I was greeted with the news this morning that one of my cultrual icons hanged himself yesterday.
Screaming Lord Such (Spelling), the man who created the Monster Raving Loony Party (yes, that is an official British Political Party) is dead.........
I loved his Channel Tunnel to the Falkland Islands proposal (only some 3000 miles away from the UK) and under road crossing for hedgehogs were both wonderful ideas.
Hmph. First I heard of the man. Sounds like an interesting person, though. Pity.
Of course, in the US we have our own Monster Raving Loony Party.. but we call it the Christian Coalition.
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Posted by Feste on :
That is such terrible news. I've followed Lord Sutch's exploits for years. I loved his idea to have fish raised in lakes of wine so they'd already be marienated. Although the man is irreplaceable, I hope the Monster Raving Loony Party soldiers on.
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Posted by Sunspot (Member # 77) on :
That man sounds like he was hilarious...
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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :
Damnation. Feels like the idea of Cleese dying. He sounds like my kind of raving loony!
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Please tell me this guy's ideas were in jest... *will be forever frightened of British politics now*
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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :
Hmmm...
I like the idea of intentional looniness during election years. At least that way you have a clue who really knows what they're doing.
Unintentional political silliness is un-nerving to military folks, since it gives you an idea how clueless people who could send you to war might be.
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Posted by StationMaster (Member # 63) on :
The Man was very serious in his daft ideas - but really he got sick of the "stuffiness" which surrounded British Politics. He thought that by being completely insane he could make people realise that the world should not only have seriousness, but humor as well.
The man was off his rockers and we all loved him.
He was also the Longest Standing Parlimentary Candidate - cant remember how much though....
Not surprisingly he DID get votes in By-elections though.......
I only once heard about that party before, and it seems to me like a small joke that got way out of hand. But tell me, what's so strange about road crossings for hedgehogs? You don't have those in the Brit? OK, I mean road crossings for animals over motorways. You don't have them? Hm.
Posted by StationMaster (Member # 63) on :
I think his plan was to build a tunnel for Hedgehogs every single mile of every single road in the UK.........
And yes - the monster raving loony party is a joke - but a very FUNNY one.....
Every mile? Well, if we confiscate the property of the %@#$ British royal family and invest in cheap tunnel builders it might just work..
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Although thinking about it, we don't have animal crossings for animals over motorways. Why would we? Apart from in The Animals of Farthing Wood (one of the bloodiest cartoons the BBC ever did), animals are happy where they are. Cause I say so.
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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :
Well, considering their natural habitat was cruelly split in half when the road was constructed, I'd say no, they're not happy where they are. Populations of animals can easily be threatened this way. I remember the geography and biology lessons about this - because I was interested for once.
