Been tagged!….
I popped onto Justin Patten’s Human Law blog to find that I had been tagged!
5 things you didn’t know about me
I have now been tagged by Justin Patten of Human Law with the latest memtag to do the round over the blogosphere namely 5 things you didn’t know about me.
Mine are:
1. Have a curious belief that I may have lived before as a Roman general. It does no-one any harm that I should believe this - and keeps me amused.
2. I went to school with the Lord Chancellor. I would hasten to add that he is two years older than me and I do not know him.
3. I used to do a range of martial arts : Kendo / Karate
4. I am a frustrated surgeon. I wanted to be a Surgeon as a child - but, given the amount of Rioja and other red wine which I enjoy it is probably just as well that I did not pursue that line of work.
5. I only sleep for 4 hours a night
Talking to Justin - I think the idea is that we are supposed to tag 5 other people and they in turn write 5 things about themselves…..
So here goes…, I tag Geeklawyer, Binary Law, Pupil Blog, Tim Kevan’s Blog, (John Bolch) Family Lore
Filed under: Charon
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Whoops, didn’t realise I’d been tagged, I was a bit busy last week and have been catching up. Will have a think about this. I certainly can’t match the gravedigger relevation, though!
Pupilblogger - I could not resist. One of the good things about being a gravedigger was waiting a good distance away while the funeral ceremony proceeded at the graveside. We chose a small copse - and if it was raining it was a a bit gothic… our shovels waiting to commit the deceased on the final journey. It was a tradition not to speak during the ceremony. Sometimes the funeral director in top hat and tails would give us a ‘drink’ afterwards. A bit like being a barrister - he would slip it to us in our council jacket pocket - an honorarium.
Mind you… the thought did come to me that barristers often dig graves for their victims in court… but maybe the Rioja, which I have just had delivered to my table at The Bollo, is already weaving the magic
Enjoy your take on pupillage. Your ‘Master’ sounds mildly self absorbed and disorganised, on occasion - but, that is the case with a fair few members of the Bar. I have a friend who seems to sort out his room in Chambers by throwing a hand grenade into it as he leaves Chambers for the night.