Oh yes, indeed, 750 VOTE LEAVE leaflets delivered through 750 letter-boxes! And I have learned something. I have lived in Milborne Port for about 14 years and I had no idea it was such an enormous, higgledy-piggledy, in out and roundabout, maze of a place! I may have to send VOTE LEAVE a bill for a new pair of boots - and I still haven't covered the entire village.
Mind you, as an ex-corporal (substantive mind, not acting!) I was provided with some excellent encouragement by the report that several of those dim-witted, career-creeps who have, allegedly, run our armed services for the past 25 years, including several wars which we lost, have decided to come out and back 'Dim Dave' in his pro-EU campaign. Seriously, they are trying to convince us that without being in the EU we will not be able to defend ourselves against terrorists! And that is after both the French and Belgian (non)security services recently demonstrated Inspector Clousseau-like incompetence which resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries on the streets of Paris. And our former Air Marshals and Generals and Admirals think we couldn't manage on our own! No wonder they lost the wars they were engaged in even if they did manage to get their fat, useless arses into the House of Lords!
The latest polls indicate that a majority of Brits take an exceedingly dim view of the EU but lack the guts to VOTE LEAVE, a sort of version of, "always keep ahold of nurse/ For fear of finding something worse' to which I can only reply - think Churchill not Chamberlain!
Congrats David! Now work on the stuttering problem and you will have it.
Posted by: Whitewall | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 17:15
Wha-wha-wha-what do you mean, Wh-Wh-Wh-iters?
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 17:20
Is that the Duff ancestral home on the SW corner?
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 17:48
Sorry - SE corner. G&T kicked in.
Posted by: Backofanenvelope | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 18:20
Yes indeed, BOE, a highly distinguished corner, mind you!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 18:44
David, a question about your lineup of all star commenters. SoD I have learned from a while back when he laid out his noble lineage. When I see his name-SoD- I reflexively bow my head a bit in the proper feudal spirit. But...now I see SoD, but posted by 'Loz'. Has SoD been given an extra title, or a stage name or is this yet another contributor. Somewhere I missed something. I feel I should only have to bow my head once, twice would be whiplash. Can you help?
Posted by: Whitewall | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 19:52
'Cheeky bugger', I think sums him up. 'Loz' is his appalling nickname provided by his contemporaries who cannot cope with a name with more than one syllable.
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 21:50
Sorry, Whiters, I failed to pick up your subtle hint about my stuttering. You really do have to spell it out for me these days!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 24 February 2016 at 21:57
Are you really a stutterer, David? Or is that a joke I missed out on? I'm a stutterer.
Posted by: Dom | Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 14:26
No, no, Dom, it was just Whiters' subtle hint that two of my posts were replicated - by Typepad not me! Sorry for your impediment, it must be very irritating for you at times. Did you ever see that recent movie "The King's Speech" - excellent!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 17:09
I'm 65, and in some cases stuttering goes away with age. I just stopped caring. King's Speech was excellent. I attend a convention once a year, and the author (who also stutters) gave the opening speech that year. He also attended some of the sessions. Joe Biden stutters, and he gave the speech the following year -- not that I care about Biden. I heard him give the same speech three times, and each time he exaggerates it.
Posted by: Dom | Thursday, 25 February 2016 at 19:51