Croydon and all that

[eldar]

Okay, I'll post a full review of the wedding in a bit - right now, I'm recovering from my first visit to Croydon since I was born. It's a dump, unfortunately the rather strangely-named Lunar House is the den of the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate, or 'HOIND', a word that I'm sure should be allowed in Scrabble, simply because it's worth 9 points and gets rid of an 'O' and and 'I'. Their computers were down, so most of the records were being chiselled into stone tablets and hefted up the stairs by naked dwarfs being whipped by cackling leather-clad Civil Servants. At least, that thought at least allows me to see the place in an altogether more interesting light. (I have to admit, the place is quite humane, at least for those who've made appointments - there's the usual 'Kiosk Number 9, please' queueing system, and the chairs aren't that uncomfortable for sitting for long periods, and there's a coffee shop selling reasonably good Danishes, and they allow you out during the couple of hours it takes to do the serious dwarf-whipping, er, internal document processing.)

To cut a long story short, Alexis, after I bribed an official with a cheque to the tune of two hundred and fifty pounds, is allowed to stay in the country for another two years. More importantly, she can get a job.

We also tried to open a joint bank account. We didn't, but that's another tale.

Comments

[dakeyras.livejournal.com]

If you had an extra 'E' then you could have 'HONIED', which isn't too bad depending on what you're trying to do...