Overheard while re-watching Wolf Hall on iPlayer (got fed up with Hilary Mantel's punctuation 3/4 of the way in):
Hay: "Henry VIII was a bit of a bastard, wasn't he?"
Chairman: "Be careful what you say - people have had their heads chopped off for less."
Hay has had the bright idea of using the goose eggs we're buying as embellishments to our collection of tea light holders while they're waiting being used - the eggs, that is; well, both the eggs and the tea light holders, actually.
Hay: "Henry VIII was a bit of a bastard, wasn't he?"
Chairman: "Be careful what you say - people have had their heads chopped off for less."
Hay has had the bright idea of using the goose eggs we're buying as embellishments to our collection of tea light holders while they're waiting being used - the eggs, that is; well, both the eggs and the tea light holders, actually.
Happened to listen to Christopher Cross' 1980 hit, Ride Like the Wind in the radio. A phenomenally talented songwriter, but suffered from the fact he wasn't very photogenic and fell foul of the MTV generation who wanted pop stars to look like pop stars.
He'd be great now, as kids these days don't give a shit what their pop stars look like as long as the music is good - just look at Ed Sheeran; a pudgy ginger in NHS specs, for God's sake.Or is that too gingist and specist?
Are you confused by what Johnson said last night? I certainly am, along with anyone who has a job. Naturally, his apologists maintain he was perfectly clear, but seem only to give contradictory explanations when asked. I do wish he'd get another body language coach - one who can make him look less wooden and like a glove puppet would be a start.
He'd be great now, as kids these days don't give a shit what their pop stars look like as long as the music is good - just look at Ed Sheeran; a pudgy ginger in NHS specs, for God's sake.Or is that too gingist and specist?
Are you confused by what Johnson said last night? I certainly am, along with anyone who has a job. Naturally, his apologists maintain he was perfectly clear, but seem only to give contradictory explanations when asked. I do wish he'd get another body language coach - one who can make him look less wooden and like a glove puppet would be a start.
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