Hi Everyone
Mr. Deny Everything, Admit Nothing was interviewed on our TV screens this week. He lives in luxury in London, speaks English, well almost, watches our TV and reads our newspapers. He calls himself the chief Russian diplomat to the UK and he has lived here for years. According to him, Ukraine is the aggressor against Russia and we are waging war on Russia. In Salisbury about 5 years ago Putin sent two Russian agents there to attempt to assassinate a Russian dissident and his daughter with the nerve agent Novockoc. They both became very ill but survived. The nerve agent was carried in a perfume bottle and was capable of killing thousands of people. The agents discarded the bottle which was picked up by an innocent lady who, after using the spray sadly died. At the enquiry into her death, CCTV showed the Russian agents in Salisbury but according to Mr Deny Everything, Admit Nothing they were just there as tourists visiting the historical Cathedral. Now they are safely out of reach back in Russia even though we have sent them an invitation to study the architecture of one of our Victorian prisons. According to Mr D E A N they had nothing to do with the assassination attempt or killing of the lady but of course, he prefers his life of luxury in London to being invited to view the inside of a cell in Siberia. Unfortunately, our Russian diplomat in London is an apprentice compared with the Fab 4, you know Putin, that funny little man from North Korea, Mr China and Donald. Just remember that this Fab 4 think that they are running the planet which does not fill me, or I suspect anyone else with confidence.
Back in the days of the Fruit, Vegetable........shop, I don't think that the Senior Partner ever heard the word shoplifting. She might have heard the word stealing but I do not remember it ever happening. Now we are told that the incidence of shoplifting is at a 20 year high with nearly half a million logged by police to June this year, a rise of 29% on the previous year's figures. Back then people were as poor if not poorer than they are today. The main difference is that most people were first of all honest and had pride and secondly they were afraid of the police and the law. There is however another big difference. Most shops were not much bigger than a lounge in a modern house and nearly all the goods on sale were behind the counter with only a cabbage, cauliflower or bunch of carrots within reach to steal in our shop, Even in a large department store the shop was divided into small sections with at least three staff in each area. Now nearly everything is 'in your face' with only the minimum of staff and a CCTV camera as a deterrent so the temptation to successfully shoplift items is high.
This week we went into a store with four isles of goods on the shelves. There was not a single member of staff in the whole store with just one lady at the checkout. The Main Contractor could have filled her bag while I stood in front of the CCTV camera pleading my innocence. Try it and let me know how you get on if the prison officer will allow you a paper and pencil.
Just a Thought :
If a diplomat says 'yes' he means 'maybe', if he says 'maybe' he means 'no', and if he says 'no' he is no diplomat.
My friend did some shoplifting in a kitchen shop, He thought that it was a whisk worth taking.
I saw a woman arrested for shoplifting in the local DIY store. She had a ladder in her stocking.
Brian
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