Is that the ‘rundown Cornish village’ that has a small cottage for sale at under £1m ?On a recent visit to a rundown Cornish village hall Boris Johnson asked the locals what were their biggest concerns.
An elderly lady replied: 'Two things spring to mind, firstly, since our village GP retired it takes us three hours and two buses to get to the doctors...'
Boris interrupted: 'Well let me stop you right there and see what I can do for you'. He pulled his phone out his pocket and after a couple of minutes of chat said, 'Hurrah! A new GP will be sent to your village by the end of the week. What is the other issue?'
The old lady replied, 'The other thing is there is no mobile phone signal on any network within a mile of the village.'
Dave
My exchange with the barista in the BBC’s studios canteen at their Salford Quays studios this morning -
Me. A skinny latte, please
Barista. We don’t accept that fat shaming term
Me. OK, I’ll have a flat white then
Barista. We don’t accept overtones of white privilege
Me. Creamy ?
Barista. What ? Are you trying to get me to marginalise the fair skinned ?
Me. A mocha ?
Barista. That would offend the brown minorities
Me. You win, I’ll have black coffee
Barista. THAT’S IT ! I’m calling security !
Maybe bring this up to date byA taxi driver has to pick up an American from Heathrow. and drive him north.
As they drive around the M25 the American says, “So that’s London, huh?’
”Yes”, says the driver.
The American says, “Back in the states we’d build a city like that in a month.”
Later in the journey the pass through Newcastle.
“What’s this place called?", says the American.
”That”s Newcastle.”
”Well back in the states, we’d build a city like that in a week.”
Later while driving through Edinburgh. the same question is asked - “And what’s this place called?”
The driver pauses and says, "I've no idea, it wasn't here this morning."
Dave