As Father Terrance prepares to move on and meet new parishioners he might like to bear this in mind
“The new vicar of a small village parish was trying to get to know the members of his congregation. One day he met one of the more senior members of the congregation in the village store.
“Hello” said the vicar. “I’m your new parish priest. I know who you are because your friends have told me. They tell me you’ve lived all your life in the parish. Is that right?”
To which the pensioner replied, “Not yet!”
* January and time to go back to work.
What do you want in your office?
* In an ideal world, 35% of us would like a sea view from the office window, 26% countryside, and 10% mountains. Only 4% of us want a better view of the office and of our team! * Personal space (39%), climate control (24%) and daylight (21%) top the list of must-haves for office happiness.
* Office Unhappiness is caused by: IT problems (36%), colleagues’ voices (19%), gossip (15%), cheap furniture (9%), music/radio (7%) and bad coffee (6%). * Family photographs are fine (98% approve); celebrity pin-ups are not (64% disapprove).
The survey was carried out by architects Gensler.
* Cheesy dreams to you!
Eating cheese before bedtime will help you have a good night’s sleep and choosing different types of cheese will give you different kinds of dream, according to a new study.
The British Cheese Board held a survey in which a large number of people were given a 20g piece of cheese half an hour before bedtime for a week. 72% said they slept well, and 67 % remembered their dreams.
None recorded having had nightmares, which is what a lot of people believe cheese will give you. Some nutritionists believe that this may be because one of the amino acids in cheese tryptophan has been shown to reduce stress and induce sleep.
Here are some of the results:
Stilton: 85 per cent of females had some of the most unusual dreams of the whole study Cheddar: 65 per cent of all tasters dreamt about celebrities Red Leicester: 65 per cent dreamed about their schooldays
British Brie: all female participants had relaxing dreams; most of the males had cryptic dreams Lancashire: 66 per cent of all tasters dreamed about work
Cheshire: more than half of all tasters had a dreamless sleep
* From Parish Pump
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