I wonder whether Ireland would consider political union with the UK in return for the offer of a financial bail-out? That might not go down too well however and cause a bit of a rumpus – what do you think?
Should it be bail-out or bale-out (I favour the former)? Answers on a postcard to the usual address.
The Church's lead spokesman on media issues, the Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester, has protested that Rupert Murdoch’s planned News Corp takeover of BSkyB "would dominate both the television and newspaper landscape" and has called for it to be blocked.
In a similar vein, I propose that the Church of England’s monopoly on kings and queens of England be challenged using the same principle.
There’s speculation over how long Prince William’s marriage to Kate Middleton will last. The Church is betting on 7 years. I think it might go to 10.
Ever since the announcement of William Wales’ engagement to Kate Middleton, there seems to be a huge amount of speculation over the issue of whether Camilla Parker-Bowles-Windsor will become Queen or not at some unspecified time in the future. For the life of me I can’t fathom why it’s causing so much fuss. Who gives a toss as to whether she will be Queen – it will have no effect on anyone whatsoever whether she is or she isn’t.
For that matter, David Cameron could become King when the old Queen dies and it still wouldn’t make one iota of difference to a single soul, living or dead – except perhaps Charles Windsor and his brood.
Spotted an advert in the Sunday newspaper for what are described as ‘shoes with a built in gym’. They’re called FitFlops.
I may be a bit cynical, but shoes that give you a workout while walking are usually called ‘difficult to walk in’, or as we experts call it, ‘ill fitting’ or ‘badly designed’. I guess they are a job lot of misshapes and some marketing person came up with the idea of calling them exercise shoes.
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There was some idiot on the radio the other day saying that the Royal Wedding would bring about a massive boost to economic growth in this country as the feel-good factor led people to buy new cars and ovens (don't ask me why). Assuming that he is right we can kill two birds with one black and tan. Willy-boy goes to be crowned king of Ireland and marries whats-her-name, thus giving a multi-billion euro boost to the Irish economy which will mean they don't need any loans. Everyone will be happy.
Why don't we send Charles and his missus to be king of Ireland and keep the younger blood over here. That will also mean that the Irish health service will have to keep him in his old age and save us that cost as well.
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