Arkwright Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 At last Gordon Brown has decided to resign. His cabinet colleagues decided it would be a worthy gesture to name a railway locomotive after him. A Senior Civil Servant was sent from Whitehall to the National Railway Museum at York to carry out a feasibility study. “They have a number of locomotives here without names.†A specially-sought consultant informs the civil Servant. “Most are freight locomotives though.†The Civil Servant considers this, “Oh dear. That’s not very fitting for a prime minister. How about that big green one over there?†and he indicates no 4472. That one already has a name.†says the consultant, “It’s called The Flying Scotsman.†Not to be phased the civil servant says, “Well couldn’t it be re-named? This is the National Railway Museum and it is after all funded by the taxpayer.†“I suppose it might be considered.†Says the consultant. “There are precedents. LNER renamed a number of locomotives after directors of the company and even one was called Dwight D Eisenhower.†“Excellent.†Says the Senior Civil Servant, “That’s settled then, we’ll rename 4472. But how much will it all cost. We can’t spend too much given the Expenses Scandal.†“Well,†says the consultant, “we could always just paint out the F.†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Dont post things that get my hopes up Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Dont post things that get my hopes up Derek Ha me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkwright Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 do you mean naming a locomotive after him or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 saw the thread title and for a second i thought good times were here, and then realized it was a joke don't get my hopes up like that and then dash them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Been out tonight & thought I'd missed this monumentus news, until I noticed it was in the jokes section. I thought somebody had given me a belated birthday present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dene8 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 For a brief second i forgot i was in the jokes section and got all excited (not the hot and bothered kind) by your subject title....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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