Discharged

Fired: The v. sense of "sack, dismiss" is first recorded 1885 in Amer.Eng., probably from a play on the two meanings of discharge: "to dismiss from a position," and "to fire a gun," the second sense being from "set fire to gunpowder," attested from 1530.

Well ok i wasnt really fired. I quit before i was fired. And a good thing too, the mean ex-CID guy who comes to deal with terrible criminals like me was going to turn up today. Seriously it's so annoying for a £2.19 ready meal.

And another thing. I have not a single friend in edinburgh to go for a pint with me. All you people who know me but are out of edinburgh or not answering your phones hang your heads in shame. Alas and alack, i half fancy going and drinking by myself. But when not feeling too shiny to start with i suspect that might go badly.