THE PRICE PAID FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE

                                        

                                    THE PRICE PAID FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE

I read that the Australian radio presenters responsible for the hoax hospital telephone call have had their show axed, although they continue to be employed by the radio station.  Is this not very unfair?  It wasn't their fault that a somewhat naive nurse believed she was taking a call from our Monarch concerning the well-being of her grand-daughter!  It wasn't their fault that the nurse slipped into an apparent slough of despond and decided that the only option was to take her own life as a result of it all.  You never saw victims of  'Beadles About' committing suicide after every episode did you.  Not only were we more resilient, more rounded back then, but we were British with a sense of humour to match!

PUNISH AND BE DAMNED!

                                                      

                                                      PUNISH AND BE DAMNED

I read with some degree of interest that a British lady has been found guilty of bringing illegal drugs into Bali and sentenced to death by a firing squad.  The fact that the powers that be wish to make an example of her is to be applauded.  What a pity the British government's reaction is to comment that they do not support the death penalty.  It has nothing to do with us, or our principles - or lack of them.  It is about a regime attempting to stop their youngsters falling into the same abyss that thousands of British teenagers have during decades of lax control and inadequate punishment.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE....

                                                          

                                                          IT'S BEEN A WHILE....

Whatever happened to the last six months?  On reflection, I think we can regard the first blog as a pilot, and work on the principle that the series proper has now commenced.