From this day forward there is to be an alteration to clause 3.7(a) of my constitution, my contract of business, my mode d’emploi. Amendments are in bold.
3.7 (a) All prospective employers must have at least one of the following items in order to entertain the gardener: a daft but adorable dog, good jokes, an affectionate cat, egg laying chickens, great conversation, or delicious cake or small well-behaved children who are hard-working, obedient, don’t whinge and gaze at me in awe.
Another fun day at Nancy Nightingale’s.
Off The Edge Gardening 
They gaze. Silent. Contemplative. Asking themselves “What the hell is that?”. Cat’s OK tho.
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Very sensible clause. Can I use these conditions for any of my own (non garden-related) employers? I suspect they would fail on all counts at present.
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Of course, give it a try, you never know!
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I think I already have this clause in my constitution!!
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Very good clauses indeed, there must be something to make up for bad weather.
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I wish I thought of those when I was working!
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Wishing you more employers that fit the bill 🙂
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Is Rhody ‘daft’? What does ‘daft’ mean? He is plenty adorable. I lack an egg laying cat, and I have not tolerance for well behaved children, so Rhody will have to do.
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I am sure Rhody will do just fine. As for “daft” can’t you use Google translate? Do they do a UK to US version? 🙂
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Well, the definition I found did not suit Rhody very well. He is a good little terrier, with a huge attitude.
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ps Great name for a dog
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Thank you. He is a terrier. He does not care what his name is. He would ignore just as much regardless of what it is.
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Shorter hours and no rainy days would be nice too.
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Good idea, will add that straight away!
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Shorter hours? You hours are already only 45 seconds long. It’ll soon be cheaper to pay you not to turn up in the first place.
If there were no rainy days we’d complain about the need to lug all those watering cans everywhere. Can we make that “rain must only fall every other night between 11pm and 5 am”?
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