Warmish, wettish and windyish at the Castle this morn, the
study is devoid of dead do-dahs and I am getting ready to take his Maj to the
Vets to have his crown jewels excised.
He hasn’t had anything to eat since 8 of the pm yesterdark thing
and is now trying to devour my feet.
Not going to be a good day.
Has ordered his sideboard ministers to come up with more
"go-for-growth" policies yesterday as new figures showed that the
economy grew by just 0.5 per cent in the three months to September, U-Turn Cam told
ministers to "roll their sleeves up" and focus on implementing its
growth strategy.
Although the Prime
Minister insisted there was "unity of purpose" in the Cabinet on the
Government's fiscal strategy, his spokesman said his words reflected fears about
the "obstacles" to pro-growth measures such as planning rules and
clearing legal hurdles before major building projects could go ahead.
In the Commons, son of a B...aronet (and alien reptile in
disguise) George Osborne rebuffed calls for a U-turn as he clashed with Ed
Balls, the shadow Chancellor, who asked: "How much longer will the country
have to wait before the Chancellor decides to listen?" Accusing Mr Osborne
of complacency, he said the UK recovery was "choked off" by the
Government's austerity package, not the crisis in the eurozone.
For once I agree with starey eyes Balls.
Apparently
a new £50 note will enter circulation today, featuring images of Matthew
Boulton and James Watt, leading figures of the Industrial Revolution. But the
biggest change comes in the form of new security measures introduced by the
Bank of England to deter counterfeiters.
One of these features, called Motion Thread, includes
semi-translucent windows woven into the note that show the £ symbol and the
number 50 when held up to the light.
"When a note is tilted from side to side, the images
move up and down. And when the note is tilted up and down, the images move from
side to side and the number 50 and £ symbol switch.
There are around 2.8 billion bank notes in circulation in
the UK, including £9.9 billion in £50 denominations.
Most of which are in the Piss Poor Policies Millionaires Cub
Coalitions’ wallets....
A butcher shop
employee in the German town of Braunschweig inadvertently handed a customer a
bag containing more than 2,000 Euros ($2,835) in cold cash rather than the cold
cuts she usually gets.
The 79-year-old
pensioner paid five Euros for her package of cold cuts and veal steaks. She
said she was surprised to find more than she bargained for when she opened the
package at home.
“I was completely
flabbergasted,” the pensioner told Bild newspaper. She called the butcher shop
but it had already closed. So she called the police, who later returned it.
The owner of the
butcher shop had packed the day’s take in a paper bag and placed it, as he
usually does, next to the cash register. The employee mistook it for the
customer’s cold cuts and unwittingly handed her the package.
The honest
pensioner got a 100 euro reward from the butcher — and a free basket of
sausages.
20 bags of cold cuts in the pipeline then...
Corduroy fans in
New York are anxiously awaiting November 11 - when they hope to welcome their
'messiah'.
The city's Corduroy
Appreciation Club is seeking a child who turns 11 on 11/11/11 - the date it
says resembles the ribs of its favourite textile.
"That child is
the messiah of corduroy," Miles Rohan, founder of the club, told the New
York Daily News. "We liken it to finding the Dalai Lama."
The New York-based
club said it had already been contacted by twins from Wisconsin who will turn
11 on November 11.
But they are
looking for a locally based child to attend their "grandest meeting"
in Manhattan on that date.
The child will be
installed on a throne and treated like textile royalty after being carried into
the meeting.
Members who attend
the meeting will also be required to wear three items of clothing made of
corduroy, instead of the regular two.
Is that child abuse?
A Swedish branch of a Scandinavian lingerie chain has come under fire
from some employees for having them wear tags displaying their bust
circumference and bra cup size.
The
question is whether they're displaying the information willingly and now the
Commercial Employees' Union says it may sue the chain Change over the policy, The
Local Sweden reports.
A former employee claimed the tags were mandatory when she
started work there and "you receive a document which states that 'name tag
with size is always worn' so to me that doesn't reflect that it was voluntary.
It isn't great when you're out on the town and people greet you with your name
and cup size".
One anonymous employee earlier told union paper Handelsnytt.
"We have dirty old men coming into the shop looking at
my cup size. Why should everyone get to know that?
I’m not that old......
That’s it: I’m orf to try
out a tractor beam
And today’s thought: I was always taught to respect my
elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.
Angus
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Good Mechanics are all of one mind,
That a Ball-race is rightly defined;
As the miserable plight,
Of a Tom-cat in flight,
From a Vet, ten paces behind !
Sadly his Maj lost that pursuit Bernard the nut turner:)
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