It is often said that Guy Fawkes was the only man to ever enter Parliament with honest intentions…
But to mix the metaphors, this year more that most.
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Remember, remember the 5th of NovemberNovember 5th, 2016 |
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As I cough and splutter at the park tonight I will certainly remember the 5th of November.
Whether I remember the 6th of November remains to be seen.
Paul, make it your goal to live to see Brexit.
(Like many, I don;t think article 50 will keep you waiting that long, and then it’s just two more years.)
Trusting you have other reasons to hang around as well.
Milton Friedman predicted he would outlive the euro. He died sooner, but I’m hoping that an age he could reasonably have thought it possible to reach will see the death of at least that fiat currency.
He made it to 94. He’d be 104 now. Getting on…
If i may offer unrequested advice to Paul: I suspect that there is no problem, medical, neurological, or psychological, that a low carb diet cannot cure … in some people. Not in all people; but people with several problems will probably solve at least a few of them with a low carb diet.
As for Guy Fawkes, he belongs to the Golden Age of Catholic terrorism, together with Balthasar Gérard and François Ravaillac. (Just looked up their names on Wikipedia.)
It must also be said that in those times, Parliament acted as a check, not an enabler, of executive power.
As for the euro: i do not see the point of it dying, if it’s going to be substituted by another, actually several other fiat currencies. I still think that it can turn out to be good on the balance, especially if France were to be excluded from all economic decisions relevant to the eurozone. Maybe Marine will grant my wish.
The Remoaners are the ‘Papists’ of the present-day.
i.e. those who form a siren ‘intellectual’ bodyguard Leibstandarte Jean-Claude Junkers Ju-87
Fawkes, a man arguably born before his time and under-appreciated. We have need of such as him, now…
He was apparently a superb chemist and had discovered the ideal natural toothpaste – a mixture of powdered charcoal (mildly abrasive and absorbs dirt, for cleaner teeth), potassium nitrate (helps relieve the pain in sensitive teeth – I always have some on hand), and sulfur (generally useful as a mild antiseptic mouthwash, in suspension) – all mixed with a bit of water. Non-toxic. What could go wrong?
Well still alive.
But without real purpose. Or real employment.