According to the rules of Robin's pension scheme he only needs to nominate a
partner. No need to get married.
Douglas Clark, Bath, Somerset, England ....
http://www.dgdclynx.plus.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Cudmore" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: SPOUSAL RIGHTS
> You came back for this cynicism?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to
>> poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of ROBIN HAMILTON
>> Sent: 03 December 2005 23:46
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: SPOUSAL RIGHTS
>>
>> THE MAN WHO AUCTIONED SPOUSAL RIGHTS TO HIS PENSION ON EBAY
>>
>> (For Patrick McManus, and all other currently
>> unmarried pensioners)
>>
>> Right, he thought, why should the company claw all my pension
>> back when I'm dead? If I were married, my wife would get 50%
>> while she was alive.
>>
>> I know, he further thought, I'll auction it on eBay.
>> The younger they are, the longer they'll live, and the more
>> they'll get. Must be a twenty-five year old somewhere who'd
>> pay good money for that. Perhaps I could even enforce my
>> conjugal rights afterwards. Hm . Here goes.
>>
>> In due course, for a really quite considerable sum, a
>> blushing maiden married his pension.
>>
>> A few days later, as he stood on the edge of a station
>> platform, the young lady's brother precipitated him in front
>> of an onrushing train.
>>
>> His widow sobbed copiously at his funeral (paid for from the
>> proceeds of the eBay auction).
>>
>>
>> ROBIN HAMILTON
>>
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