Hi Everyone
Remember that Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust"? Well, it happens again this week when another of our political leaders, this time the leader of the Scottish National Party resigned after eight years in power. One commentator suggested that all political careers end in failure. So what did he mean by failure? In this case, presumably, it was the fact that she had not persuaded enough Scottish people to follow her dream of making Scotland an independent country. The day after she resigned all her critics came out from under their stones, even those in her own party, to suggest that she was not really what they wanted or that she was not as competent as she was portrayed. I have never had any aspirations whatsoever to be a politicion but the reality is at work or even as a member of a voluntary organisation, we are all involved with politics with a small P. Then if you look at how history has judged the careers of Boris, Donald, Mrs. Trustworthy, Thatcher, Bush, Blair and many others perhaps the commentator had a point, or maybe not, as although they may have failed to realise their own dreams or to make the world a better place, they all ride off into the sunset writing their memoirs or charging ridiculous sums of money to tell those foolish enough to listen that they were right all along.
This week the US air force have been busy shooting down objects over various parts of the country. They have been described as being the size of a small car with what looked like string flowing from them. It seems that the jets shooting them down did not get too close, just in case, so they would not have noticed that it was Chung and Mai in their economy Chinese car out on their weekly sightseeing drive having turned left instead of right in the middle of Shanghai confused by the daily smog. Now, sadly their kids with not have the opportunity of buying them a Satnav next Christmas to make sure they reach their destination safely. As well as not being able to identify the object correctly, the string was, of course, the noodles in their number 43 that Mai spilled when she was startled by the noise of their car going through the sound barrier. Now it has caused a major diplomatic row with questions being asked if a number 43 really does contain noodles.
If you read last week's Rubbish you will know about the Meir Watch social network when someone asked how life for people living in the area could be improved. One suggestion was that a cinema would a good amenity which I dismissed as a poor idea in this age of "streaming" and "catch up". Then I remembered the lovely Broadway Art Deco cinema build in 1932 that offered a night of escapism from the difficult real world at that time. Even better was that the cinema almost uniquely had double seats at the back of the stalls and on the balcony above. Now these seats offered a different kind of escapism as it's occupants rarely saw any of the films as they were otherwise engaged unless Mr Cooper shone his torch on you of course. That led me to think that a new cinema with all double seats would be a great idea especially as Mr Cooper has long ago taken his torch to higher places.
Just a thought :
Why do the Scottish Bagpipers walk while they play? To get away from the noise.
What do you do if the lights in a Chinese restaurant are too bright. You dim sum.
My friend went to the cinema and was buying popcorn, drinks and sweets for his family when he realised that he only had a £50 note. The assistant said "Thats OK, just put the sweets back".
Brian