Phaedrus

Revolution in Saudi Arabia! Gas prices go through the roof. You can no longer afford to drive anywhere. I wish that everyone who drives very slowly in the left-hand lane suddenly realized how damn irritating it is, and stopped!

A good question. I think... on a boat (a large, comfortable boat), so I can go wherever the mood takes me.

Seriously? The Scotch-tasting chart got through... not sure what that says about the gremlins' tastes :)

I have to disagree here. Language requirements are nothing to do with Free Speech. I'm not going to talk about how much or little free speech Quebec does or doesn't allow, because I know next to nothing about it, but the fact that the government requires some things to be done in a particular language for official purposes - or chooses to only offer schooling in its chosen language - is not an infringement on Free Speech. Provided you can say what you like without fear of censorship (which, it should be noted, is not the same as freedom from consequences), your right to Free Speech has not been infringed.

A couple of thoughts on this. I should probably qualify them by saying up front that I'm in a similar position to you - MPs and indy MAs are what I do, generally (all incalls) so I know very little about outcalls. Anyways... As others have said, all this screams "incall" to me. Obviously this is no use if your heart's desire only does outcalls, but if you have an option that may be the way to go. Secondly, a backup plan might be an idea, depending on how fussy you are about who you see. If you've already booked a hotel room, it may be an idea to have an agency number or two in your back pocket in case of Real Life getting in the way - it happens, sometimes. At least you can have fun and the room isn't wasted. Finally... don't sweat the fact that you'd rather have fun than work late. Seriously. Your leisure time is by no means worth less than anyone else's, irrespective of what you do with it. The fact that you've decided to spend time with a delightful lady rather than any of the other pursuits that life offers us is in no way an inferior choice. I daresay you know this already, but just in case it needs saying - you have no reason to feel guilty about not working when you have a prior engagement! Remember, nobody has ever said on his or her deathbed, "I wish I'd spent more time at the office!" :)

Well, I'm too late for this thread, but I'm just catching it in time for the Revenge of the Sixth. Sorry. :)

Apparently, that's all fine, too. :icon_neutral: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/05/pol-layton-opp.html

I just don't get this at all! I believe most SPs have more than one client... why on earth would they be bothered by a client seeing another SP occasionally? Just out of interest, Emily - did this potential client eventually provide a reference, from the 'usual' SP or another? I wonder if he may have been trying to wiggle round the reference thing entirely, for whatever reason... I can understand not wanting to ask your SO for a reference, though... :)

Similar to the Staines Massive, I think :biggrin: I'm not helping, am I? :) If you want to know more, watch some Ali G...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2011/may/01/escape-brothel-china-jilin-province A naked man was spotted racing across a rooftop in Changchun, capital of north-east China's Jilin province after police raided a brothel. The man in question was seen desperately trying to climb down from the building during the raid. The photographer, a high school student visiting a friend nearby, picked up his cameraphone after hearing the chaos outside: "I worried his private parts would be burned by sliding down the rusty pipe."

I'm not going to believe it until I see the full, long-form death certificate :icon_biggrin:

Congratulations, Vanessa!

Who knows? I suspect it won't, in the short term at least - I'd be surprised if much happened while it was still going through the courts. But if the legal process ends with a ruling against the government that says SPs' rights are bring infringed while they carry out a legal activity (for now), and if there's still a Harper majority at that time, then I worry they may well be provoked into doing something about the legality of it to render such a ruling null and void. Of course, if one of our self-appointed moral guardians gets the bit between their teeth, all bets are off.

Which is more likely to get me more breadcrumbs?

Yes... a perennial problem. It really means, in the short term, that people have to vote tactically if they *really* want to keep the unified right out. In the longer term... you could look over the Atlantic to the UK, where they're having a referendum about changing their electoral system so that the second and subsequent choices of eliminated candidates get transferred, which means that you don't get this sort of problem. Vid to explain :) Or the left could also merge, but I that seems unlikely...

Yaaay! Congratulations! Keep 'em coming!

Happy Birthday, Megan! Hope you have/had a fantastic time - whenever it is!

Happy Birthday!

Was it wrong of me to eat them?

I don't think it'll make a blind bit of difference, to be honest. The terrorists *already* hate us, so the fact that they'd like to hate us a little more now doesn't leave them anywhere to go. The only thing that may happen is that they may try to time future events for the anniversary, but that just means we know when to look out for them :) The interesting thing now will be to see the Pakistani reaction to this. They seem to have some interesting questions to answer...

Happy birthday, Angel! Have a great time!