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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    BOJO = Snollygoster.

    An unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    punkdoc said:
    BOJO = Snollygoster.

    An unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

    What a great word.  It can be applied at all levels from parish councils upwards.  I'm not suggesting all fit the description, but many certainly do.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I planted some triteleia corms in a trough yesterday afternoon. I put them amongst the spring plants in the hope they would be camouflaged.This morning I noticed one or two on the surface and holes where the others had been. It was forensic extraction. Nothing disturbed so I presume it was a mouse.
    How did it know they were there? Could it smell them or was it watching me?👀
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:
    punkdoc said:
    BOJO = Snollygoster.

    An unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

    What a great word.  It can be applied at all levels from parish councils upwards.  I'm not suggesting all fit the description, but many certainly do.
    I concur 100%
    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Hostafan1 said:
    KT53 said:
    punkdoc said:
    BOJO = Snollygoster.

    An unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

    What a great word.  It can be applied at all levels from parish councils upwards.  I'm not suggesting all fit the description, but many certainly do.
    I concur 100%

    Careful @Hostafan1,  we're agreeing on something - people will start talking :D
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Yeo Valley were running a competition to win a year's supply of trout. I don't eat much trout, maybe only two or three a year on average, but I was curious what they considered to be 'a year's supply of trout'. Apparently they sign you up for a monthly delivery of about five meal's worth of trout products, assuming you don't share it with anyone. Even though that's probably about as much trout as I eat all year every month I still feel offended that they're not promising to provide 365 fish. I kind of feel that a year's supply of trout should leave you totally sick of the sight of trout by the end of the year. I think even Jesus would consider that to be a stingy portion of fish every month.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A year's supply for whom ... I suspect an otter might reckon on getting even more than that .... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:
    Hostafan1 said:
    KT53 said:
    punkdoc said:
    BOJO = Snollygoster.

    An unprincipled person in office who is motivated by personal rather than public gain.

    What a great word.  It can be applied at all levels from parish councils upwards.  I'm not suggesting all fit the description, but many certainly do.
    I concur 100%

    Careful @Hostafan1,  we're agreeing on something - people will start talking :D
    "The only thing worse than being talked about, is NOT being talked about " 
    Devon.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I had to order a memory card for my camera last week. £10.38 from Amazon (It's the company Prime account so I have to use it) which seemed expensive. Today I checked my personal basic Amazon account and the card is listed at £7.28. I checked the work account and it's listed at £7.99. The £7.28 option is available but has been suppressed into an almost hidden link so unless you're looking for it then you won't see it. On my free account the cheaper one is the promoted option. Just a heads up for anyone who pays £79 a year for Prime 'benefits'. :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    KT53 said:
    What a great word.  It can be applied at all levels from parish councils upwards.  I'm not suggesting all fit the description, but many certainly do.

    Hardly any opportunity for personal gain at Parish Council level. It's basically voluntary community service and largely apolitical. The next level up is a different matter
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
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