Nice to see that there's going to be a "CrackDown" on a certain type of abuse (not drug-induced).
Until you read on and discover that this will consist of merely "investigating the cost" of the abuse. A hint of the official outcome of the investigation is even disclosed by a Government Minister, who says that "it is not acceptable".
In other words, all Down & no Crack!
As usual, here in Somerset we know the outcome of the investigation before it even starts. The answer, of course, is £200,000,000.
And the miserable yokels are still crying into their cider down at the Dog & Duck. Knowing that we will be able to say "we told you so" is no comfort at all.
Wednesday 26 August 2009
Thursday 6 August 2009
SomerBlogging on ...
... despite Alan's precipitate departure following the change of little government?
We had kind of expected things to settle down a bit. You know? But then someone showed us this new blog.
It's one of the "Political" ones, and we would not normally want to comment, but the peculiar thing is that the Party has changed (all the previous ones were to do with the ancien régime and we suspected that some or all were fakes ...).
The other peculiar thing is that we have read through it several times and cannot figure out if it is genuine or a hoax!
As you may recall, we are always alert to the possibility of fakes ....
Any enlightenment would be welcome. On this, or indeed, any other matter!
We had kind of expected things to settle down a bit. You know? But then someone showed us this new blog.
It's one of the "Political" ones, and we would not normally want to comment, but the peculiar thing is that the Party has changed (all the previous ones were to do with the ancien régime and we suspected that some or all were fakes ...).
The other peculiar thing is that we have read through it several times and cannot figure out if it is genuine or a hoax!
As you may recall, we are always alert to the possibility of fakes ....
Any enlightenment would be welcome. On this, or indeed, any other matter!
Friday 31 July 2009
Friday the 31st
So an observation from the regulars would seem appropriate, and it goes like this:
Victims of bullying are like spilt milk - not worth crying over. As we have said all along.
All the Forces of Excellence have to do is apply a bit of heat, either with a blowtorch or a P45, and the stuff evaporates leaving nothing but a stain and a bad smell.
Then if they can string things out for long enough, even that disappears!
Victims of bullying are like spilt milk - not worth crying over. As we have said all along.
All the Forces of Excellence have to do is apply a bit of heat, either with a blowtorch or a P45, and the stuff evaporates leaving nothing but a stain and a bad smell.
Then if they can string things out for long enough, even that disappears!
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Who Pays Wins! ...
... is the motto of the"Special Excellence Service", or SES as some would have it.
Down at the D&D we reckon that this is in fact a load of bollox, as WE were the ones who paid for it all, and we most definitely did not win!
Anyway, for anyone who wants to see what the legal system does when someone without representation goes up against someone with unrestricted access to our wallets ... click here.
(WARNING! Link should not be attempted by miners or people suffering from high blood pressure, or indeed anyone who would rather that their illusions remain intact. Ed.)
Down at the D&D we reckon that this is in fact a load of bollox, as WE were the ones who paid for it all, and we most definitely did not win!
Anyway, for anyone who wants to see what the legal system does when someone without representation goes up against someone with unrestricted access to our wallets ... click here.
(WARNING! Link should not be attempted by miners or people suffering from high blood pressure, or indeed anyone who would rather that their illusions remain intact. Ed.)
Friday 17 July 2009
Somerset's Lottery
Like our legal system, SAP in Somerset is something of a lottery. And it seems you don’t even need to buy a ticket!
A couple of winners were celebrating in the D&D last night, buying drinks all round, after finally being paid.
OK, so they had to wait 4 months, but to compensate them, SAP paid twice. Apparently this made up for all the extra administrative charges and interest they had incurred in the struggle to get paid at all.
Halfway through the evening, another yokel rolled in with an even broader grin on his face. He had also been paid, and, wait for it, hadn’t even sent in an invoice! Drinks all round once again.
Now if I tell you that all this merriment and drunken revelry was taking place at the North end of the bar … then perhaps you can guess what happened next?
Because down at the South end, sullen losers whose payments are four months overdue were still drowning their SAP sorrows, and hearing that someone had won the SAP Lottery without even buying a ticket, their mood turned even uglier than usual.
According to Daffer, the ensuing fracas, and the landlord's panic stricken 999 call to the Police ("no-one in the area, sorry", needless to say), were instrumental in helping Jonesy to finally admit that the game was up.
So he's given a paltry 2 weeks notice, and after this month's payday will leave us a memorable legacy:
Chaos;
Confusionism;
Jonesian Mathematics (aka x+y=200 million);
Discredited Local Democracy; and
The SAP about to hit the fan!
It's hard to believe they're all being so polite about it. Consensus down at the D&D is
A couple of winners were celebrating in the D&D last night, buying drinks all round, after finally being paid.
OK, so they had to wait 4 months, but to compensate them, SAP paid twice. Apparently this made up for all the extra administrative charges and interest they had incurred in the struggle to get paid at all.
Halfway through the evening, another yokel rolled in with an even broader grin on his face. He had also been paid, and, wait for it, hadn’t even sent in an invoice! Drinks all round once again.
Now if I tell you that all this merriment and drunken revelry was taking place at the North end of the bar … then perhaps you can guess what happened next?
Because down at the South end, sullen losers whose payments are four months overdue were still drowning their SAP sorrows, and hearing that someone had won the SAP Lottery without even buying a ticket, their mood turned even uglier than usual.
According to Daffer, the ensuing fracas, and the landlord's panic stricken 999 call to the Police ("no-one in the area, sorry", needless to say), were instrumental in helping Jonesy to finally admit that the game was up.
So he's given a paltry 2 weeks notice, and after this month's payday will leave us a memorable legacy:
Chaos;
Confusionism;
Jonesian Mathematics (aka x+y=200 million);
Discredited Local Democracy; and
The SAP about to hit the fan!
It's hard to believe they're all being so polite about it. Consensus down at the D&D is
Good Riddance!
:-)
We also think it would be nice if he could take some of his noodly appendages with him. Or is that just being greedy?
Thursday 16 July 2009
A lesson for us all ...
... as Paul Buchanan is convicted of Organisational Terrorism in Taunton's first ever Show Trial, and confirming the validity of the Dog & Duck Code of Conduct for Somerset County Councillors!
Presumably this puts any of the new members who may have been considering asking questions "on notice".
It also confirms that it really wasn't worth getting out of bed for last month's elections.
Don't want to be smug or anything ... but we were right all along!
Presumably this puts any of the new members who may have been considering asking questions "on notice".
It also confirms that it really wasn't worth getting out of bed for last month's elections.
Don't want to be smug or anything ... but we were right all along!
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Flushed with Exc**ment?
Now is this really a £4 million headline?
Somerset taxpayers (all 190,000 of us) pay £20 each a year for Council spin, and we really do deserve better.
Even Alan (the 21st Century's answer to Judge Jeffreys?) wrote a better article on famous Taunton Toilets.
Perhaps the inspiration came while he was trawling? That might explain where the evidence of willingness came from!
Somerset taxpayers (all 190,000 of us) pay £20 each a year for Council spin, and we really do deserve better.
Even Alan (the 21st Century's answer to Judge Jeffreys?) wrote a better article on famous Taunton Toilets.
Perhaps the inspiration came while he was trawling? That might explain where the evidence of willingness came from!
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