tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post9024086219851508621..comments2023-05-01T05:17:41.677-07:00Comments on Tales from Helminthdale: Pointing at darknessKevin Musgrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-20243478593843901162010-09-21T10:27:00.645-07:002010-09-21T10:27:00.645-07:00zmkc: this sounds like a plan<b>zmkc</b>: this sounds like a planKevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-42132044196342922322010-09-21T04:20:57.968-07:002010-09-21T04:20:57.968-07:00If you do buy lottery tickets, never buy more than...If you do buy lottery tickets, never buy more than one - it is a lapse of faith to hedge your bets and buy half a dozen and, if you don't have faith, you will definitely never win. Not, of course, that you will win anyway - but at least I'll have saved you quite a lot of money along the way.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-14572552811107667152010-09-20T09:48:21.532-07:002010-09-20T09:48:21.532-07:00Macy: no, you're right, it's all going to ...<b>Macy</b>: no, you're right, it's all going to happen, honestly!<br /><br /><b>Britta</b>: Hi again. In truth, the Treasury tries to get as much as possible and then doesn't let anybody spend it. I often suspect that the country would be better run and in a better financial state if HM Treasury were abolished. (Apologies to Madame De Farge if it turns that that's her home ministry!)<br /><br /><b>Pat</b>: "Yes Minister" doesn't really apply these days, it's far too structured and ordered. "The Men From The Ministry" is probably closer.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-71360897533776166362010-09-20T08:10:11.953-07:002010-09-20T08:10:11.953-07:00How we laughed at 'Yes Minister.'
We'r...How we laughed at 'Yes Minister.'<br />We're not laughing now.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-37793222050326915822010-09-20T07:13:24.098-07:002010-09-20T07:13:24.098-07:00Dear Kevin,
I like your formulation „being a serv...Dear Kevin, <br />I like your formulation „being a servant of the people“ – that’s what I am too in the big Ferderal Agency in Germany I am working for. ;-) <br />And I like “Yes (Prime) Minister”: <br />‘I (Hacker) explained that the money is not the Treasury’s, it is the taxpayers’. <br />“That is one view,” Humphrey acknowledged. ‘But it is not the view the Treasury takes. Not once they have got their hands on it. (…) „Taxation isn’t about what you need. The Treasury doesn’t work out what it needs and then think how to raise the money. The Treasury pitches for as much as it can get away with and then think how to spend it.”<br /> <br />This being said I opt for the lottery – such a safe bet in these uncertain times!Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14551345.post-21329561976312287022010-09-19T23:33:41.920-07:002010-09-19T23:33:41.920-07:00Looking on the bright side, central government cou...Looking on the bright side, central government could always abolish Trident and introduce a wealth tax on those of "us" with assets over £1m like France...<br />Nah...higher probability of your lottery ticket coming up..Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117141586263456823noreply@blogger.com