ONE FOOT IN MY MOUTH 21/3/14 No 33 Editorial:- Spring has sprung, der grass has riss, I wonder where dose byrdies is? They say der byrd is on der wing, but thats obsyied, der wing is on der bird. You note the skillful use of the written accent, difficult? no that looks normal to me. Spring Equinox , 1st Day of Spring and Single Mothers Day. Enjoy. I must mention that the weather here in Norfolk, or as some are want to say, The End of The World, not, I hasten to add, Worlds End, which is nice, has today been fine to partly cloudy to fair to dull to......... The Budget included £1 million to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carter year. Drawn up to protect the interests of Barons to curtail an incompetent, lecherous drunk on the throne,it became the basis of a constitution. He wants June 15th to become a national bank Holiday in honour of that momentous but now sadly little known document. As Tony Hancock once said; Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain? Around The World:- There has been a debate about pieces missing from jigsaw puzzles, and how those in seaside boarding houses, from Blackpool to Bognor, normally have one or more absent pieces. So one wise man, who has quite rightly withheld his name, is setting up a, `Jigsaw Puzzle Piece Bank`. In the unlikely event of you having spare pieces please do not contact us. On the bright side , a major puzzle manufacturer is to include a spare piece in all future productions. History:- 1935; Persia was renamed Iran. Well ho bloody ray. 1946; The Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan, announced government proposals for a National Health Service. Well horrey. 1963; The maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island, closed. Birthdays:- 1933; Sir John Hall, former chairman Newcastle United.81 1944; Timothy Dalton, actor,James Bond.70 1975; Mark Williams, snooker player. 39 Deaths:- 1985; Michael Redgrave, actor. 77 1987; Robert Preston, actor ( The Music man) 68 Sport:- Just today found out my taxi driver is a Norwich City season ticket holder. He asked me today if I know where he could get a black tie.
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