imaginary best friends

anyone who gets metro and reads the letters page will no doubt have seen Billy Watkiss’s statement ‘who’s got the best imaginary friend?’ in reference to religion. This has sparked a lot of religious debate including a reply by Sandeep Shah who claims that god must exist because she thinks the world does not look like ‘the result of a random explosion’ and Mr Naughtie who thinks god exists because ‘it is aerodynamically impossible for bumble bees to fly’.

Well I have seen bumble bees fly and I can think of nothing more random than the landscapes of the 5 continents and so feel it could result from a random explosion. I have not however seen god in any shape or form from any of the religions around the world. Let’s face it imaginary friends are for kids.

Iain v Ian

normally it doesn’t annoy me too much when people can’t spell my name correctly. Okay so sometimes when I have to fill in a long form and then get handed back a badge or id with my name misspelt and I get angry and think why did they ask me to fill the damn thing in if they were just going to make it up anyways.

Today however I am upset because my place of work has yet again seen fit to produce documents with my name incorrectly spelt. I have after all only worked here for 2 and a half years – not really long enough for them to know me or my name I guess.

So I have decided to wage war and play them at their own game. from now on I will misspell our Health & Safety officers name on every email, note and document I produce and henceforth will refer to the company I work for as AL.