General Election 2015 Page 14

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 6:00 PM BST

Here is a question.

Which party leader rescued one parent from a car crash while the other one sadly died there?

And here's another.

Which party leader sadly experienced the suicide of a partner due to a drugs overdose from antidepressants for chronic fatigue syndrome?

Clue - neither had a son called Ivan.

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..........and so here are the envelopes.

Drum roll please Anthea.

Looks up briefly to build tension.

1. You - Nathalie and 2. ah, it's Leanne.

Didn't they do well in not saying one word about any of it.

Ladeez and gentlefolk, please, please........

......I think that deserves a very big round of applause.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 6:30 PM BST

Of course, I misunderstand.
I tend to misunderstand most, if not everything. (excepting newts, that is)

Just look how I misunderstand the Spaniards. Er, sorry, the Basques, Balearic Islanders, and what-not...

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Our podcast is going to be called Gussie and "Geschwindy". Are you on for it?

I will build a machine first which translates all spoken words into written ones.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 6:42 PM BST

Our podcast is going to be called Gussie and "Geschwindy". Are you on for it?

I will build a machine first which translates all spoken words into written ones.

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Geschwindy?
As in; a fast one? A tcherman fast one?

Not sure.
If I can do this much with the Spaniards (or the supposedly non-Spanish Spaniards, as it is), imagine what I might do with the Germans.
I might inadvertently provoke another war....

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 7:06 PM BST

Geschwindy?
As in; a fast one? A tcherman fast one?

Not sure.
If I can do this much with the Spaniards (or the supposedly non-Spanish Spaniards, as it is), imagine what I might do with the Germans.
I might inadvertently provoke another war....

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It's compulsive writing syndrome.

I told doctors that I have it but they don't accept it as I won't let them put electrodes on me.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 7:13 PM BST

It's compulsive writing syndrome.

I told doctors that I have it but they don't accept it as I won't let them put electrodes on me.

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Well, as conditions go 'compulsive writing syndrome' still sounds a great deal more credible to me than 'sex addiction'.
That to me still ranks among the all-time howlers of conditions one is supposed to be able to develop.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 7:21 PM BST

Well, as conditions go 'compulsive writing syndrome' still sounds a great deal more credible to me than 'sex addiction'.
That to me still ranks among the all-time howlers of conditions one is supposed to be able to develop.

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Yes and no. It depends on how people interpret stuff. Breakfast addiction? Driving your car addiction? Television viewing addiction? People say no, they don't exist, but tell them to stop and they would be crawling up and down the walls within a few days. What about politicians seeking votes etc addiction?

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 7:25 PM BST

Yes and no. It depends on how people interpret stuff. Breakfast addiction? Driving your car addiction? Television viewing addiction? People say no, they don't exist, but tell them to stop and they would be crawling up and down the walls within a few days. What about politicians seeking votes etc addiction?

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Well, being addicted to what Freud defined as 'the sexual imperative' seems a bit of a stretch.

But as for politicians; I don't think it's seeking votes to which they're addicted.

It's lying.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 7:34 PM BST

Well, being addicted to what Freud defined as 'the sexual imperative' seems a bit of a stretch.

But as for politicians; I don't think it's seeking votes to which they're addicted.

It's lying.

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What about all the major parties' policies on tackling so-called obesity then?

The eat something or you will wither away imperative?

I'm not disagreeing with what you say but they are seeing food as addiction.

It is, of course, principally a metaphor for two things:

1. The general public are much too comfortable. More austerity can be tolerated.

2. If they are plump, it's a great opportunity to bully and maintain political power.

I have said this to doctors but they won't let me put electrodes on Ed and Dave.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 7:39 PM BST

What about all the major parties' policies on tackling so-called obesity then?

The eat something or you will wither away imperative?

I'm not disagreeing with what you say but they are seeing food as addiction.

It is, of course, principally a metaphor for two things:

1. The general public are much too comfortable. More austerity can be tolerated.

2. If they are plump, it's a great opportunity to bully and maintain political power.

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Hmm, I'm not sure whether I see a macro-economic metaphor in everything, Horseradish.

But no, I don't believe one can be addicted to eating.
These 'addictions' to me seem part of the victim culture, which seems so prevalent these days.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 7:50 PM BST

Hmm, I'm not sure whether I see a macro-economic metaphor in everything, Horseradish.

But no, I don't believe one can be addicted to eating.
These 'addictions' to me seem part of the victim culture, which seems so prevalent these days.

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You need to separate those who would change their ways without financial support and those who wouldn't change their ways. Personally I haven't changed my behaviour one iota without being on benefits or an income so people are wrong about the carrot and the stick. Many would ignore them. The instinct isn't always necessarily survival. It can often be just eating lotuses in a fantasy world.

Short poem by Tennyson:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174631

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 7:57 PM BST

You need to separate those who would change their ways without financial support and those who wouldn't change their ways. Personally I haven't changed my behaviour one iota without being on benefits or an income so people are wrong about the carrot and the stick. Many would ignore them. The instinct isn't always necessarily survival. It can often be just eating lotuses in a fantasy world.

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Not sure where you're heading with this. Neither of us has hitherto mentioned carrot and stick or benefits.

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 8:34 PM BST

Not sure where you're heading with this. Neither of us has hitherto mentioned carrot and stick or benefits.

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Why does it have to be heading anywhere?

We're on a ramble. Enjoy the views.

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 8:40 PM BST

Why does it have to be heading anywhere?

We're on a ramble. Enjoy the views.

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That, my friend, was my way of inviting you to elaborate on your point.

You seemed to have skipped a page and jumped from obesity and trendy 'addictions' to carrot & stick and benefits, etc without their being an immediately apparent link.

Hence I smiled warmly, had another sip of tea and gestured for you to expand a little... Biscuit?

Quote: Gussie Fink Nottle @ 1st May 2015, 8:51 PM BST

That, my friend, was my way of inviting you to elaborate on your point.

You seemed to have skipped a page and jumped from obesity and trendy 'addictions' to carrot & stick and benefits, etc without their being an immediately apparent link.

Hence I smiled warmly, had another sip of tea and gestured for you to expand a little... Biscuit?

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Maybe a digestive.

Thanks very much, Goosie.

Did you make all of it yourself?

Quote: A Horseradish @ 1st May 2015, 8:53 PM BST

Maybe a digestive.

Thanks very much, Goosie.

Did you make all of it yourself?

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I will have you know I'm a good biscuit maker.
I even make moulded ones.

Currently available is a shortbread/currant number.
You know, in case a canvasser comes by and I want to distract him while I slip some arsenic into his tea....

The campaign is a massive cringe bus. I thought I was watching a re-run of Fifteen to One at one point... or waiting for phone a friend . I like Ballot Monkeys but The Thick Of It was original political satire at its best.