Sunny Van der Pas has handed in her notice at the Somerset tourist attraction, where she has been playing the part of the legendary witch for the last two years, to run her own retro clothing shop after being inspired by the costumes she had to wear. She will leave the job next month and has opened a shop called Past And Presents in Bovey Tracy, Devon, selling 1950s style clothing.
She added: “The witch costume has inspired me but you can only take so much of living in a cave. I’m now looking for something more like Dragon’s Den. I’ll be handing over the broomstick to a new witch.” Wookey Hole Director Daniel Medley said: “We now have to find a new witch in time for Halloween and we will be circulating job centres this week.
“It has to be someone who can work school holidays and weekends and who is not allergic to cats or children. The witch of Wookey is a world renowned historical character and there has to be a witch in the cave for Halloween – one of the most important dates in the witches calendar. We wish Sunny well with her new venture and she is going to help us by briefing the new witch before she leaves.”
It might also help if they know what an apostrophe is for and how it should be used.
ReplyDeleteOh come now, Patty. You can't expect people to actually pay attention in grammar school. That would bruise their delicate little psyches. Unless they do it in a group, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lamentable reality that a great multitude of adult's find themselves' unable to wield grammar with the precision it so richly deserves. Such a deficiency casts a s'hadow upon the beauty and clarity of our 'shared language, diminishing its potential to inspire and enlighten.
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