Surprised you’d spend so much time finding all that out, Patrick, but yeah, poor St Malo, not much to do comparatively…
Doug
> On Feb 6, 2019, at 3:49 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Certainly sounds like a rough trot (ter) for Malo all right, Pat.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 9:17 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>> COMPLAINT
>>
>> Dear Sir Lord Almighty
>> re annual appraisal
>>
>> I wish to make a complaint
>> my fellow Saints have been
>> appointed as patron Saints
>>
>> SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
>> – tanners, librarians,students,
>> philosophers, secretaries, scribes,
>> stenographers, preachers and nurses
>>
>> SAINT ELIGIUS
>> – metal-workers, jewellers,
>> mechanics, taxi drivers, farriers,
>> harness makers, numismatists,
>> Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers
>> soldiers, veterinarians, farmers,
>> farmhands and husbandry
>>
>> SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE
>> – popes, fishermen, fishmongers,
>> sailors, bakers, harvesters, butchers,
>> glass makers, carpenters, shoemakers,
>> clockmakers, blacksmiths, potters,
>> bridge builders and cloth makers
>>
>> whilst I
>> SAINT MALO
>> – have just been allocated
>> pig-keepers
>>
>> this would appear to give
>> little job satisfaction
>> and I humbly request some redress
>> perhaps adding astronauts or similar
>>
>> your respectfully Saint Malo
>>
>>
>> pmcmanus
>> s434
>>
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