Vital stats

In my old job, I had to attend meetings with some fairly senior figures from the sector, and the same goes for my new job. However there are some differences between the two.

I was at such a meeting on Tuesday, and here are some interesting facts about the attendees:

Number of knights at the meeting: 3 (including one sitting next to me)

Number of baronesses at the meeting: 1

Number of baronesses who did not resemble Margaret Thatcher, as expected: 1

Number of baronesses who instead looked more like Cyndi Lauper: 1

Number of Scottish opposition leaders at meeting: 1

Number of Scottish opposition leaders who shook my hand (!!): 1

Number of holograms invented by James Clerk Maxwell (very big name in the history of Chemistry and Physics, apparently) on display: 1

Number of Scottish opposition leaders who got very excited about said hologram: 1

Number of male attendees who resembled women: 1

Number of woman-like men who were actually really lovely and asked many questions about Australia: 1

Number of times I was asked (not by above man-woman) "So what actually is the difference between Australia and New Zealand?": 1

Number of attendees with the same name as a rather camp Australian TV personality, but who looked the complete opposite: 1

As you can probably tell, I was rather excited by it all. Coupled with the snow we had the day before, I was like a small child on red cordial. I'm pretty sure the novelty will wear off after a while (especially if it's me taking minutes at the meeting instead of some other poor sap), but for now I'm enjoying being in the same rarefied air as these big wigs. Especially when you consider that my previous manager had a mullet.

** And the spacing in this post is driving me crazy!!! I have no idea how to change it, stupid internet.