Some accountants have a wicked sense of humour and Ken Frost is no exception. He is a must read and a model in the art of self-pimping. A recent post entitled: Nanny Bans Organs had me in stitches. As did one of the comments from whom I shamelessly blagged the title for this post. Here’s a couple of examples from Ken’s post:
Anyhoo, an EU directive has been issued which is aimed at controlling lead waste. Nothing wrong with that, except for the fact it impacts British organs!
You see folks, organ pipes contain lead; Nanny feels that the lead content of these pipes pose a serious threat to our health and safety. I would venture to ask how many of you have actually sucked an organ…but I guess that would be taken in the wrong way!As soon as an organ faces refurbishment, or rebuilding, the EC directive comes into play. Organs at Salisbury Cathedral, St Paul’s in London, Worcester Cathedral, St Albans Abbey and Birmingham Town Hall are among the first that may be facing the chop as they are to be refurbished.
and then in connection with the Salisbury Cathedral issues we have…
Tim Hone, head of liturgy and music at the cathedral, said: “We would have to use a piano in perpetuity.”
Tragedy! But it is in the comments the greatest hilarity and ire is found:
Nungy says: What a bloody farce they really are a bunch of odious cretins which run this country
I’m sure some of the whingers and moaners I come across will have no problem joining in that sentiment. Maybe it could become a rallying cry every time HMRC sticks yet another pile of regulation onto the poor professional? The suspiciously named Oswald Bastable (whose blog should be required light reading) chimes in with:
Nanny must have heard the phrase ‘grab them by the organ and their hearts and minds will follow’
and on to , railwayman39 – whose non-blog should definitely be kick started into life comes out with the classic:
This must be the nadir of Brussels bovine excreta. And why does the DTI say that we must agree. Oh for a Churchill to tell the foreigners where to go.
I hear the trumpets blaring and the drums beating. But we are not quite finished. Just to show that for every comedic act there is an equal and opposite act of crass stupidity even more mind numbing than the last, the unlinked (some might say unhinged, most certainly semi-detached) Peter Mandelson weighs in with:
Railwayman39, the correct phrase is excrementum tauri and not bovine excreta. Failure to observe the correct form will land you with a £5000 fine and three years in prison, retrospectively, whichever is the sooner, compliant with EU Euphemism Order 77/FD/90233/C (as amended 2006).
And there you have it. Accountants and assorted comedic persons coming together to share in their contempt of the British Nanny State. Thank goodness I don’t live there. Thank goodness for people like Ken.
Bonus Link – check out NZ Pundit for an alternative view of New Zealand politics.
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