I repeat:
In case you didn’t quite catch that…
No comebacks, Phil. They’re not dignified.
See also:
Cue the Hallelujah Chorus…
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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Taxing our minds
I’m sorry, Beeb, you’ll have to give us more to go on that that. Which particular tax are you talking about?
Trouble brewing
BBC: Nuclear threat sparked tea worry
The threat of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s caused concern over the supply of tea, top-secret documents which have now been released reveal.
Government officials planning food supplies said the tea situation would be “very serious” after a nuclear war.
Those were the days: a UK government actually getting its priorities right. Tea had got us through two world wars, and we were going to need reliable supplies to make it through a third.
Of course, it all started going downhill in 1938 with the invention of Nescafé. Now, we’ve turned into a nation of hyperactive, migrane-ridden instant coffee swillers. It was all part of a sinister American plot to destroy our empire.
More tea? Don’t mind if I do!
What it takes
BBC: Ofsted ‘can deter would-be heads’
Ofsted inspection pressures deter talented teachers from taking on the top jobs in schools, research suggests.
A National Association of Head Teachers survey of 500 members found 86% thought the impact of Ofsted meant potential head teachers were put off applying.
Yeah, and I could have been a great ballerina, if only I’d been prepared to lose a few pounds and go through the sex-change.
Stop bloody whinging. Dealing with Ofsted inspections is part of the job of being a head teacher. You can’t pick and choose which aspects of the role you want to fulfil. Managing a school requires an entirely different set of skills to overseeing a class of kids. If you don’t think you’ve got what it takes, don’t apply for the bloody job.
Simple as that.
Dick-wit in town
BBC: Johnson wins London mayoral race
Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London – ending Ken Livingstone’s eight-year reign at City Hall.
Dick-wit in town… Geddit?
Suit yourselves.
(I should be a headline writer for the Sun, you know.)
Queen Bitch
David Bowie: one of those musicians I always respected as a genuine talent, without actually being a fan. For years now, Jen has been trying to convince me that, in his heyday, the Brixton Bard was a genius. With evidence like this, who am I to argue?