Right; 0.5 Swine Flu. I've got it. It's not officially swine flu, so I'm happy about that. So I'm working from home today. Like actually working! None of this lying in bed feeling sorry for myself! I'm laced on pills and strepsils and have already eaten enough oranges this morning than a small African nation produces in an entire year. And whilst all of this is being ingested, the Danny Baker Show on 5live podcast is resonating around the flat.
The next bit is a enlightening aspect of working in an international environment. No one in my office understands why I'm wearing my poppy; even though the French have the 11/11 off work! So we had a discussion: Me, the plucky Brit, Claudine, the 'cheese eating surrender monkey' (but she's lovely and caring really) and Heinz, the German.
Having heard rumour that because remembrance day falls on a wednesday, the French will be taking both monday and tuesday off. So I asked my boss:
'Heinz,' asked I 'what's happening next week with the holiday?'
'The Germans don't have the day off...'
'.....Because you lost!' I quipped before he'd finished.
'The French have the day off',' replied Claudine.
'Yes, because you surrendered, so you need to commemorate,' retorted Heinz (displaying an uncharacteristic vein of German humour) 'The Polish have the day off too I think'
'Yes!' I said, 'Because you fully invaded them the second time and you still didn't beat them! They have every right to have the day off!'
So after all of that, I think I may have take thursday and friday off!
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