Saturday 7 March 2009

How About This For Loyalty

Members of staff from Ask Rewinds Ltd celebrate
winning £3,938,641 on the National Lottery
It seems that, for some people, loyalty knows no bounds. Director's and staff at Ask Rewinds Ltd a company established in 1978 and based in Accrington, Lancashire, formed a 13 member syndicate to play the National Lottery. They were rewarded with a jackpot win of £3,938,641, each member scooping £300,000. Andy Whittaker, 44, has managed to keep the family-run company going, despite the disastrous effect the recession has had on the motor industry. Now his staff have pledged to invest much of their winnings in the company, that specialises in the repair and rewind of motors. Mr Whittaker, and a fellow director, were themselves members of the syndicate, and plan to plough their winnings back into the business to safeguard the jobs of their 18 workers. According to Mr Whittaker, the company has been holding it's own and doing fine, but the injection of new cash will be a further safeguard for the company. A celebration is being planned for the winners and their families, before normal service resumes at the firm on Monday.

Today's Smile

Making the punishment fit the crime!

Brainteaser

For all you wordsmith's out there, today's brainteaser is anagrams. All you have to do is rearrange the letters in the seven clues below to form words. As you unravel each clue, you will find that all the words have a common theme.

01 RACTRO
02 CEGBABA
03 ROWCELULFAI
04 NASRPPI
05 TAOPOT
06 CNHPSAI
07 UPRNTI

Good luck with this brainteaser!

Blankney Pictures

Entrance to Blankney Hall (date unknown)
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Thought For Today

The nice thing about being senile is..... you can hide your own Easter eggs!

The Senility Prayer
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
The eyesight to tell the difference.