Yesterday we had a little betting game at the workplace too. Today's the Grand National - horse race - and the managers cut up a start list, and for a bet of one pound, you get to pick a horsename and if your horse wins, you take all 40 pounds. I was working with two of the chinese womens and their faces just lit up when the boss said the last bit :D "Yeah, we want to win all the money!!" :D And then we spent half an hour laughing at the horse names. Mine is #20, Snowy Morning - this one's more on the cute rather then on the funny side, and as i watched quite a lot of ski and snowboard lately it seemed sort of appropriate. The funniest name was "Comply or Die" i think, this one got the most laughs.
On the more serious side, i saw a piece of news printed out and handed around by the polish people at teabreak but only saw the title. That was around 10 am so it only talked about a plane crash involving the polish president. Now i read the whole article about the tragedy and feel so sorry for all the polish people. May those people who served their country rest in peace. So many great people had died, i guess the whole country is in shock.Just a sidenote though - i dearly hope this won't cause diplomatic problems, and it was "just" a mechanical failure or pilot problem, not something more sinister. There's sooo much going on already right now, with all the elections: both Hungary and the UK will held parliamentary elections in may; and the "unrest" - what a stupid word for near-civil-war-like situations - Kyrgizistan and Thailand too, i have thai collegues too - everyone's going to be miserable now that spring is here?!
Ok heads up, i'm 27 rows away from finishing my aeolian shawl and relatives are coming and the sun shines :)