Phoenix no. 43 - thinking a subject is quite trickeeeeeeeeee

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Mon May 21, 2007 11:43 pm

Answer is 18, 12 & 6. A case of quality over quantity. Even Only Fools & Horses got laboured near the end.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:19 am

Defo. And they only ever showed one episode of "Heil Honey, I'm Home", so think how good that must have been.

;o)

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:06 am

Looking at your pic PL reminds me of when I washed the pots at Farnborough air show when I was really skint. Ten hours a day for a whole week at £4/hour. The upside was that I was monitoring all the catering students at the digs. Happy days.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:02 am

Sounds good.

I used to work as a potwasher for £2.50/hr, after having turned down a lucrative £2.11/hr to work for MacDonalds.

Maybe I'm showing my age here, although it was only about 12 years ago.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:01 am

18? It's me! Right...

Seeing as this has become a discussion about crap jobs for crap pay, can anyone tell me which country was the first to introduce minimum wage legislation? I'll accept either of two answers, as they both did it independantly at roughly the same time.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:04 am

Right, nice question.

I know New Zealand was quite forward thinking for its time (although I might just be thinking of giving the women the vote)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:05 am

well it is not yemen.

i vaguely remember something about egypt? or am i confused?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:11 am

I'll have a guess at Canada.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:12 am

His Lord High Offspring of the Domestic Staff gets it first go!

New Zealand enacted the first national minimum wage laws in 1896. Also in 1896, an amendment to the Factories Act provided for the creation of a wages board in Victoria, Australia. However, the New Zealand board was enforced by compulsory arbitration, so New Zealand is probably the more correct of the two.

Take it away PL...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:27 am

When you're hot, YOU'RE HOT!

Er....

OK. Another question direct from Wikipedia (together with the heading "The neutrality of this argument is disputed

)....

Anyway, Norway first allowed their women to do it in 1995. Australia became the 2nd country to allow woman to do it in 1998. Canada and Spain later follwed suit. However, every other country, including the UK, forbids women to do it.

What?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:32 am

anything to do with legalisation of prostitution?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:38 am

Eat Yorkie bars ?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:39 am

Nope. Nothing to do with that.

(reminds me of the question "If prostitution is the oldest profession in the world, how did the men afford to pay the prostitutes?" ... of course the answer was "By sending their wives into prostitution!).

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:50 am

testify against their husbands?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 22, 2007 11:09 am

Nothing to do with the legal system.