tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post5431339726517387226..comments2023-07-15T03:38:20.384-05:00Comments on Fool's Paradise - Infinity on a Shoestring: 'IN OTHER NEWS...': BLAENAVON: "If only he was tougher he'd not have rusted!" Payton L. Inkletter sadly noted whilst stirring the Bessemer pot soup, spooning off the slagPayton L. Inkletterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-65225910753329563052010-04-24T09:59:08.933-05:002010-04-24T09:59:08.933-05:00Gladys: Aren't we the long suffering public se...<b>Gladys</b>: Aren't we <b><i>the </i></b><b><i>long suffering public</i></b> served <i><b>a great deal of bullsh*t</b></i> from government, business, media, educational institutions, …?<br /><br /><b>Ms Leigh Sales</b> is one of those <b><i>serendipitous combinations</i></b> of talent, effort, and niceness while still young, and thus <b><i>even better is yet to come</i></b>.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-4591804138204357022010-04-23T14:15:14.685-05:002010-04-23T14:15:14.685-05:00From what you say there seems to be quite a lot of...From what you say there seems to be quite a lot of that which issues from the back of a bull flying about (soon to hit the fan?). Yes indeed. Not only does your description of TV events enable me to see and hear what is going on but smell it too. Poo!<br />But your adorable Ms Sales deodorises by her very presence.gladys Hobsonhttp://gladyshobson.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-26917137160651313442010-04-22T17:42:23.534-05:002010-04-22T17:42:23.534-05:00Gladys: 'I would have noticed if they were sta...<b>Gladys</b>: '<i><b>I would have noticed if they were starkers!</b></i>' Never a truer word spoken, from <b><i>the lady who ogles clinging lycra clad bums of Cumbrian male cyclists</i></b>, according to my reliable sources.<br /><br />You share my cynicism about executives needing to be allowed to set their own pay to obscenely out-of-proportion levels to that of the working slaves under them. Yes, take the risk, let them desert ship when they are remunerated reasonably, fairly, in proportion.<br /><br />I'm chuffed that you 'see and hear' the interlocutors whom I describe; in general they turn themselves out very well, given that their television personas can make or break them. I do get a bit <b><i>mischievous </i></b>though with some of my descriptions, safely tucked away in the privacy of my own castle.<br /><br />Election fever is growing here, and the trouble is, in <b>Australia </b>we face Federal elections every three years or less, and a State election four yearly in most cases. We're never really out of election mode.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498134400783189246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-64500207922596377972010-04-22T14:18:16.987-05:002010-04-22T14:18:16.987-05:00We too often hear the cry 'They'll all go ...We too often hear the cry 'They'll all go abroad' when restrictions on obscene pay and bonuses are suggested. I feel like yelling, 'Let them go! Give others a chance to use their executive muscles.' But no, the salaries and bonuses continue to be pai. But in the end who is doing the paying? Those who find themselves out of work, those who lose out on their savings, in fact all those who are powerless and many who are at the bottom of the heap. Greed is an unpleasant characteristic and can such people really be trusted with other people's money and jobs that ride on their decisions? At the end of the chain it is the poorest of the poor in developing (or stagnating) countries that pay. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Maybe the world would be a better place if they all cleared off to a tax advantage land where they would be falling over each other to outdo and, eventually, consume one another<br />I like your full description of dress and demeanour of those you watch and listen to. I can actually 'see and hear' them. I find myself reading aloud all that you have written (in a crazy Aussie accent!) which makes it come even more alive.<br />I guess things here are not so very different to your place. Election fever set in? If it has I think it has turned everyone moribund. Another election 'do' tonight. This time between the chancellors (actual and shadow) of the three main parties. Of course the Scottish lot want part of the action but let's face it, a lot of Scots already run Parliament — Prime Minister downwards! <br />Last week we had the three leaders. The Liberals came out top, which scared the pants off the other two. But Mr Nice Guy was just too simplistic about the issues, and when the other two eventually yelled at each other, he had the opportunity to look smug and oh so reasonable about everything. Scary!<br />Couldn't tell you what they were wearing though. But I would have noticed if they were starkers!Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-44895102345877259582010-04-20T23:02:53.630-05:002010-04-20T23:02:53.630-05:00Damyanti: It's very kind of you to drop by; yo...<b>Damyanti</b>: It's very kind of you to drop by; you are doing very well if you're only getting a tad confused: I get the <b><i>night terrors</i></b> trying to navigate my sites, and I created them!<br /><br />Seriously, I need a webmaster.<br /><br />These days, <b>'In other news...'</b> will generally register most all changes happening in the <b>Fool's Paradise</b> realm. There's sometimes <b><i>a bit of tomfoolery</i></b> going on over at the <b>Visitor's Book</b> in fits and starts.<br /><br />Thank you for the kind wishes regarding my sleep, but alas, I have the sleeping patterns of <b><i>a grizzly bear</i></b> washing down a mountain river. '<b><i>Circadian chaos</i></b>' would describe it.<br /><br />I hope your sleep problems quickly rectify: we read so many warnings of the <b><i>health consequences</i></b> of insufficient sleep.Payton L. Inkletterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00447334053078214602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1486198393736605064.post-43708996238819126252010-04-20T19:18:02.209-05:002010-04-20T19:18:02.209-05:00I come by often to your blogs, but get a tad confu...I come by often to your blogs, but get a tad confused, there are so many :)<br /><br />Also, hope you're getting more sleep now...I know I'm getting almost none.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.com