Wednesday 10 January 2007

Tales of the Unemployed Part 1 (Was Texas a Country)

This may seem like an eager start - two blogs in two days, however don’t expect them to come at this rapid rate much after this week. One because the novelty will have worn off and two being unemployed makes you terribly lazy!

To prove to the world that we do things occasionally such as meeting up to eat soup for lunch (butternut squash, apricot and ginger – yum) we bring you Random Trivia of the Day. This one originated from an argument we were having in the pub on Monday! Sparked off by Sarah talking about the existence of the Texas Embassy near Trafalgar Square: was Texas a country?

After some hard core research it was discovered that Texas had indeed been a country for the grand total of 9 years! To commemorate this and because some like to think it still is a country, a few enthusiastic Americans in London have set up the Texas Embassy which is essentially is a glorified Mexican restaurant. Strictly speaking of course, Hollie was correct in saying that Texas can’t have a real embassy as it is not a real country. (Stop referring to yourself in the third person you twat. I was right it was at one point in the past a real country – Sarah).

So there you go – Random Trivia of the Day: Texas was once a country.

Other than this amazing revelation, very little has happened in the last day. Sarah has become obsessed with Celebrity Big Brother and particularly with Celebrity Big Brother and particularly with Dirk (The Face) Benedict. In fact we will award him the status of a DOM (dishy older man), an honour also held by Howard from Take That.

Whilst on the topic of acronyms, when reading the Times the other day I discovered that Sarah and I have our very own, bestowed by our gracious government. We are NEETs – not in education, employment or training. That this title is usually applied to council estate inhabitants named Wayne has not escaped us, and is slightly perturbing. Never mind eh.

That’s all for now. We should probably look for jobs, or something.

1 comment:

Andy Smith said...

Hello unemployed girls,

I'm finding your uninteresting lives rather, well, interesting. And i'd like to offer you a job. Not in the real sense you understand - because then the blog would end - but in the sense of your new-found role as day-filling trivia-hunters. I'm employed (ha ha) and since you have time and I don't, I'd like to know the answer to this question:

Lisa Stansfield is rumoured to be allergic to her own saliva, but how can this possibly be true?

I hope to hear your answer soon.

Andy