Monday Moan 52

 

Here comes the sun ……

What a lovely picture, as Julian O’Strange and Ricardo Patino got to meet face-to-face last week in London, after developing a close relationship via email and video-links despite being physically separated by the vastness of the oceans between the UK and Ecuador.  It is thought that if all goes well in their courtship, O’Strange will be moving to Ecuador on a permanent basis in order to fulfil his life-long ambition of avoiding having to face the consequences of his actions.

 

It was, of course, a shame that the weather in London failed to allow the happy couple to sunbathe together, as had been their fervent wish.  But a cheery wave to the waiting media was enough to assure us all that this love-story will continue to entertain us for a long time to come.

 

Incidentally, a reader of the Moan has questioned the use of a photograph of the lovely Dick Emery in previous articles about O’Strange.  My immediate reaction was to think that the humour I was trying to inject had been lost on my reader (s) but, on reflection, I am grateful for the query as I now realise that O’Strange has moved on with his life and now wishes to put forward a different image. So, here's a sneak preview of the picture that will accompany any future piece about the self-confessed whistle-blower and alleged sexual offender....

........Julian seemed surprised to be called by the Moan .......

 

 

Farcical Farage

Some people seem genuinely surprised that Nigel Farage has been revealed to be just the same as all the other politicians he and whoever else is covered by the UKIP banner continually portray as just looking out for their own interests.

 

I’m not sure why anybody should be surprised to hear that he has been saying one thing whilst doing another, that he has been criticising others for finding ways of paying less tax whilst he has been doing the same.  Whatever you might think of him, he is like the vast majority of people in this country to the extent that he wants to minimise his tax bill and maximise his returns.  Nothing wrong with that – all perfectly legal.

 

But to be ‘caught out’ quite so obviously clearly was not part of his grand plan.  His fumbling and unconvincing responses to questions were so laughable that they made some of his earlier public pronouncements seem positively statesman-like in comparison. 

 

In days gone by, he and Boris would have had to live in different villages, since there was only ever room for one idiot.

 

 

Educational standards slipping (1)

Although they quickly rectified their mistake, the Daily Mail suffered the equivalent of the embarrassing wardrobe malfunction they are so keen to highlight almost everyday amongst the more glamorous of female celebrities.

 

Following up the story about Nigella Lawson being ‘playfully’ throttled by her admiring husband, they came up with this spelling ‘fail’ this morning.........

 

Having spent so much time criticising falling standards of education you have to admire them for coming up with a graphic demonstration to prove their point.

 

 

 

Educational standards slipping (2)

It seems that it is not only spelling standards that are slipping – simple mathematics are under threat too.

 

The BBC’s cricket website is a favourite of office-workers everywhere as a means of keeping up with the developing drama of a game that inconveniently usually takes place both during and throughout the working day.  The recently-ended Champions Trophy saw England again fail to win a tournament having reached the final game.  But they might not even have got to the final had they been forced to overcome the South African total the BBC calculated after their innings in last week’s semi-final.  Obviously fearing that the 175 runs the South Africans mustered would not be enough, someone decided to set England double that number to win.........

Howzat????