My paper this morning gave me not one, but several good laughs.
First there was a picture of Her Majesty the Queen getting – “almost unnoticed” it said – on the train at King’s Cross to go to Sandringham.
Unnoticed by whom I wondered? By the photographers who had sod-all to do yesterday, so thought, “Tell you what, guys, we’ve got nothing much on, so let’s just go down to King’s Cross Station round about 11.30 just in case something interesting happens.”
God, the media make you puke, don’t they?
But they’re just taking us all for idiots; a revealing contrast with the Copenhagen antics of The Obscene Toad who yesterday gaily gave away £6 billion of your money and mine to poorer countries so they can fight global warming and he can feel good.
What a financial wizard the man is! Here we are, the worst placed of all advanced economies because of him, pissing away money hand over fist, printing banknotes, in danger of losing our AAA credit rating … and what could be more sensible than to throw another few billion in the direction of countries run by people whose main skill is stealing money from stupid Western Aid donors?
That’s enough rubbish for today, folks, before I throw up.
Curiously Gilts have made the necessary recovery.
As for 'printing banknotes': errh…hmmh…kind of worked, to deliver stability.
Please read The Economist, before you chance your arm on Monetary Policy.
Kind Regards
Shannon O'Hara
Dear Drayton
Please keep pontificating on all subjects. Your wit and experience qualify you.
It's far to early to tell whether or not the Keynesians and Friedmansians deserve credit for “recovering” us from the mess they created.
Dear DaveC,
'Keynesians and Friedmansians'
We're somewhat beyond that in these days.
The Domestic and the Global Economy has been re-created beyond their ideas.
Kind Regards
Shannon O'Hara
Hey Dray – who is this Ohara guy? He seems to fancy himself as your resident economist. Seems to me your PG Wodehouse had a colorful term for him: ‘a pompous ass’. Over here we’ve a more direct term: an ‘asshole!'
‘O’Hara please!
I’ve always preferred the term ‘arsehole’ – so much more biting, redolent with meaning and euphonious.
I'm sure Plum would have preferred it, if he'd ever considered writing for the merely vulgar.’
Kind regards
Shannon ohara
Quite right, Al. Shannon O'Hara or ohara as his latest spelling goes is indeed a smug, self-important, malicious and offensive little arsehole. When he worked for me many years ago he performed his duties entirely to his own satisfaction but nobody else's. We should have fired him earlier. He is a sad case, really; he confuses knowledge with intelligence.
Oh Dear!
Not Malicious am I!
I simply puncture the vainglorious and the ill-informed, from time-to-time, on blogs like this.
Curious, how, over the years at THBW, the various 'firing' moments passed me by.
“confuses knowledge with intelligence” – not good for someone who eschews clichés.
“entirely to his own satisfaction but nobody else's” – quote from Scott, I suspect.
Kind Regards
Shannon O'Hara
Oh Dear!
Not Malicious am I!
I simply puncture the vainglorious and the ill-informed, from time-to-time, on blogs like this.
Curious, how, over the years at THBW, the various 'firing' moments passed me by.
“confuses knowledge with intelligence” – not good for someone who eschews clichés.
“entirely to his own satisfaction but nobody else's” – quote from Scott, I suspect.
Kind Regards
Shannon O'Hara
We also had a phone call from this company (Paul Davenport) in October, stitnag they had sold our timeshare ( as we had been on line looking to sell), and needed a security of a31800 to be taken from our credit card, and upon completion ( when the deeds were collected from us) it would be refunded, they sent us a contract to sign for the sale. As we did not hear from them we contacted them in December to find out when the deal would be closed. Surprise surprise they advised us that the purchaser had pulled out, and a company under their umbrella would be contacting us today re this sale. To sum up we have a amount outstanding of a31800 which they will now hold until our timeshare is sold, which could be anything from 1 month to 12 months. Any advice please.