JUST FOR A LAUGH

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Thanks to Brenda and Conan.

Late addition

Just had to add this.

As a publicity stunt, a bad one, Sunak “volunteered” in a soup kitchen for a short time. It’s so pathetic that it is worthy of Just for a Laugh.

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-12-24/sunak-branded-out-of-touch-after-he-asks-homeless-man-if-he-works-in-business

So, Sunak’s serving food and he asks one of the customers if he works in Business. The bloke replies that he’s homeless. He was really polite too. I’d have been inclined to ask the prime minister, how many businessmen he knew who had to come to a food bank to get something to eat at Christmas. “Yeah, I’m a senior manager with Lloyds, you dipstick!”

I suppose it’s a reflection of how badly Britbin is doing that he even considered it.

Sunak, presumably knowing he was being filmed told the man that it wasn’t only London where there were opportunities in finance… nope, all over the country, apparently.

Which country, I don’t know.

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59 thoughts on “JUST FOR A LAUGH”

      1. Well, all of them are the kind you wouldn’t want to leave too near anyone…

        For all his millions and his wife’s billions, you couldn’t trust him not to sell the dog.

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  2. The Scottish mum….that’s definitely me 🤣
    And the snowman picking his nose made me laugh
    Thank you Tris, hope you and all on here enjoyed yourselves yesterday.

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    1. LOL

      I loved the snowman one too.

      Munguin had a lovely day of luxury, good food and wine.

      Tris… well it was fine if you like drudgery 🙂
      But it’s OK. Tris isn;t a Christmas person.

      Still, the mice in the shed enjoyed their mince pies and Robbie had extra meal worms and Bertie had extra sultanas and they enjoyed bathing in their water bath.

      So all was good at the Towers!

      Did you have a Spanish Christmas or a Scottish one?

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      1. A quiet one. Five year old grandson was visiting his other grandparents this year and new 3 month old grandson’s passport still being processed.
        But with all the strikes linked to transport maybe just as well none of us were travelling

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  3. Some good ones but I didn’t get no 14.

    But love the Scottish mum and Grandpa candy.
    Anent a discussion on SS, Andimac has indeed previously drawn BIF snail wee snail after I issued a “challenge”.

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          1. LOL, Danny…

            And to think we thought at the time that it couldn’t get any worse!!!!

            Just shows you you should never underestimate politicians ability to outdo each other in uselessness.

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    2. The hunters have hats made of the animal’s fur, so the animal (is it a raccoon?) has a hat made of human head. Doesn’t seem an unreasonable arrangement to me.

      I remember that Anditoon, now you come to mention it.

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    3. Panda Paws…….I love Gary Larson’s “Far Side” cartoons.
      You’re clearly too young to have participated in the Walt Disney-inspired Davy Crockett craze which swept America (and according to Wiki, the UK) in the 1950’s. The story is that every child in America was wearing a manufactured (fake fur) Davy Crockett coonskin cap, complete with tail (but not the head in the mass produced version.)

      The one Fess Parker used in the Disney TV shows and film had the head of the coon attached, presumably more authentic to the actual Davy Crockett American frontier original.

      https://americanhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Fess%20parker%20cap%20b.jpg?itok=zxO6ofxf

      https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/saga-davy-crocketts-coonskin-cap

      Davy Crockett died with the Texans at the Alamo, fighting Santa Anna and the Mexican hordes.

      The song takes liberties. The Liberty Bell is still cracked.

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      1. “in the 1950’s”

        I didn’t participate in anything in the 50s on the grounds of not actually being born yet! I’m nowt but a bairn as AOY frequently demonstrates

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                    1. Derek……Ah yes, the stirring Liberty Bell March used for the Monty Python theme.
                      American patriots have gotten good use from the old cracked Pennsylvania State House bell, even if one use is a theme for a British television show. (After all the trouble of hiding it from the British army during the revolution.) 🙂

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    4. PP “I didn’t get No14” The hunters are wearing racoon hats, racoon goes for equality.

      Particularly liked, Frosty picking his nose and the warning of gravel sign

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  4. Just seen this one!

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      1. I doubt the royals will be pleased about this, but Channel Four doesn’t much give a toss what they think.

        Some people are criticising it saying that it trivialises the crimes that Airmiles committed…

        Can’t say till it’s been seen.

        I think it’s likely will will just ridicule old Porkie.

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  6. Reading his big brother is worried about the poor people.

    Maybe he’s worried that they will stop paying for his indulgences , multiple homes and his lavish coronation.

    Don’t see his henry V111 vision of religion being helpful to the poor folks that need shelter.

    His only problem seems to be leaky pens.

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    1. I understand he made a donation to food banks.

      Given that from the moment he was born, as well as having most of what he wanted or needed provided by the state, he has had a private income of £20 million a year (or the equivalent), and that that money had been accumulating for him before he was born, I doubt very much that that will make a huge difference in his life.

      Unlike the ordinary people I saw putting a few tins in the foodbank collection in Tesco.

      It’s high time that they were left to pay for all of this out of the money that they get as a matter of course from the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.

      But leaking pens are such a pain.

      Maybe he cold try a Bic?

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      1. Book to read, ‘Living off the state, a critical guide to royal finance’, by Jon Temple, Progress books, 2008. My copy is a bit dog-eared, I need to read it again though. The ‘Royal’s’ are rich, very very rich. It’s not through hard slog of waving, appearing on front of fancy expensive mags, and making Xmas speeches to the plebs either, some of the cash so not so squeaky clean, some dodgy.

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        1. The British monarchy is a lavishly funded institution, the details of which are nevertheless often poorly understood by the very taxpayers who provide its funding. Officially quoted costs fall far short of the reality, and thanks to the secretive British system, accountability and popular understanding of the details fall far short of what is desirable. The real cost of this grandiose institution is at the very least five times the popularly quoted figure. For a nation with a struggling economy, such excessive funding is increasingly difficult to justify and inappropriate for a middle-ranking European nation. This book examines in detail not merely the current situation but also the historical background to what many find to be a complex and arcane system. However, it does so, in a manner which is both accessible and informative, whilst also being entertaining and at times even humorous.

          The new Sovereign Grant system that funds the day-to-day operation of the British monarchy which came into force in 2013 is explained, as is the process which preceded it. The official incomes paid to the monarch and heir to the throne, via the respective Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, are examined in detail, throwing light upon, and enabling an understanding of, what is, for many, a mysterious and little understood area. Currently, the Duchies provide the monarch and heir with official incomes totaling in excess of approximately £34 million per year. Parliamentary Select Committee hearings examining the two Duchies are covered, themselves attempting to improve accountability of these semi-feudal bodies which have, and still do, seek to avoid the levels of accountability which are desirable in a modern democracy.

          The somewhat secretive system which allocates official residences for members of the royal family, ultimately at great public expense is explored, as is the management and administration of the Royal Collection, the vast repository of fine arts and treasures, few of which are actually made available to public view, despite them being held for this very purpose. Involvement of members of the royal family in the sometimes contentious area of charitable activities is examined, as is their increasingly frequent forays into the commercial sector, which may give rise to increasing concerns and potential conflicts of interest. Members of the royal family, despite such activities, are exempt from the normal requirements of disclosure which apply to others in the public and political world. Not only this, but the Royal Household is exempt from the provisions of freedom of information legislation which apply to others in the public domain, making accountability difficult. Such lack of transparency applies to many aspects of the process of the public funding of the British monarchy, meaning that for many people – and even many politicians – the entire process is widely misunderstood and hence the Windsor family escapes the full level of scrutiny, relying on a cultural heritage of widespread deference, which has enabled it to accumulate very considerable wealth over many generations. Exemption from inheritance tax, and in the past, other taxes as well, has facilitated a degree of financial privilege unavailable to others. The monarchy is currently in receipt of over £200 million of public money, some five times the officially quoted figure (some estimates are even higher, in this secretive world), and able to impose further costs on the wider economy through the exercise of its considerable cultural leverage and influence, which the author estimates could even run into billions of pounds. As questions now arise as to the future configuration of the United Kingdom itself, with the possibility of Scottish independence, the future of this grandiose and lavishly funded institution may now be in doubt. Were this to happen, might Britain become a republic? Were it to do so, what form might be desirable, and how much would it cost?

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          1. Monarchy, further reason to hold on to Scotland, to stop us going republic.
            Sounds like an interesting book, to read and have for reference.

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            1. There’s another one I read a while ago by ex-minister Norman Baker (Liberal) “And what do you do?”

              Very enlightening about what a shower of utter whatsits they are.

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          2. Not to mention the Crown Estate, and land they take for themselves. Andy Pandy was sent to a castle mansion thing in D and G in Scotland was he not, when his mother didn’t want him being exposed to anymore media attention. They have taken loads of land in Scotland, Scotland needs to take it back.

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  8. Some great pics and toons there thanks Tris, laughs always are welcome. My favourite has to be the ‘Bird watchers guide’ lol and ‘loose gravel’, brilliant.
    We watched ‘The Muppets Christmas Carol’ last night, I thought my son wouldn’t be keen but we really liked it. Found in a charity shop last minute buy, and it’s very good indeed. Ticks all the boxes of entertainment and slagging off the greedy rich, and is very well made. I did keep thinking, Tory, ah, that’s just like the Tories, and one of the characters nearer the end, (not sure the actors name) looks like Sunak! M.Caine plays Scrooge very well, watch if you can find it, well worth it imo.

    The grumpy cat reminds me slightly of our cat’s best pal, Stevi, though he is or rather was a most beautiful but timid wee soul. He has gone, and because he lives opposite us in the next street and they met in the drying greens, (not street cats) we don’t know what’s happened to him, or which flat he lives in, but I fear ours is grieving. Stevi has not been seen by us at the window for snacks, and cat lady next door hasn’t seen him either since before the cold snap. I have to do some enquiries, but it’s heartbreaking, they were such good friends. Maybe he will show up, I hope so, there’s no explaining to a cat why their pal is no longer around.

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    1. Oh that must be heartbreaking for your cat.

      No idea why his best mate doesn’t come to meet him any more.

      Any you can’t explain…

      The Muppet thing sounds good. Even if it has that dreadful Tory bloke, Caine, in it.

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