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drplokta ([personal profile] drplokta) wrote2005-03-03 09:33 am

Another Day Of World Domination

I have decided to take [livejournal.com profile] swisstone's sage advice and leave the position of Minion i/c Fandom vacant. Apologies to [livejournal.com profile] marykaykare, who can have an alternative portfolio if she would like.
[livejournal.com profile] andrewducker has added the portfolio of Minion i/c Getting To Bed At A Reasonable Time, as long as he doesn't do it in conjunction with my Minion i/c Staying In Bed All Day.
[livejournal.com profile] d_floorlandmine is Minion i/c Dancing Topless.
[livejournal.com profile] dakiwiboid is Minion i/c Flightless Birds.
[livejournal.com profile] filkerdave is Minion i/c Frequent Flyers (and should probably liaise with the Minion i/c In-Flight Service).
[livejournal.com profile] feorag is Minion i/c Pollution Control & Keeping the Streets Clean.

Effective immediately, everyone is paid hourly. If your employment contract doesn't specify your working hours, you work a 37½ hour week. Work in excess of your normal working hours may be paid at a higher hourly rate than your normal rate, but may not be paid at a lower rate. Falsifying your timesheet in either direction is a serious criminal offence. Employers must post the working hours claimed by their staff for public inspection, and workers are encouraged to shop their colleagues who are working more hours than they are claiming. Employers may not refuse to pay for hours worked even if it was in contravention of a direct order, but it may be treated as gross misconduct so you can sack them after you've paid them.

I think that the US actually has legislation to this effect for some classes of workers, but it's sadly unknown in the UK.

I'm prepared to make an exception for anyone who owns at least 5% of the equity of their employer.

[identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately that doesn't work for us freelancers...

[identity profile] liluri.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
I am presuming that flickgc would be minion i/c of Gin and tonic?
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[identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
I am finding my days to be very busy, what with the sleeping and the being i/c of [livejournal.com profile] drplokta, and therefore am prepared to let you take on this crucial portfolio, as long as you promise to make it compulsory for all licenced premises to serve at least three kinds of gin and decent, non-diet, tonic.

Particularly in Germany.

Actually, I think we might have to just ban Germany.

[identity profile] the-gardener.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I think we might have to just ban Germany.

Nooooo! I lived there for a couple of years in the very early 1970s, and have lotsa luvverly memories of it.
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[identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Well, I suppose that it could be permitted to retain if it were properly managed.

But the lack of gin, terrible food and people who refuse to respect my authoratii, even though I'm more senior just becuase I'm female and younger than they are, will have to go. Sorry.

Arguments for allowing the language, scenery and Wagner will be taken.

[identity profile] liluri.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok if I'm allowed I'll take Gin and Tonic and I agree to your suggestions though banning all of Germany - the music - the rubber... Can't we just restrict Germany or maybe send someone to sort them out? (bags not me)
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[identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose we *could* send someone to sort them out, but it sounds like it might involve effort. Surely it's be easier to just ban them?

[identity profile] liluri.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Ok then :) "Germany you are banned" feels the power going to her head *bounce* The minion i/c of chocolate and Gin and Tonic along with the minion i/c of Dr Plokta and staying in bed have spoken

[identity profile] yonmei.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
Can I be Minion i/c of Having More Than One Vegetarian Item on the Menu?

[identity profile] pisica.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I applaud this minionship wholeheartedly!

- Pisica, who is very very tired of having no choice (especially when the only veggie option is the Spicy Bean Burger)

[identity profile] smofbabe.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Or when the only option is "Appetizing selection of roasted vegetables" which is actually just a conglomeration of all of the vegetable side dishes from the non-vegetarian items on the menu.

[identity profile] bohemiancoast.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh. You've already got a beer minion and a coffee minion, don't you? I wonder what else I could be a food minion of... and a cheese minion...

[identity profile] brisingamen.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
After a run-in yesterday with someone who was 'impacting' something, it occurs to me that my portfolio might usefully be expanded to also handle ill-advised Verbing of Nouns and Nouning of Verbs
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[identity profile] feorag.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I have now drafted my first piece of legislation for Keeping the Streets Clean, concerning the apparent incontinence of dogs. Expect further legislation regarding chewing gum, exhaust fumes and pavement pizza in the near future. I notice that there is no minion in charge of Beer and Cider, an area of particular expertise on my part... I'm sure I can manage more than one portfolio.

[identity profile] hawkida.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Tobes was toying with the idea of taking on the portfolio for cider based produce but he's too lazy to volunteer, let alone legislate.

[identity profile] easterbunny.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 12:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Can I be minion in charge of couriers and delivery companies? I will be a harsh mistress.

[identity profile] green-amber.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh No! The EasterBunny is a Harsh Mistress!!

[identity profile] easterbunny.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
And you thought it was all chocolate eggs and marshmallow peeps. All those wicker baskets aren't just for show.

[identity profile] ajshepherd.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Best kind,surely.

[identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course these edicts can't be legislation, as as you are dictator, there is no legistlature.

Dictats, perhaps?
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[personal profile] andrewducker 2005-03-03 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That is, of course, why mine are called dictats :->

Huzzah!

[identity profile] dakiwiboid.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I shall now make certain that you will have no problems whatsoever from ostriches, emus, cassowaries, those flightless nocturnal parrots whose names I cannot recall, or, of course, my kin the kiwi.

If you like, I can arrange for a bodyguard from among the more aggressive ratites (such as ostriches and emus), to ensure that you have no problems whatsoever from humans! To celebrate my elevation to minionhood, here's a poem I wrote about my large kinfolk:

Feelin' Ratite

I feel struthious just now.
I don't want to hide my head
And refuse to face the facts
Or any of those cliches.
I want to run in the wind
With heavy wings flapping
And big, taloned feet stomping.
I want to bat thick eyelashes
And crane my long neck at you,
Tempting you to get so close
That I can take a big nip
Out of your pretentiousness.
I want to kick somebody
So hard they'll really stay kicked.
If I decide to lay eggs,
They'll be huge, porcelain things
Worthy to be turned to art.
I want to raise such a squawk
That everyone who hears me
Will whisper to their children,
"Honey, look at that big bird!".

Kiwi Carlisle

Wish for wings that work

[identity profile] steveandabigail.livejournal.com 2005-03-04 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
My puny kiwi wings weren't big enough for Delores. Oh no, oh no... she had to have AN ALBATROSS. With great big huge LONG WINGS. He was on hormones. You heard me, read my beak: HORMONES (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0103272/quotes)

Re: Wish for wings that work

[identity profile] dakiwiboid.livejournal.com 2005-03-04 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor sad bird. I have never had that problem.