I wanted to send some
sort of greeting to my friends and colleagues at this time of the year, but it is difficult in
today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. Therefore I met
with my lawyer yesterday, and on his/her advice I wish to say the following :
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, expressed or otherwise, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and / or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all, or whether to just ignore the whole thing.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great ( not to imply that the UK is necessarily greater than any other country ) and without regard to the race, creed, class, status, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are hereby accepting these terms :
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal without prior notice. It is freely transferable without alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise nor offer by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/ him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The wish, implied or implicit, expressed or otherwise is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher. Interpretation of this wish is at the risk of the wishee, the wisher may not be held liable for any interpretation thus made nor is liable for and consequent acts of good fortune or malfortune however arising.
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, expressed or otherwise, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and / or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all, or whether to just ignore the whole thing.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2012, but not without due respect for the calendar of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great ( not to imply that the UK is necessarily greater than any other country ) and without regard to the race, creed, class, status, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are hereby accepting these terms :
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal without prior notice. It is freely transferable without alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise nor offer by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/ him or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. The wish, implied or implicit, expressed or otherwise is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher. Interpretation of this wish is at the risk of the wishee, the wisher may not be held liable for any interpretation thus made nor is liable for and consequent acts of good fortune or malfortune however arising.
Any case of non-acceptance by the wishee must be notified to the wisher within seventy two hours of receipt, otherwise such non-acceptance shall be null and void. This greeting is only valid until the first day of January, two thousand and twelve, if opened and read after that date then the greeting is at sole risk of the wishee.
Best Regards (without prejudice, errors and ommissions excepted unless subject to current statutes ),
Bob Oiseau
