Am currently too terrified of events in the hospitals of Italy to think of anything funny to write. This shits getting real, folks. Let\u2019s hope we can continue to do a good job of delaying the onset of overwhelming numbers of sick people until we\u2019re more prepared. Hard to believe my biggest worry was having to cancel my holidays even just a week ago.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, here\u2019s an old work email just to keep things ticking over.<\/p>\n
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From:<\/span><\/strong> Kirsty Jordan <\/p>\n Dear All,<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Christmas Eve already, where has the time gone? My oldest daughter has just finished high school, incredible. She was presented to the Bishop at her leavers ball a couple of weeks ago: our little debutant! Happily, she is an attractive wee thing, with pretty manners, so I am hopeful of receiving a number of flattering offers for her hand from eligible young bachelors of our acquaintance within a sennight\u2026oh no, hang on, what century are we in again? My fault for sending her to a posh school. Actually her best feature is her strong sense of justice. She took an old female school friend to the ball rather than taking some date she hardly knows, just to keep up appearances. They seemed to have a good time. I hated it. My husband wouldn\u2019t let me fake a seizure, so I had to stay until the bitter end. One down, two to go \u2013 although, now I think about it, the twins will get debuted in one hit, so I\u2019m half way there!<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The biggest news this week was the successful mission by Elon Musk\u2019s Space X on Tuesday (our time). Not only did they deploy 11 satellites, but they also successfully relanded the first stage of the rocket. \u00a0I\u2019m confident that we are seeing the start of another golden age of space exploration. I managed to watch part of the mission live, barely distracted at all from Mr P\u2019s \u00a0parathyroidectomy, ahem.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looks like we are going to get a nice sunny Xmas day tomorrow. Spare a thought, though, for the poor Russians in Moscow, sweltering through a very unseasonal heatwave. Temperatures were up to 9 degrees c \u00a0the other day. Their ice skating rinks are just puddles. Meanwhile, Australia is it\u2019s usual tinder box. Why does everyone want to live there? If you aren\u2019t burnt to a crisp then you\u2019ll be poisoned by some of their nasty venomous wildlife. Not to mention the politicians. Money isn\u2019t everything, you know! Speaking of which, I trust you will be careful with your Xmas bonus this year \u2013 don\u2019t spend it all at once! (oh no, wait\u2026)<\/span><\/p>\n Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas (covering all bases)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Am currently too terrified of events in the hospitals of Italy to think of anything funny to write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-17Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5986,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/ho-ho-ho-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":4339,"position":0},"title":"Ho ho ho","author":"Interloper11","date":"December 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the junior doctors I was working with the other evening came up to me towards the end of our shift to complain in mock horror that everywhere he went in theatres, people kept telling him these awful cheesy Xmas jokes. 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\nSent:<\/strong> Thursday, 24 December 2015 10:02 AM
\nTo:<\/strong> Wellington Anaesthesia All Staff
\nSubject:<\/strong> Ho ho ho<\/span><\/p>\n