[Stones] Andy Burnham appointed Culture Secretary

[David Shugarts]

All of these sound like quite sensible plans . . . for England. I recall
reading that Russian tank troops, having no missions to prepare for and no
fuel to practice with anyway, were sent out to paint the grass green around
their barracks, blade by blade.

Seriously, good luck with your new duties!

--Dave Shugarts
  Newtown, CT


On 1/24/08 3:44 PM, "Andy Burnham" <andy at megalithic.co.uk> wrote:

> I am very pleased to announce that Gordon Brown has finally seen sense
> and decided to appoint me as his Culture Secretary.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7207497.stm
> 
> Among my first actions will be to ensure that prehistory is put onto the
> National Curriculum, to include half an hour of compulsory flint
> knapping a week.
> 
> All the buried stones at Avebury will be re-erected, with the manual
> labour to be provided by those who are building houses on the Bonds
> Garage site.
> 
> Glastonbury will be wired into the National Grid, to generate additional
> energy by recycling the hot air spouted by people with theories on the
> construction and use of Stonehenge, and other earth mysteries types.
> 
> Several current voluntary and private sector organisations will be
> nationalised into a new quango, Antiquarian Head Action Watch whose job
> will be to write endless meaningless waffle on brightly coloured paper,
> inspect things and put out government press releases. When they are not
> doing this their job will be to to paint contour lines on to hills and
> colour roads the same as on maps. This will help people know where they are.
> 
> I shall also be banning Krautrock from these shores and the wearing of
> high heeled boots by men with immediate effect. Compensation and
> rehabilitation back into society will be available for anyone whose
> career is damaged by this.
> 
> And the next person to mention moles will be sent to the Tower of London
> which will help with prison overcrowding.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> :-)
> Andy
> 
> 
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