It's that time of year for me to complain about the PNC's cost index for the gifts listed in the song
The 12 Days of Christmas. Once again the "8 maids a-milking" are the cheapest item - $58. The PNC notes that "the milk maids are unskilled labor and therefore listed at minimum wage." I about went apoplectic. Unskilled! Milkers may receive their training on the job but we are hardly unskilled. Besides, just what university course did the "10 Lords a-leaping" need to take - Jumping 101? My grandnieces innately dance, without benefit of any training, and will do it for a smile - not the $7,000 bill from the "9 Ladies dancing". Personally I'd love to watch a bunch of PNC execs try to put a milking unit on a heifer. Then let them call us "unskilled".
2 comments:
Oh Indy! You are so CUTE!! A regular fashionista!
cjb
I may be a couple days late with my comment but did you know 8 maids-milking represented the 8 beatitudes;
blessed are poor in spirit; those who mourn; meek; hungry; merciful; pure in heart; peacemaker and righteous.
You're right the milk maids were the lowest of the low. JVM
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