Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ukraine. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Letter To Kim

This is a letter I wrote to Kim that I figured could double as a blog entry.


Well my friends it is time for another Ukraine update.

The Ukrainian government has issued the following statement in preparation for the upcoming European Cup:



"A unique oracle hog, a real Ukrainian pig and a psychic that knows the mysteries of football," astatement said. "Every day at 4 p.m. it will predict the result of theupcoming match."



I’m sure you are thinking the exactsame thing as me, what is the pig’s name? Psychic animals are usually named. Paul the German Octopus was the most famous of animal oracles.

He correctly divined the outcome of all 7 of Germany’s games in the 2010 World Cup and the final match between Spain and Netherlands.   The mollusk was clearly gifted with second sight because the odds of guessing all 8 games correctly is 256 to 1.

Don’t feel too bad for the Ukranian pig if it answers incorrectly.  Not all psychic animals have had the same track record.   Magdalena the two headed tortoise with two brains was fairly successful predicting Slovenia’s hockey games but received little acclaim due to her habit of choosing the clear favorites.

Heidi the Cross-eyed opossum while easily the funniest one to look at only had a 67% success rate of picking the Oscar winners.  Seriously she looks hilarious.

That’s the good news.  The bad news is I’m a little bit afraid thatI’m going to be fired.  There have been some subtle hints and my office manager has had me show her how to do different parts of my job.  You see the Nevada Legislature passed a new law that has made my job temporarily obsolete.  It is unclear if what I mainly do is going to start up again.  That means my work load has dropped and so has company revenue. Since then I’ve mostly done paralegal work but since I’m not really a paralegal I ask as many questions as I get work done.  We’ll see. I might be worrying for nothing. 

The above mentioned scenario has had me keeping an eye on job postings for accounting students.  90% are in casinos.  Do any of you have strong opinions about whether or not it would be a conflict of interest to run numbers at a casino?  I’m leaning towards not a conflict.  I mean casinos have movie theaters, shows, restaurants, accommodations as well as gambling.  It’s not like I had to quit working at the shoppette just because we sold cigarettes there.  Although the church encourages its members not to gamble it is not declared outright to be evil like word of wisdom stuff.  Let me know if you have strong thoughts.

Anyway I’m coming up with great sobs tories to slip in casually at work conversations so that they’ll feel too bad to let me go.  You see if they have to fire someone I’m the obvious choice.   I’m the only one in the office without a car payment much less a house payment.  Luckily Hilary’s car is in a funk and the repair shop can’t fix it.  I’ll try to milk that for all it’s worth. 

I’ve taught Primary for the last time.  I’ve been replaced.  I’ll get to go to Elders Quorum.  It’ll probably be my 4th or 5th time in EQ since moving into the ward.   But not this Sunday.  Today(Thursday) we will drive up to Utah to chill out with the fam.  I think we’re going to rock out to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites on  the drive up. Usually on these three day weekends I forget to write you Kim but not this week.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

KimBurley turns 22

Happy Birthday Kim,

We dedicate this blog to you. Well actually only this entry, which puts you at one entry less important to us than San Diego.

Speaking of San Diego we thought of you while at the zoo. Behold:

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We know you are going to Ukraine soon. We’ll miss you but we know you’ll be a fantastic missionary. Probably better than all your brothers combined. I’m actually an expert on Ukrainian customs and thought I’d give you some hints and general knowledge before you go.

When you see sausages on the ground do not eat them. They are not free food. (Think Elf) The sausages are poisoned. They leave them lying in the streets. They are actually an innovative method of eradicating the wild dog population. Now that’s using Ur Kranium. The sausages remind me of the spirit of Elias. Preparing the way, clearing the dogs away so that you can bring forth the gospel to their streets. Lest you think I’m making any of this stuff up I’ve provided evidence to back up my knowledge.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_UKRAINE_DOG_KILLING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-24-06-37-27

Before you animal right activists get in a fit I have another story. I’ve mentioned this before but you thought I was making it up. A popular Ukrainian custom is to chain up bears and force them to drink vodka for the amusement of the patrons. At least it was a popular custom. Many restaurants and bars had their own respective vodka drinking bear, but no more. New legislation will prohibit said activities and as many as 80 bears will be freed from captivity. This move effectively eliminated the freeloading bears’ burden on society. Bears will now be expected to buy their own vodka “just like everyone else.”

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/Bears-Forced-to-Chug-Vodka-For-Laughs-in-Ukraine-126707053.html

Now we’ll move on to the topic of famous Ukrainians. After extensive research I was able to recognize a few names.


Milla Jovovich. She is famous for her ability to shoot zombies with guns and more recently kill people with swords while wearing a princess dress. (Hilary refers to the new Muskateer movie as the princess dress movie thanks to her)


Mila Kunis. She is famous for proving that America is not the only country dumb enough to think that it is cool to give someone a common name and then misspell it. Also famous for being on TV.

Upon further analysis every famous Ukrainian has one thing in common. Namely they live in the United States.

Now there is one “famous” Ukrainian who does not live in the United States. I hesitate to say she is famous but her hair is well known for its resemblance to a film character from the 70’s. Meet prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.




I have no way of proving this but I’m fairly confident she wears her hair like that every single day. Evidence suggests she was born that way.

She served several terms but was ousted in the 2010 election. I wouldn’t say that necessarily reflects anything on her job performance. In Ukraine some people publicly advertise they will vote for whoever pays them the most.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/12/ukraine-election-internet-idUSLDE60B0N020100112?type=marketsNews

I guess some dude took advantage of these votes for sale and outfoxed Yulia. He used his Kranium. You can use Ur kranium too.


We love you Kim. I know this information will help you in your mission success.