Quote of the day 14th April 2015

Today's quote of the day comes from a facebook post by Michael Fabricant (Conservative candidate for Lichfield and Burntwood – who has previously represented the seat since 1992).

Michael revealed on Friday that he is suffering from cancer: he told followers on Twitter: “I was diagnosed with skin cancer this morning (melanoma and basal cell carcinoma) at Queen’s Hospital Burton – probably caught in time."

I join his political rivals and supporters in wishing him well.

It hasn't affected his sense of humour as indicated by the following joke:

"A man was walking along a beach when he saw a half buried object. He picked it up and dusted the sand off to see a lamp. As he cleaned more sand away, a genie emerged.

"You have rescued me from imprisonment in the lamp," he said, "So I will grant you one wish."

The man thought, and said "I want to live forever!"

"Sorry," said the Genie "I am not allowed to grant eternal life. You can wish for almost anything else."

"OK" said the man "I don't want to die before a Labour government clears the deficit and pays back the national debt."

"You crafty ******!" exclaimed the Genie.

Comments

Jim said…
Like it.

though no governemt will ever pay back the national debt, its not possible, there are more pounds in national debt than there are pounds in existence to pay it back with.


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