The 2009 REAL COST OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
Well it’s that time of the year again and as per their usual standard,PNC have compiled their Real Cost Of The 12 Days Of Christmas for 2009, complete with video, with the following results:
* One Partridge in a Pear Tree: $159 – down 27%
* Two Turtle Doves: $56.00 now for the pair, up 1%.
* Three French Hens: $15.00 each – up by 50%.
* Four Calling Birds: $599.96 – $149.99 each, stable
* Five Gold Rings: $500 – after a hefty 43% increase.
* Six Geese-a-Laying: $150.00 – down by 37% on 2008’s figures.
* Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $5,250, down by 6.3%.
* Eight Maids-a-Milking: now charging $7.25 an hour and up 10.7%.
* Nine Ladies Dancing: $5,473 – up 15%.
* Ten Lords-a-Leaping: $4,413.61 – stable.
* Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,284.80 – stable.
* Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,475.20 stable.
The grand total of the song for this year – a 1.8% increase overall compared with the inverted figure from the previous year of 8.1%. Therefore while the 2008 total amounted to $21,080.10, the total cost for the 12 Days Of Christmas for 2009 has been calculated to be only a marginal rise to $21,465.
STONE
TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING
THROUGH THE DESERT .
DURING SOME POINT OF THE
JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN
ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND
SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE
IN THE FACE
THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED
WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT
SAYING ANYTHING,
WROTE IN THE SAND ,
TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE .
THEY KEPT ON WALKING,
UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS,
WHERE THEY DECIDED
TO TAKE A BATH
THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN
SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE
MIRE AND STARTED DROWNING,
BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM.
AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM
THE NEAR DROWNING,
HE WROTE ON A STONE:
‘TODAY MY BEST FRIEND
SAVED MY LIFE’
THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED
AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND
ASKED HIM, ‘AFTER I HURT YOU,
YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?’
THE FRIEND REPLIED
‘WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US
WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN
IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF
FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY.
BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES
SOMETHING GOOD FOR US,
WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE
WHERE NO WIND
CAN EVER ERASE IT’
LEARN TO WRITE
YOUR HURTS IN
THE SAND AND TO
CARVE YOUR
BENEFITS IN STONE.
THEY SAY IT TAKES A
MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL
PERSON,
AN HOUR TO
APPRECIATE THEM,
A DAY
TO LOVE THEM,
BUT THEN ,
AN ENTIRE LIFE
TO FORGET THEM.
SEND THIS TO
THE PEOPLE YOU’LL NEVER
FORGET.
I JUST DID ..
IF YOU DON’T
SEND IT TO ANYONE,
IT MEANS YOU’RE IN A
HURRY AND THAT YOU’VE
FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.
TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE!
DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!
AND IF I HAPPEN TO GET IT BACK,
THEN I KNOW MY PLACE IN YOUR LIFE
‘Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.’
A smile – is a sign of joy.
A hug – is a sign of love.
A laugh – is a sign of happiness.
And a friend like me??
Holy Crap…..
that’s just a sign of good taste!!
Read aloud.
To hoom it mae cunsern,
I waunt to apply for the job what I saw in the paper.
I can Type realee quik wit one finggar and do sum a counting..
I think I am good on the phone and I no I am a pepole person,
Pepole really seam to respond
to me well. Certain men and all the ladies.
I no my spelling is not to good but fi nd that I Offen can get a job thru my persinalety.
My salerery is open so we can discus wat you want to pay me and wat you think that I am werth,
I can start emeditely. Thank you in advanse fore yore anser.
hopifuly Yore best aplicant so farr.
Sinseerly,
BRYAN
PS : Because my resimay is a bit short – below is a pickture of me.
Employers response:
Dear Bryan ,
It’s OK honey, we’ve got spell check.
See you Monday.