Its all going to end in tears
Posted: Sunday, 13 July 2008 |
2 comments |
Sorry to have been away so long, but you know how it is.
Whinge number one. Midges at Rackwick. Camping seemed such a nice idea at 2 o'clock friday afternoon after a dreadful days work. Well it all got worse with the midges. Hurumph.
Now is it me or do our world leaders, and I use the phrase guardedly, do the come across to you as a pretty useless bunch? Apparently the chinese and the russians vetoed the resolution for an arms ban to Zimbabwe. Nothing so touchy as finance or trade but not even an arms ban. The selling of guns and such like. I know I am just a simple chap and don't realy have a grasp on world affairs, just what Humphries and co. tell me on the Today show, but heaven help us surely guns is the last thing anyone should be sending to that poor country. I do try to lay my predjudices aside concerning China and Russia, and look for a their saving grace but but God in heaven, do they just not care?
Is G.B. going down the pan? A simple question deserving a simple answer. Sad to say but I think yes. The old country has failed to keep up with the advances of science and has not put enough investment in encouraging and nurturing the kids for tomorrow. The schools are short of science and physics teachers, presumably because they in turn were not encouraged, and now the panic is beginning to show as we start to lag behind such "third world countries" as india china and iran. Yes iran, apparently they have more physics university students male and female, than we do. What do we invest in? Heritage, preserved coal mines and steel works so the tourists can see what we used to do. Heritage and preservation, 'spect this crowd of political charlatans (of all parties) will be giving us tax breaks to dress up in national costume for the non existant tourists. Hmm thats right, when there is an economic downturn people cut back, you know on things like holidays. "But thats all we do now " I hear you cry "we are G.B. Land, with degree courses in the hospitality industry" Splutter splutter cough, I'll give you "hospitality industry" industry is something with a sodding great chimney on one end and lorry loads of useful stuff coming out the other end, not colour co=ordinated jacket and trousers with hat and scarf to match. "Great" Britain, Great? we don't even make push bikes anymore! ( No, Raleigh assembly bikes from bits made abroad and hope that the deluded patriotic home market will think they are buying British, as will the the happy motorist when he purchases his new chinese M.G. sports car)
Look I do apolagise, and I will go and sit in a darkened room until nursey arrives with my medication, but after having grown up and worked in a country that was more famous for it's cars, motorcycles and steamengines than it's culinary delights it does make me want to spit!
Recommended listening:- Jollity Farm by the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band
Well dears it's pip-pip, Sparkie
Posted on From under me bonnet at 23:23
Comments
good blog,but i daren't make a comment as living in the land of snails i shouldn't voice my opinions but here in france its the same problem so i looking at the french problems(like u.k) i agree!
carol from i'm the urbain spaceman
Yes we are in total agreement. Same sh-t here too. When r u running for Prime Minister? You got my vote.
Ruthodanort and Arne her norski bloke too from Norway
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