Don’t Call Me Dave was driving home to his country estate
this evening, listening to the wireless, when an announcer on Smooth FM gave
details of a special event the station was organising on 3rd June “in order to
celebrate the Queen’s 60th Diamond Jubilee”.
Are you sure?
This is Her Majesty’s first Diamond Jubilee. Life expectancy
is increasing year on year, but it is most unlikely that the Queen will reign
for 3,600 years. Prince Charles would not be amused.
If the announcement had been made live, the presenter could
have blamed the error as an inadvertent mistake. But this was a pre-recorded
jingle. Yet more proof that the standerd of edukashon in this cuntry are
falling.
Correction: As if to prove
DCMD’s point about standards of education, the first draft of this post referred
to a reign of 360 years instead of 3,600. Thanks to Quintus Slide for pointing
out the error.
1 comment:
Or indeed 3600 years...
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