The latter. Just embrace the irony of the application. I'll have to put his CV forward or he may kill me
You look familiar... I think your evil twin used to frequent this forum. I quite like what I have read by Oscar Wilde. Importance in Being Earnest was good- Portrait of Dorian Grey was even better, one of my favourite books from the era. I read Lady Windermere's fan once but it was forgettable... so much so that I can't even remember what it was about! It came packaged in the same book as "Earnest". BTW- did you know that it some believe "Earnest" was a slang term used for "gay person" used by some of the "gay community" at the time. Wasn't much known outside that circle at the time. Wilde was having an inside joke with the title of the book. Happy Birthday!!! I'd order you a stripper but I don't know your address and Zingy hasn't responded to e-mail yet.
Good morning ALL... Happy birthday to Michael Ball. Notable birthday: Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi, political leader of India and pioneer of nonviolent activism Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter Jana Novotna History today: October 2 1263 At Largs, King Alexander III of Scotland repels an amphibious invasion by King Haakon IV of Norway. 1535 Having landed in Quebec a month ago, Jacques Cartier reaches a town, which he names Montreal. 1862 An Army under Union General Joseph Hooker arrives in Bridgeport, Alabama to support the Union forces at Chattanooga. Chattanooga's Lookout Mountain provides a dramatic setting for the Civil War's battle above the clouds. 1870 The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The capital is moved from Florence to Rome. 1871 Morman leader Brigham Young, 70, is arrested for polygamy. He was later convicted, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction. 1879 A dual alliance is formed between Austria and Germany, in which the two countries agree to come to the other's aid in the event of aggression. 1909 Orville Wright sets an altitude record, flying at 1,600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Latham's previous record of 508 feet. 1931 Aerial circus star Clyde Pangborn and playboy Hugh Herndon, Jr. set off to complete the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean from Misawa City, Japan. 1941 The German army launches Operation Typhoon, the drive towards Moscow. 1950 The comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, makes its first appearance in newspapers. 1959 The groundbreaking TV series The Twilight Zone, hosted by Rod Serling, premiers on CBS. 1964 Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer. 1967 Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, is sworn in. Marshall had previously been the solicitor general, the head of the legal staff of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and a leading American civil rights lawyer. 1970 A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, staff, and supporters crashes in Colorado; 31 of the 40 people aboard die. 1980 Congressional Representative Mike Myers is expelled from the US House for taking a bribe in the Abscam scandal, the first member to be expelled since 1861. 1990 Flight 8301 of China's Xiamen Airlines is hijacked and crashed into Baiyun International Airport, hitting two other aircraft and killing 128 people. 2001 NATO backs US military strikes in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
