The Death of Thatcher...

[dubhlinn]

Just in from the BBC.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8358544.stm

Slan,
D.

[Nanohedron]

A mild kerfluffle over mistaken identity due to lack of clarity. Ironically, that was a real "milk-snatcher", indeed.

(Note to self: Make sure my emails don't provide an exercise in mindreading)

[oleorezinator]

don't worry. the devil wouldn't kill a bad thing.

[s1m0n]

If it was Canada, it's as likely to have been about convicted murderer & former conservative cabinet minister Colin Thatcher, who has recently been released on day parole after being convicted of hiring hitmen to kill his wife with a hammer.

[Innocent Bystander]

A cynical person might imagine a deliberate ploy to see how public opionion would react.

[s1m0n]

John Baird is not that smart. Besides, she's been the real Lady Gaga for years.

[dubhlinn]

A cynical person might imagine a deliberate ploy to see how public opionion would react.

True for ye..makes a change from all the Ulster stuff..

Slan,
D.

[Denny]

I already knew that I was a cynic now didn' I?

[dubhlinn]

I already knew that I was a cynic now didn' I?

I always thought it was somebody else's opinion of your reasoning.

One is never cynical to oneself....unless of course, you're a walking disaster area.

Oscar never said that...

Slan,
D.

[Denny]

I do try to be pragmatic about it

[dubhlinn]

I do try to be pragmatic about it

There is a lot to be said for experience...

Slan,
D.

[chas]

A tragedy.

[izzarina]

One is never cynical to oneself....unless of course, you're a walking disaster area.

Oscar never said that...

No, but he almost could have.

[Nanohedron]

One is never cynical to oneself....unless of course, you're a walking disaster area.

Oscar never said that...

No, but he almost could have.

"Try living in a trashcan. You'll breathe cynicism." He coulda said that, too.

A cynical person might imagine a deliberate ploy to see how public opionion would react.

One might. But, does she even hold any sway that much any more these days, that public opinion would matter enough for a rather ghoulish ploy like that? Honest question. This Yank tends to think of her as, basically, a has-been. A has-been that no one can seem to forget, true, but: you know. History. Of course, the passing of people of note is always a matter of interest.

[SteveShaw]

I find it hard to find any humour in Thatcher-related matters. When she does finally manage to go and join the choir invisible I sincerely hope she'll get a grandstand seat, preferably sitting right next to General Pinochet.