John Major on 'Private passions'

[Serial_Apologist]

Birmingham is 150 miles from london.

More like 85 - which makes it even more ludicrous.

[teamsaint]

More like 85 - which makes it even more ludicrous.

embarrassed by this potential mistake, i have nerdily resorted to the AA road planner who make it 118 miles.
so we almost exactly got it equally wrong. Which is kinda nice.

But you are right that it is even more ludicrous.

[Serial_Apologist]

embarrassed by this potential mistake, i have nerdily resorted to the AA road planner who make it 118 miles.
so we almost exactly got it equally wrong. Which is kinda nice.

But you are right that it is even more ludicrous.

The AA planner (sic) has obviously been staring at too many satnavs lately, teamsaint!

[teamsaint]

Satnavs send you mad.



If you aren't already.

Mine is bust. especially the bit for Brum !

[ahinton]

Here he is again with his tax diversions

OK, so let's remove the reference to the taxpayer and leave the remainder of the statement intact; happier now?...

Is no thread to be safe from the Demon Taxman of Hereford?

Oi! I am NOT "of Hereford"! I just happen to be passing through (and have been for far too long, but that's quite another matter and a private one at that). I'm actually one of those dreaded furriners who've come south to England, taking all those jobs an' all that! Furthermore, I am not, have never been and never shall be - world without end (or even Hereford) Amen - a "taxman"!

That said, the extent to which any thread here might be "safe from" anything is not something on which I feel especially qualified or indeed inclined to comment.