Labour are only in office because they are marginally better than the current Conservative government (who have still not shaken off their sleaze image which they garnered in the 1990s). We are in desperate need of a government with backbone and balls, who can tell these do-gooders to go to h*ll.
Regards Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP Third Party Developer Program Senior Software Engineer * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 19 September 2006 09:41 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] Why Britain is such a s**thole they sound like the Democrats --- Dominic Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > << but unfortunately oh so true! > > Yes, depressingly so. Britain must be the most politically correct > country in Europe, if not the world. When your weak and hopeless > Prime Minister is married to a human rights lawyer, and your > government does not have a single testicle amongst them, it is no > wonder our country backs down every time. > > As much as I disliked her at the time, I cannot but help suspect that > under Margaret Thatcher we would not be putting up with the levels of > political correctness the current Labour government does. > They are a pathetic bunch of weak and gutless toadies. > > Regards > > Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP > Third Party Developer Program Senior Software Engineer > > * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: > One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, > and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no > obvious deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier > Sent: 19 September 2006 09:00 > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: RE: [OT] Why Britain is such a s**thole > > Very funny Dominic....but unfortunately oh so true! > > Dave Crozier > The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and to > lie about your age > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dominic Burford > Sent: 18 September 2006 15:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OT] Why Britain is such a s**thole > > REST OF THE WORLD VERSION: > > The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, > building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the > winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and > plays the summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. > > The shivering grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in > the cold. > > THE END > > > THE BRITISH VERSION: > > The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, > building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The > grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the > summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. > > A social worker finds the shivering grasshopper, calls a press > conference and demands to know why the squirrel should be allowed to > be warm and well fed while others less fortunate, like the > grasshopper, are cold and starving. The BBC shows up to provide live > coverage of the shivering grasshopper; with cuts to a video of the > squirrel in his comfortable warm home with a table laden with food. > > The British press inform people that they should be ashamed that in a > country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so > while others have plenty. The Labour Party, Greenpeace, Animal Rights > and The Grasshopper Council of GB demonstrate in front of the > squirrel's house. The BBC, interrupting a cultural festival special > from Notting Hill with breaking news, broadcasts a multi cultural > choir singing "We Shall Overcome". Ken Livingstone rants in an > interview with Trevor McDonald that the squirrel has got rich off the > backs of grasshoppers, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the > squirrel to make him pay his "fair share" and increases the charge for > squirrels to enter inner London. > > In response to pressure from the media, the Government drafts the > Economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti Discrimination Act, retroactive > to the beginning of the summer. The squirrel's taxes are reassessed. > He is taken to court and fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as > builders for the work he was doing on his home and an additional fine > for contempt when he told the court the grasshopper did not want to > work. > > The grasshopper is provided with a council house, financial aid to > furnish it and an account with a local taxi firm to ensure he can be > socially mobile. > > > The squirrels food is seized and re distributed to the more needy > members of society, in this case the grasshopper. > > Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly > imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start > building a new home. The local authority takes over his old home and > utilises it as a temporary home for asylum seeking cats who had > hijacked a plane to get to Britain as they had to share their country > of origin with mice. On arrival they have tried to blow up the airport > because of Britain's apparent love of dogs. > > The cats had been arrested for the international offence of hijacking > and attempt bombing but were immediately released because the police > fed them pilchards instead of salmon whilst in custody _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
