Construction Supervisor Mark Hawkins hails from Britain and worked in Dubai. He decided to cross that marital infidelity line with Sally Anita, another Brit in her early 40s. Mrs Anita’s husband let the police know that the couple was canoodling at a 5 star hotel in Dubai.

Now Mark Hawkins and Sally Anita both find themselves in a horrendous prison, probably for a year. Adultery turns out to be a serious crime in Dubai. Mrs Anita says, “It’s filthy here. The food – when you get it – has maggots in it. The lights are on all day and night. I have no-one to talk to. I am confused, frightened and I feel totally abandoned. We sleep two women to each bunk. I share my bed with a Russian woman. We sleep top to tail. It’s horrendous.”

So here’s another reason (besides having to give away half your stuff) to not think with your Johnson. Just think of this as a little public service announcement.

A town councillor in Wales, Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbor purchased the land below his house and built a new home. The new home was 18 inches higher than the planning dept had approved, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.

The new neighbor had to drop the roof height, at great expense. Recently, Mark Easton called the planning dept, and informed them that his new neighbor had installed some vents on the side of his new property. Mark didn’t like the look of these vents and asked the planning dept to investigate.

When they went to Mark’s home to see what the vents looked like, this is what they found…

The Local Authority said the vents can stay since there is no planning law referring to shutter design.

I’m told this is a true story, though I haven’t verified. Seems crazy enough to be true to me. Remember to play nice.

If you’re a regular follower of this blog, you know I want to help you improve every aspect of your life. I usually write about construction issues or various people skills, which should help you advance in your career. Life’s not just work, though.

How many times a day do you think about sex? It’s a big number for me. I remember a Construction Supervisor told me, when I was in my early thirties, that after 40 he just stopped thinking about it. I thought that was one of the worst things I’d ever heard. I can report, at 51, that I don’t see that big change anywhere on my horizon.

So when I saw the cartoon below, I thought I needed to share it.

Let’s try an experiment. The next time you’re getting frisky with your significant other, try out this little chestnut and see how it works. It seems like an uber romantic thing to say. We all need all the help we can get in that department, so give it a try. If you’ve got the gumption, post a comment about how it worked…for the sake of science, of course.