"(F)artichokes and all that!

As the events of the past week melts into the gossamer tissues of my brain I recall a couple of interesting events . Firstly a couple of youngsters in The Horseshoe had never heard of an Artichoke - oh what they have missed either as a "sucking Globe" or a Jerusalem . Actually I am astounded how offal and things such as Oxtail were never fed to the youth of today - in my day you got what you were given and told to think of the starving Africans .

So Carillion are going bust - apparently they are into the banks alone for £900 Million - remind your bank manager of that fact when you want to borrow 500 quid! It appears the old adage that once you owe a huge amount to them they wont touch you is indeed true! For Government contracts - read Government corruption - shocking!

More anecdotes to come - keep reading!

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