tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post737627429204978348..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Wednesday July 24th, 2013Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-62184040951178521572013-07-29T00:11:12.490-07:002013-07-29T00:11:12.490-07:00Greg - haha, I'd not heard of that one before....Greg - haha, I'd not heard of that one before. Shame that it's not true.<br /><br />And funny you mentioned it, as I did sort of have Henri in mind while writing mine :)<br /><br />Oof, that ending was unexpected. Darkly hilarious though :DMarchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-79218441210617685302013-07-25T02:03:09.405-07:002013-07-25T02:03:09.405-07:00Wow that sounds far too hot! We're cooling do...Wow that sounds far too hot! We're cooling down again, we had 1am rain a couple of nights ago (it was hot enough that I was still awake and got to enjoy a half-hour of thunder and lightning!) and 4am rain this morning. Temperatures are definitely feeling better right now.<br />Your story puts me in mind of <a href="http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp" rel="nofollow">this</a> urban legend that you might enjoy, but I like yours rather more. But... did you ever tell us before that Henri's surname was Blake? ;-)<br /><br /><b>Insurance</b><br />Miss Snippet frowned as she read through the documents that Lucy had laid on her desk. Lucy, aged 5, had excellent handwriting for her age, and was meticulous with her calculations, but every so often she would get distracted and something erroneous would creep in. Miss Snippet understood this, but right at the moment her other underwriter was at a ballet class and the estimates couldn't wait.<br />"Hmmm." She looked up, and looked at Lucy. Lucy quailed.<br />"This is pretty good," she said, her voice a little stern. "You've clearly got the hang of the actuarial tables now, and some of your assumptions are... well, inspired in the right word, I believe. The only problem with this estimate for life insurance is...." She let the sentence hang in the air for a few moments.<br />"...is that I am sure that the applicant will be dead by Tuesday and I don't think we should insure such a certainty."<br />Lucy looked puzzled. "But it's my daddy," she said.<br />"Quite," said Miss Snippet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com