Eagle Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 The Flying Scotsman is to be re-named in order to honour Gordon Brown At last, Gordon Brown decided to throw the towel in and resign. His cabinet colleagues decided it would be a worthy gesture to name a railway locomotive after him. So a senior civil servant - 'Sir Humphrey' - went from Whitehall to the National Railway Museum at York, to investigate the possibilities. "They have a number of locomotives at the NRM without names," a specially-sought consultant told the top civil servant. "Mostly, however, they are freight locomotives." "Oh dear, that's not very fitting for a prime minister," said Sir Humphrey. "How about that big green one, over there?" he said, pointing to a beautiful train numbered '4472'. "That's already got a name" said the consultant. "It's called the 'Flying Scotsman'." "Oh. Couldn't it be renamed?" asked Sir Humphrey. "This is a national museum after all, funded by the taxpayer." "I suppose it might be considered," said the consultant. "After all, they did rename a number of their locomotives after directors of the company, and even renamed one of them Dwight D Eisenhower." "That's excellent", said Sir Humphrey, "So that's settled then .. let's look at renaming 4472. But how much will it cost? We can't spend too much, given the expenses scandal!" Well, said the consultant, "We could always just paint out the 'F'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 Albeit that that is not a Parliamentary word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Flying Scotsman indeed: with the Country submerged in debt, which he seems reluctant to pay off; he's parading around Europe trying to outbid everyone else on how much money WE can give to the third world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Good story. He is also pledging one and a half Billion for this green-house crusade. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 That's what I meant. I notice also, that in the "austerity" programme of BOTH main Parties - "overseas aid" will NOT be cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 If he starts saying he will be cutting funding to greenhouse and overseas aid etc then the other countries will all cotton on and realise what a bloody mess the UK is STILL in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Think they know that already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Yep but Brownie still thinks he can plod on regardless in the hope that people will 'forget' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Yep but Brownie still thinks he can plod on regardless in the hope that people will 'forget' forget what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 In politics Governments have short time horizons, and fickle voters have even shorter time horizons: that's why democracies cannot tackle the fundemental long-term issues: we live in a culture of instant self gratification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 You would not have it any other way Obs, as you said on another topic you are quite prepared to carry on the way you are let future generations pay for your over consumption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Not quite; future generations won't thank us for building their houses in the flood plain, or wasting (in the future) a most precious resource - water; nor our increasing reliance on imported foods etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Yep but Brownie still thinks he can plod on regardless in the hope that people will 'forget' forget what? I don't know... who are you anyway Best to listen to Obs and Lt K as they seem to know what they are talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Obs Will future generations thank us for Nuclear energy as they will get the tidy up bill We can not pick and choose what crap to leave future generations we should try to leave them a Planet with as much bio-diversity as when we our selves came to live on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Every generation "leaves crap" behind for the next to sort out - if we didn't, we'd still be hunter gatherers, living with nature instead of believing we can control it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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