How to write a job ad.
(Not sure whether it is real)
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I would guess fake as it used the US spelling “honor” instead of the the UK “honour”.
steve
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I thought it was a lonely hearts marriage ad. 
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Looks like a “Gimp” job ad. 
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Yes, I’d say it’s authentic - issued just before his 1914 expedition that became bogged down and ended up in one of the greatest navigation feats ever, followed by an incredible trek across South Georgia. I saw a copy in the South Georgia museum and from memory this is accurate.
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Better historians than me (and there are many) have investigated this advert and a quick googling shows their conclusion is ‘almost certainly fake’.
Here’s just one, which I think is within forum AUP, but Richard may have to exercise the guillotine on it if I’m wrong:
With Shackleton being Anglo-Irish and the advert appearing, allegedly, in English newspapers it is unlikely that the word “Honour” would have appeared as the American spelling “Honor”, as can be seen in the advert.
Unless it was The Guardian.
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Three dead bodies turn up at the mortuary, all with very big smiles on their faces. The coroner calls the police to tell them what has happened.
“First body: Frenchman, 60, died of heart failure while making love to his mistress. Hence the enormous smile, Inspector,” says the Coroner.
“Second body: Scotsman, 25, won a thousand pounds on the lottery, spent it all on whiskey. Died of alcohol poisoning, hence the smile.”
The Inspector asked, “What of the third body?”
“Ah,” says the coroner, “this is the most unusual one. Billy- Bob the redneck from Oklahoma, 30, struck by lightning.”
“Why is he smiling then?” inquires the Inspector.
“Thought he was having his picture taken.”
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The meanings of words can be difficult.
For instance people sometimes confuse the meanings of Nebuchadnezzar and Jeroboam.
Well, a Nebuchadnezzar is a very large bottle holding the equivalent of twenty bottles of wine.
Whereas Jeroboam is the BBC’s international editor.
(From I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, yesterday.)
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