Parish Councils and little blue pills

24 April 2012

Today’s News if full of not a lot again.  The front page story is about someone wanting to set up parish councils within our borough.  Warwickshire County Council has dumped the ‘area committees’ it used to have so that is where the idea comes from.  I wonder how much setting them up would cost.  Who would decide where the boundaries are if they don’t already exist? How many would there be?  The parish churches here in Dorktown are St Nickolas; St Mary’s; All Saints Chilvers Coton; Attlebourgh Parish, St James, Weddington; St Paul’s, Stockingford, and one more in Camp Hill I don’t know the name of.  I make that eight.  Do we really need another layer of local government using up more council tax.  The leader of the council has said there is no call for parish councils from the town’s people, and as the borough has never had one, he can’t see any reason to spend council dosh on it.

It’s surprising how easily we can get caught out by what the talking heads on telly say.  Last Friday Nick Owen said that there would be a story on Monday about farmers complaining about too much rain.  So, as I had said something along those lines earlier in the week I paid more attention to the piece than I normally would.  The impression given last Friday was that it was all farmers complaining.  However, it wasn’t, it was just the Worcester asparagus growers who need more sunshine than we currently are getting.  Its need to get the tips to grow taller, and faster.

Today’s photo was taken at Blackpool Tower circus and is of two roller scatter acrobats spinning very quickly.

A man walks into the dentist's office and after the dentist examines him, he says, "That tooth has to come out. I'm going to give you a shot of Novocain and I'll be back in a few minutes."

The man grabs the doc's arm, "No way. I hate needles I'm not having any shot!"

So the dentist says, "Okay, we'll have to go with the gas."

The man replies, "Absolutely not. It makes me very sick for a couple of days. I'm not having gas."

So the dentist steps out and comes back with a glass of water, "Here," he says, "take this pill."

The man asks, "What is it?"

The doc replies, "Viagra."

The man looks surprised, "Will that kill the pain?," he asks.

"No," replies the dentist, "but it will give you something to hang on to while I pull your tooth!"