke, or to drop someone in it?
What do you mean “we are assuming that Jonny is telling the truth”???
Name one occasion when I have lied - not including a sermon!
erm… that really is something a preacher should never have to say! haha
I honestly did just say “Maybe the beard got you marked down”…
Altho - it is true that you look quite dashing, in a Mr. Darcy kinda way
Hummm…I can think of plenty of times you have lied in Sermons (I am sure that you once said that God even loves Darrien), but I am struggling to think of other times. The only thing is, I do not know any one else who says ‘Not too Shabby’ on a regular basis, so that kind of proves that it must have been you.
Jonny - the comment came from your computer. So either you wrote it for some weird reason OR someone else has used your computer to post comments.
I’d still like to blame Mat or my dad - simply because neither of them have said anything for a while (although you will be, indirectly, hearing from my dad over the weekend)…
I have no comment until I have consulted my solicitor…
this is great, nothing like a ‘who dun it’ to get the comments on the blog flowing again
Also - after posting my comment about it being from Jonny’s computer - I realised that doesn’t prove anything. Jonny isn’t claiming the whole message is a fake… just the end.
Where’s Poirot when you need him?
SO are we any nearer to finding culprit? If I am correct, the choices are…
1.Jonny is lying, and his post didn’t get edited at all. However he is stunningly handsome, a perfect example of a man!
2.Matt did it
3.Dad did it
4.Andy did it.
Other than that, I do not think there is much to indicate between them…I am not sure that even Poirot, Frost, Lewis and Barnaby, Jonathan Creek, Hetty Wainthropp, Bergerac and Watson, Kojac, Morse, Lynley, Sam Ryan, Sam Tyler (life on Mars), Tracy, and Holmes, all working together could solve this one.
As an extra bit of trivia, two of these charters were played by the sam actor….but which?????
Occams Razor states that the simplest answer is normally the correct one. The most obvious answer is that the comment was never changed at all, and Jonny (true to form-he must have thought it was Sunday when he wrote it) is not telling the truth. Case closed, throw the book at him!
*thats ‘the same actor’, not the sam actor as I just said, if you knew his names was sam it would make mÂ¥ question much easier to answer.
5. Pete did it. The guilty party usually talks the most.
Hello. Please wil someone cheer me up. I’m unhappy and confused about life. I think it was Laura by the way. She’s been everso quiet.
Well, thats where you are wrong Andy, I only commenting loads right now because I am enjoying so much having such little work on! And anyway, if I did have the power to edit I would have edited my last comment rather than correcting the mistake as I did.
Susie-sorry to hear you are having a rough time. Go to neighbours.com and have a read about all things neighbours-it always cheers me up! Failing that, listen to some dave mathews
Pete, your suggestion worked….Libby’s coming back!!!
Its Andy, hes a the biggest fibbing trickster known to mankind!
I need cheering up big time too Susie BIG TIME! And am feeling exactly the same as you. But lets discuss this on the phone sometime ha! Lets do our 3rd phonecall in the space of 8 years soon ok!
Susan dies…did we know this?! Neighbours by the way!
No!!! Now I need cheering up big time as well…NO…NO…it can’t be true?!?!?! The Kinski Kennedy’s are the best part of neighbours! Can I join in on your 3rd phone call in 8 years, we can all help each other through this hard time (although I suspect that your problems are probably a little more important than my grief for susan).
She has a stroke! This is why Libby comes back! I dont even watch neighbours pete I refuse to, I know no one in it anymore! Thats two soap legends gone in 2008, Vera Duckworth and Susan Kennedy!
Yeah Pete they really do help, the 3 phone calls in 8 years! Im sorry Pete if Ive upset you with my news, but you know shes had her time now!
Yeah Laura I’ll call this week. That’ll be 3 phonecalls in 5 months!
I used to hate the Kinski kids when they came in by now they are part of the Kennedys they’re awesome. Why isn’t neighbours on iPlayer?! Mt timetable is unusual and often I can’t watch it but its just so good atthe monet. I CANNOT miss the one where susan dies.
Er its moving to Channel 5
“Same street, different home!”
Yeah give me a call this weeks Susie, aces!
ER is moving to Channel 5?! Why? I thought C4 liked ER. It’s better than that Neighbours…
Everyones moving to 5, its the new 1 and 4! Everyone wants to be a number five, the childrens tele on that channel is still to broomcupboard standard!
Ok, who is the joker. In my comment on the 26th I did not say
‘1.Jonny is lying, and his post didn’t get edited at all. However he is stunningly handsome, a perfect example of a man!’. I only said the first sentence. Own up Jonny
Pete - that is clearly someone trying to frame me.
My money is on Mat - rather - if I had money it would be on Mat.
He has been acting suspiciously
yes-I do see our point. This is all getting most confusing. Perhaps you and Matt should rearrange your man date, then you can ask him face to face if he knows what is going on.
Ok - it was not a man date. It was just two gentlemen meeting for get together. Just because there was to be flowers and dancing and handholding does not make it a date
oh…er… I’ve said too much
Ok - I’ve changed everyone’s profile so they should only be able to post comments now. I don’t think anyone should be able to edit comments. So - if it happens from now on please let me know and I will ban myself from the blog as it must have been me…actually it was me…just a bit of fun…so now I had better ban myself from the blog
Blimey, I’m away for a few….weeks and suddenly I’m implicated in a post editing scandal! Also, one of my friends keeps blaming me for Heath Ledger’s death too - I’m not sure why, but I didn’t do that either.
For the record, I had nothing to do with the post editing. Mr Hoyland hasn’t come out and denied it yet, so I think it was him. Or Andy. As Laura said, Andy is the biggest fibbin’ trickster (my new favourite phrase) of us all.
Pete, is John Nettles the person who played 2 characters, or John Suchet? Is it someone called John? I know someone called John Craven, but not the newsreader - that makes me smile.
Susie, I’m sorry you weren’t feeling happy, but I’m going to shout at you now. I can’t believe you’ve posted neighbours spoilers on the blog!! You’ve ruined the next 5 months for me now! I don’t understand why you’d want to ruin the surprises that neighbours has in store for us. I won’t be motivated to watch the dragging on and on and on and on and on and on and on of stupid storylines, hanging on to the potential of a plane crash style extravaganza!
I started writing this before I got to the end of the thread, and Andy’s last post just caught my eye, thus rendering the first part of my post pointless. However, if anyone would like to apologise for the malicious slander/defamation of character, they would be welcome.
I don’t really want to apologise. All I said was that you were acting suspicious. I think that your unannounced absence from the blog is justification for my suspicions
I think that I only accused Jonny-so now that Andy has owned up to his crime-I am sorry Jonny.
Matt-the answer is indeed John Nettles, playing DS Jim Bergerac in Bergerac, and Tom Barnaby in Midsomer Murders. Well done, have an orange.
Pete - I accept your humble apology.
The theme tune from Bergerac was ace.
“My money is on Mat - rather - if I had money it would be on Mat.
He has been acting suspiciously”
That counts as an accusation. So it’s you and Andy that owe me an apology. And if I don’t get it I’ll….I’ll…..I’ll…..frown for a minute or two.
Ok - I know whoever is doing this will actually just think this is funny but please tell me if it is you - it’s really starting to do my head in now. Just email me if it’s you - I won’t tell anyone on the blog but please stop it. Otherwise I will disable comments. And then everyone on the blog will get bored.
And if that doesn’t work - which it probably won’t as you’ve obviously either figured out my password or hacked into my Wordpress install - I’ll just get rid of the blog.
Yes - it’s the blog equivalent of taking my ball home. And I will!
Andy didnt u confess to it being you, so arent you shouting at yourself there? Or is it not you, are u not bein the biggest fibbin trickster that u usually are? Im confused!Who is it?
On a totally different note - did anyone watch ‘Blackpool Medics’ last night?? I’m really annoyed about it!!
They described someone as having a ‘natural birth’ when she had continuous monitoring, an epidural, a hormone drip and delivered her baby with her legs in stirrups covered with sterile drapes.
Hands up who thinks that’s ‘natural’?? And if anyone puts their hand up I’ll cut it off….
Grrr.
Andy, I promise it isn’t me. Although that’s what the person who did it would say too, so that doesn’t help. But it isn’t me.
Could it be Gloria? She’s pregnant and could have turned a bit mischievous?
Is anyone else having issues with the ‘recent comments’ box over on the left? It keeps being blank for me unless you move your mouse over it in which case some of the text shows some of the time…
I’m having the same issue. Sort of. I get a couple of bits of text until I move the mouse over it and then it vanishes.
Wierd.
Hello, by the way.
I promise it wasn’t me…
I missed the blog when it was gone. And that funny guy waving his hands freaked me out a bit
Oi, Mat, it wasn’t me. AS IF I’d have a clue how to do that!
And Kate, nope, that doesn’t sound at all natural to me. It sounds like a complete nightmare! Why did they say it was natural?
Hi Jack! I like it when you pop up. It’s sporadic but each time makes me smile.
It was Pete. It was kinda obvious (with hindsight… in hindsight… with… in… whoever) if you check all the spelling mistakes made in the corrections.