Au revoir and my new Job Spec!
Discussion
I shall be leaving the realms of the real world on Sunday for at least 5 weeks to be shouted at, abused, deprived of sleep and thrashed to within an inch of my life. So goodbye for now and I shall look forward to PHing it again soon.
I know it will all be worth it in the long run, here's the job spec:
"The English officer is least of all an officer. He is a rich landowner, houseowner, capitalist or merchant, and only an officer incidentally. He knows nothing about the Services and is only seen on parades and reviews. From the professional point of view he is the most ignorant officer in Europe. He enters the Services not to serve but for the uniform, which is magnificent.
The officer considers himself irresistible to the fair-haired, blue-eyed English ladies. The English officer is a beautiful aristocrat, extremely rich, an independent blasé character and loves pornographic literature, suggestive pictures, recherché food and strong drink. His chief amusements are gambling, racing and sports. He goes to bed at dawn and gets up at midday. He is usually occupied with two mistresses simultaneously, one a lady of high society and the other a girl from the opera or ballet. His income runs into several thousands, often tens of thousands a year, of which he keeps no account, being incapable of keeping accounts. The pay he receives from the Government hardly suffices to keep him in scent and gloves.
English officers, especially the young ones, do no work of any kind. They spend their days and nights in clubs noted for their opulence."
Extract from the Russian newspaper Odessa News, August 1959,
quoted in Mars & Mierva, June 1972
I can't wait!
I know it will all be worth it in the long run, here's the job spec:
"The English officer is least of all an officer. He is a rich landowner, houseowner, capitalist or merchant, and only an officer incidentally. He knows nothing about the Services and is only seen on parades and reviews. From the professional point of view he is the most ignorant officer in Europe. He enters the Services not to serve but for the uniform, which is magnificent.
The officer considers himself irresistible to the fair-haired, blue-eyed English ladies. The English officer is a beautiful aristocrat, extremely rich, an independent blasé character and loves pornographic literature, suggestive pictures, recherché food and strong drink. His chief amusements are gambling, racing and sports. He goes to bed at dawn and gets up at midday. He is usually occupied with two mistresses simultaneously, one a lady of high society and the other a girl from the opera or ballet. His income runs into several thousands, often tens of thousands a year, of which he keeps no account, being incapable of keeping accounts. The pay he receives from the Government hardly suffices to keep him in scent and gloves.
English officers, especially the young ones, do no work of any kind. They spend their days and nights in clubs noted for their opulence."
Extract from the Russian newspaper Odessa News, August 1959,
quoted in Mars & Mierva, June 1972
I can't wait!
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