Re: Orkney News for Friday 13th

["Claire N. Simmons" <c1933s@gis.net>]

Well, I know I would sure shake them up!   Claire
----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Stokes" <milamba@optushome.com.au>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 4:04 AM
Subject: Orkney News for Friday 13th


> Strange But True (UK)
> Friday October 13, 2000
>
> You Can't Tell An Older Woman What To Do
>
> Monks have banned women under 30 from wearing revealing clothes or
> listening to music while they are working on a Scottish island. The Roman
> Catholic Transalpine Redemptorists have, however, baulked at extending the
> ban to women over 30 because, as their spokesman explained, older women
> will not be bossed about. The monks, who live on Papa Stronsay in Orkney,
> imposed the strict dress code after a group of archaeologists arrived to
> excavate a mediaeval chapel. Initially the young female archaeology
> students dressed like their male colleagues in jeans and T-shirts but the
> monks, who own the island, thought it immodest and asked them to cover up.
> Now all women shy of 30 must wear ankle-length skirts, long-sleeved tops
> and cover their heads. The restriction does not apply to older women
> because "it can be very difficult telling women over 30 what to do," Friar
> Michael Mary, vicar general of the order, said. Although the dress code
> makes life more difficult for the eight women digging at the site of St
> Nicholas chapel, the archaeologists have adhered to the rule. Besides the
> dress code, the archaeologists have other conditions to observe on Papa
> Stronsay. They cannot listen to the radio or CDs, even through headphones,
> and they are not allowed to blaspheme. Anyone who breaks the rules faces
> immediate expulsion to the mainland.
>
> Good thing I'm over 30!! hehehehehe
>
> Milamba
>
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