Laughing Out Loud
After another hectic week - I've finally had a proper read at the latest edition of Private Eye - which has been known to make me laugh out loud at times.
Here's a good example - from the fictional diary of Sarah Brown (wife of former PM Gordon Brown) - who has written a book about their life and times at Number 10 Downing Street.
The early diary entries in the article are all about mundane, everyday, often boring events - a children's birthday party, a visit to the Queen at Balmoral and a succession of celebrity visitors to No 10.
The unrelenting, repetitive message is - how utterly relaxed and brilliant Gordon is on all of these occasions - the exact opposite of his public persona in other words.
But just as the reader is being lulled into a false sense of security - along comes the following entry for Tuesday:
"Gordon sends his fist through the wall and out the other side. As I set to work mixing the cement and re-laying the bricks, I think to myself that I wish the general public could see how much he really cares about the complications of mortgage tax relief."
Laughter is the best medicine - as they say - and at only £1.50 every fortnight Private Eye is simply priceless.
No one is spared amongst the great and the good - no matter what their politics or background - quite rightly too.
Here's a good example - from the fictional diary of Sarah Brown (wife of former PM Gordon Brown) - who has written a book about their life and times at Number 10 Downing Street.
The early diary entries in the article are all about mundane, everyday, often boring events - a children's birthday party, a visit to the Queen at Balmoral and a succession of celebrity visitors to No 10.
The unrelenting, repetitive message is - how utterly relaxed and brilliant Gordon is on all of these occasions - the exact opposite of his public persona in other words.
But just as the reader is being lulled into a false sense of security - along comes the following entry for Tuesday:
"Gordon sends his fist through the wall and out the other side. As I set to work mixing the cement and re-laying the bricks, I think to myself that I wish the general public could see how much he really cares about the complications of mortgage tax relief."
Laughter is the best medicine - as they say - and at only £1.50 every fortnight Private Eye is simply priceless.
No one is spared amongst the great and the good - no matter what their politics or background - quite rightly too.
