Origins

A breakdown of how The Bernard Bert came about:

I went through a crisis back in September (went to A&E, saw shit loads of mental health workers, was FINALLY assessed and diagnosed…)

I was off of work for 3 weeks. I work in a school. The people are very bitchy. They like to gossip about anything and everything just to make them feel like they have a purpose. There was a lot of gossip at the time about why I wasn’t at work.

So, to make myself laugh, I posted on FB that I was currently absent from work to have a sex change and was growing a willy in a plant pot. 

Lo and behold (just as I predicted which makes it even more ridiculous and hilarious), people at work started gossiping: “OMG, have you heard?!”

Then came the name change on FB. If I was having a sex change, I needed a name to match. I suggested Jim Senior. My friend wanted Bert. Another wanted Bernard. 

Thus, Bernard Bert Jim Senior III was born.

It will always remind me of a time when I decided to take my life back.

The Bernard Bert