Some quotations for you

[wellinghall]

"Go not to the actuaries for counsel, for they will say, 'On the one hand this, but on the other hand that.'"

"Do not meddle in the affairs of actuaries, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

In other news, we had duck eggs for breakfast this morning :-)

ETA: Another t-shirt
http://penfoldlabs.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-t-shirt.html
(Warning: some may find this in poor taste)

Comments

[emperor]

Careful, or we'll all start sharing our "sayings about actuaries" ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

As long as they're SFW. And as long as I know who is saying them. And where you live ... ;-)

ETA: Which does, of course, bring to mind the one about the difference between an English actuary and a Scicilian actuary. The English actuary will tell you how many people of a given age are likely to die in the next year. The Sicilian actuary will give you their names and addresses.

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

One of my favourite quotations is "There is nothing more useless than a bored archaeologist". Very, very true.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I like it :-)

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

Oh I have...

[bookwormsarah.livejournal.com]

It was a...bizarre...experience.

I did some freelance work for EEMLAC once, which was also strange (but in a good way).

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm duck eggs.

Occasionally I play with the idea of keeping ducks, but philmophlegm is against it. He's no fun. :-(

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

They were very, very good duck eggs :-)

With any luck, we will stir ourselves soon, and get our hens!

[apademek.livejournal.com]

Yummy! Now there is an idea for dinner, buttery poached egg. By poached I don't mean the throw a raw egg into boiled water, so it has nasty trailing bits, poached, but using a little pot with shallow receptacles that have butter melted in them, while the eggs cook over boiling water. What is the proper name for this method, I was brought up calling it poached?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I have always known it as "poached", although I don't think I knew that you could put butter in.

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

They stick horribly if you don't put butter in.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can see that.

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

Coddled :-)