I will now share with you my recipe for perfect sprouts even for those who hate them. Boil sprouts for 5 minutes. Slice. Fry in olive oil with some bacon. Add more bacon to taste. Remove the sprouts. Enjoy.
Nice to see David Cameron issue some words about Christian values last week. I am all for phony proclamations of vague faith. Cameron for example is a vaguely practising Christian in the same way that he is vaguely practicing at being a good prime minister.
His treatment of the marginalised in society is a real throwback to the good old days. And we are a traditionally Christian country in that we are still organising groups of people to head over to the Middle East to fight wars.
Still, Dave knows if he wants someone independent to chair a commission or write a report on religion and politics then I am the man. I am sure I can find it within my soul to presume to speak on behalf of the entire brolly sector on the role of Christianity whether they agree with me or not.
It is at this time of year that we remember the real meaning of Christmas. Commercialism.
Speaking of which one thing I am disgusted about is the bloody email Xmas cards I keep getting, especially one from Lester Twobobsworth, chair of the Brolly Lottery Fund. These are a disgrace and an affront to the centuries old tradition of producing expensive yet cheap cards with tacky pictures and trite messages that waste millions of acres of forest while producing profits for the manufacturers and stamp sellers.
Using social media as a way of disseminating seasons greetings is appalling. And with that, can I wish all of my blog readers a Happy Christmas.
Sir Robin,
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. Your postings throughout 2011 have been a shining beacon of pomposity-bursting realism.
Please, please, please keep it up throughout 2012 - when the noisiest voice in the sector is a pompous weak-principled prick with such a poor appreciation of the real needs of the vulnerable in society it serves the sector well to have someone with the intelligence, spiced with your wit, to shine a light on his bullshit and self-serving rhetoric.
Yes, still a shame that the ACEVO board and their members, including my boss, take no responsibility for this!