Election Day Quiz

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Bored with the Election?  Here are pictures of all the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom from 1782 to the present day. They are not in date or alphabetical order.  OK! So you can look them up in Wiki, but  can you match the faces to the names?

Thank you for participating – especially Papaguinea and Tocino. My apologies to those who could not load pictures.

BBQ Rules

Now this is a man’s BBQ!!!!

BBQ RULES :

We’ll be entering the BBQ season in a few months. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity. When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine…
(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill – beer in hand.
(4) The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.

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On This Day – 5th May 2005

I look at the BBC’s  ‘On This Day’ site most days.  Today, I found one of the headlines for the 5th of May 2005:

BLAIR SECURES HISTORIC TERM

The News for the the following day reported Blair’s speech, where he said that he would “focus relentlessly” on the public’s priorities.

He was reported as saying:

I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.

Britons …  do believe there are real problems in our immigration and asylum system and they expect us to sort them out and we will do so.

I want to make this a particular priority for this government – how we bring back a proper sense of respect in our schools, in our communities, in our towns, in our villages.

There would be a “radical programme” of legislation to deal with the priorities of education, health and law and order.

Well, he may have known what the electorate wanted…

Better Luck on Thursday!

Religion and the state

Islam and democracy
The practice—and the theory
Can rule by the people be reconciled with the sovereignty of Allah?

“TURKEY sets a fantastic example for nations around the world to see where it’s possible to have a democracy coexist with a great religion like Islam.” Those were George Bush’s words of welcome, this week, to Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul.

This was in 2008, but is this still valid?

Attitudes

If certain creatures do thy thoughts uphold,
As cant, and thy opinion label racist tripe.
Let not your quailing heart fail, but be bold.
Maintain thy right and cut deep through the hype.
To see the other’s viewpoint is a must,
But ‘others’ oft by bias chosen be,
Respect for all such others is but just.
Let mighty men, or others but decree
‘That is mere bigotry,’ on TV Sky,
The tree of tolerance is rashly felled,
And one poor women merely wonders ‘Why?’
A working woman’s viewpoint, fairly held,
Is slandered, slighted, ‘Not right-thinking she,’
Because the crone doth disagree with ME!

With humblest apologies to the great Bard,

Now have at that.