tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post6752873115476041357..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IN FAIRNESS, IT'S A START...Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-4756010923940581792010-11-14T21:25:57.982+00:002010-11-14T21:25:57.982+00:00Ewwww John boy, I hope my mum's not reading th...Ewwww John boy, I hope my mum's not reading this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-75511746515019410342010-11-14T20:48:00.564+00:002010-11-14T20:48:00.564+00:00tris,
Oh! knickers.tris,<br /><br />Oh! knickers.brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690872114535168567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-89842293924228658162010-11-14T20:14:39.046+00:002010-11-14T20:14:39.046+00:00Well, I dunno about that, CH. Maybe Brownlie is th...Well, I dunno about that, CH. Maybe Brownlie is the one who can best decribe her deficiencies...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-38528193141937591482010-11-14T20:13:46.261+00:002010-11-14T20:13:46.261+00:00We're there Danny :¬)We're there Danny :¬)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-44107316433079140572010-11-14T19:55:31.679+00:002010-11-14T19:55:31.679+00:00"She didn't even know the difference betw..."She didn't even know the difference between debt and deficit ;)"<br /><br />You mean we're 'In debt because of her deficiencies'.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-80517275947457266142010-11-14T19:55:31.303+00:002010-11-14T19:55:31.303+00:00Tris...and Tahoe has the advantage of being situat...Tris...and Tahoe has the advantage of being situated in beautiful surroundings too. The Mojave Desert around Vegas is interesting and pretty in its way, but the Tahoe casinos are along the Nevada shore of the mountain lake in the eastern high Sierras. Beautiful cool green mountain country.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-18739996983948812262010-11-14T19:29:56.152+00:002010-11-14T19:29:56.152+00:00In that case Danny, we shall have Cornbread a plen...In that case Danny, we shall have Cornbread a plenty when I win the lottry and make that trip. It's a promise mate!<br /><br />Tahoe sounds fun, at least for a little while. It's sophisticated Las Vegas, I've heard.<br /><br />I should think you're right with 'schloss'. German is not my forté!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-49355287160363713112010-11-14T19:06:24.101+00:002010-11-14T19:06:24.101+00:00Yes Tris, and on that trip into the high Sierras w...Yes Tris, and on that trip into the high Sierras we'll spend some time in the posh casinos at Lake Tahoe on the Nevada side of the state line too.<br /><br />As for "schloss"....Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Truth is, I didn't have a clue what "shloss" OR "schloss" meant and had to look it up in Wikipedia. Then I copied the word for my post from Wiki, not realizing that it was different from your spelling. So no red face on your part is appropriate....LOL. <br /><br />No, I didn't talk back to teachers like that....LOL. Cornbread BTW is a bread-like food made from corn meal instead of flour. It's usually baked in a deep iron skillet and then cut in squares for serving. It's WONDERFUL!Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27801954514773127092010-11-14T18:48:47.071+00:002010-11-14T18:48:47.071+00:00LOL Danny...
No I don't know what cornbread i...LOL Danny...<br /><br />No I don't know what cornbread is... but I get the joke anyway!!<br /><br />It wasn't you, was it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-26861811972041930742010-11-14T18:47:10.473+00:002010-11-14T18:47:10.473+00:00Ooops, I see I've been misspelling it Danny (r...Ooops, I see I've been misspelling it Danny (red faces all round). I thought it looked odd!<br /><br />One day, maybe, I'll make a trip to the Sierra Nevada! I'll pick you up en route! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-15845679792970672932010-11-14T18:35:25.175+00:002010-11-14T18:35:25.175+00:00PS Tris...as for "pi R squared". There i...PS Tris...as for "pi R squared". There is an old joke about a boy whose teacher told him pi R squared. He replied, "NO teacher, pie are round....cornbread are square!"<br /><br />Not sure if this works in Scotland actually. Maybe you don't eat cornbread, or cut it in squares for serving. But that's a staple in the corn growing American midwest.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-39579910157020081552010-11-14T18:29:14.734+00:002010-11-14T18:29:14.734+00:00LOL @ Tris....Ah NOW I know why it's called a ...LOL @ Tris....Ah NOW I know why it's called a schloss. Very good. :) Indeed yes, there are some beautiful mountains in the western states. As you will recall, my avatar is the view of the eastern front of the Grand Teton Range in western Wyoming. I recently bought a new computer with Windows 7 which has pre-installed wallpaper pictures. One of them is a beautiful view of the Tetons from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. (The high Sierra Nevada range on the Nevada-California border is also rugged and beautiful.) No doubt some rich guys have some nice "schlosses" there too.....LOL.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-88952462375859784042010-11-14T18:09:31.783+00:002010-11-14T18:09:31.783+00:00Ben... You must be careful not to insult the fragr...Ben... You must be careful not to insult the fragrant Cathie in front of Brownlie!<br /><br />They have a special relationship. (Don't read that Mum!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-3384302369396932382010-11-14T18:07:56.137+00:002010-11-14T18:07:56.137+00:00I can just see the fat lard living up there with t...I can just see the fat lard living up there with the princely family. After all is a shloss... and the dear old fellow has rather a reputation for being sloshed....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-34538101258957006562010-11-14T18:04:48.195+00:002010-11-14T18:04:48.195+00:00Ah Danny, I see you've worked out the secret c...Ah Danny, I see you've worked out the secret cunning plan of the second lord of the treasury to balance the books and take even more money from the drinking classes.<br /><br />How smart you are to have worked that out.<br /><br />As for mountains, yes, the Alps are fantastic. When I was at the university in Grenoble, we had a flat looking out into the Alps, the French ones of course, but they were beautiful none the less. <br /><br />The thunder and lightning storms were one of the most spectacular things I've ever seen.<br /><br />But I'm sure the Rockies must be at least as spectacular. I'd love to see Oregon and Idaho, Montana, Wyoming...<br /><br />In Scotland the finance dude is called finance secretary, so it's only in London they give themselves posh titles. It covers a bit for the complete and utter mess they make of everything.<br /><br />PS... you never cease to amaze me with your fund of knowledge. I would always have said that the tall glass was higher than it is round... despite once having known (and then forgotten) about Pi D adn Pi r squared!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-53901919415611614332010-11-14T17:55:35.325+00:002010-11-14T17:55:35.325+00:00Hum... we'll see Ben.
I just wonder how we ar...Hum... we'll see Ben.<br /><br />I just wonder how we are going to live with all these people out of work and utterly broke, and not enough housing benefit to pay their rents; people desperate to sell their houses so the prices crash.. <br /><br />All of them chasing the few jobs, and no one wanting to employ them because they have been in the public sector.<br /><br />But never mind, Dave's Big Society must be a success. I guess we'll all be taking the beggers off the streets and letting them have our back rooms...<br /><br />The future doesn't look rosie for anyone, excpet the VERY rich...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-45498515774322212052010-11-14T17:45:45.651+00:002010-11-14T17:45:45.651+00:00brownlie..
ha ha you're wasting your time. Sh...brownlie..<br /><br />ha ha you're wasting your time. She didn't even know the difference between debt and deficit ;)Ben Dovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-30784937163061160842010-11-14T17:27:08.691+00:002010-11-14T17:27:08.691+00:00Ben,
I'll mention your plan next time I'm...Ben,<br /><br />I'll mention your plan next time I'm whispering sweet nothings in wee Cathy's ear/brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690872114535168567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78880066056192481152010-11-14T17:26:15.728+00:002010-11-14T17:26:15.728+00:00tris,
Looks to me like one of Lard Foulkes "...tris,<br /><br />Looks to me like one of Lard Foulkes "castles in the air". My mate has an ash-tray on his bike but he's too lazy to use it.brownliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690872114535168567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-78814761175046764662010-11-14T16:18:17.018+00:002010-11-14T16:18:17.018+00:00Tris....No, sadly I've never seen Vaduz, nor m...Tris....No, sadly I've never seen Vaduz, nor much of anyplace else outside of Missouri for that matter. The only "mountains" I've ever seen with any degree of regularity are the Missouri and Arkansas "Ozarks".....nice, but most assuredly NOT the Alps. <br /><br />Yea Tris, as soon as I saw the other picture I definitely did in fact take note of the Chancellor's water glass. The readers of Munguin's Republic may not realize that they are observing Mr. Osborne's brilliant but exceedingly subtle plan to increase revenues for the Exchequer.<br /><br />The Chancellor will begin spending all his time in bars (pubs) betting the drunks about the height of his glass in relation to its circumference. They will of course think that this really slender glass is, in fact, taller than its distance around. He will bet the other way, and they will lose the bet. Even a glass that is really tall and thin like this, is almost always bigger around. <br /><br />Turns out the human eye simply cannot visualize the circumference of an object, in relation to its height. So a guy can win a bar bet almost every time using a tall thin glass. Since he knows that the drunks will ALWAYS be fooled by this, it's clear that the Tories have one shrewd dude in the person of the Chancellor and his slender drinking glass. :-) <br /><br />And of course the Brits again take the prize for naming their public officials. How cool is it that the Second Lord of the Treasury is called the "Chancellor of the Exchequer" and NOT, for example as we yanks would say "Secretary of the Treasury." <br /><br />And speaking of sure fire bar bets, there's one that is great in the states. You ask what official government residence is "10 Downing Street." People will always think that it the official home of the Prime Minister of the UK. Then of course you win the bet by knowing that it is in fact the official residence of The First Lord of the Treasury. If I spent much time in bars, I'm sure I'd win a ton of money with this piece of information I received long ago from Tris.<br /><br />Well now, how was THAT for off-topic? (But Tris WAS the one that mentioned that water glass....LOL.)Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14450203101640592230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-22813121788366567552010-11-14T14:40:09.140+00:002010-11-14T14:40:09.140+00:00tris..
The eurozone will fail and after a few yea...tris..<br /><br />The eurozone will fail and after a few years of chaos we will trade with individual countries again like we did for hundreds of years.<br />Being out of the euro we do have a small window of opportunity to set our own tax and interest rates to try and pre empt the coming chaos.<br />The 40% cut in the public sector workforce will happen eventually anyway so it's better to get moving now rather than doing it over a few months like East Germany etc were forced to do in 1989.Ben Dovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-75267855740649283402010-11-14T14:19:52.841+00:002010-11-14T14:19:52.841+00:00Well Ben, if the Eurozone fails we are all doomed....Well Ben, if the Eurozone fails we are all doomed. The UK will be finished and Scotland in particular, as it has a higher export percentage to the Union than the rest of the UK.<br /><br />Scotland's dependency on public sector (apart from being inevitable because of its size and population distribution) was made far bigger by that arch hater of all things European, Margaret Hilda.<br /><br />If we pay off all these workers that you suggest we will be in all sorts of trouble don't you think? 40% unemployment?<br /><br />In any case, last week's unrest has shown the way that things are going. Unrest will be a feature of UK life in the coming months. <br /><br />Once the prices start rising on things that we HAVE to have, like gas and electricity (specially in what promises to be a hard winter) and the government does nothing to curb this (unlike the French government which caps the rises in essentials); once the VAT goes up and the petrol goes up; public transport costs go up, services decrease, including the all important health service; police numbers are cut; courts have less money; prisons are even more overcrowded.... <br /><br />I think I'll emigrate to Liechtenstein...<br /><br />I wonder if there's a spare room in that schloss...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-41795363529365850512010-11-14T13:50:55.043+00:002010-11-14T13:50:55.043+00:00tris..
Well the £4.8tr debt is going to have to b...tris..<br /><br />Well the £4.8tr debt is going to have to be paid off sometime. Once we get rid of the 5 million useless public sector workers ( keep 2 million nurses / firemen etc ) there will need to be a sea change in our culture. Soup kitchens and scavenging will be the norm and only a zero tax rate will make working worthwhile for millions. <br />We now have 55% public sector to 45% private sector. Worse in Northern Ireland ( 70% public sector). This is as bad as the old USSR before it ran out of money and collapsed.<br />With Greece now junk bond status and Ireland now calling in the IMF the rest will follow shortly. Just think of the anarchy when the eurozone fails. We should pre empt this by setting up a new tax system that will give us an advantage when the carnage kicks in and investors are looking for a safe haven for their investment wealth.Ben Dovernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-85761625586565902852010-11-14T13:31:14.290+00:002010-11-14T13:31:14.290+00:00Danny:
I was suprised that you didn't comment...Danny:<br /><br />I was suprised that you didn't comment on the other photograph, you know the one of the glass of water.... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-86758416528982058532010-11-14T13:30:17.608+00:002010-11-14T13:30:17.608+00:00Ben:
It worked in Hong Kong, but I'm not sure...Ben:<br /><br />It worked in Hong Kong, but I'm not sure that it would work in the UK. Brits would find a way to mess it up.<br /><br />Most of that programme was a party political broadcast for the Tory Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com