April 10, 2001

4:53 AM

Goodness gracious, what is that?
It's Mr. Pugwash, my black cat.
Goodness gracious, are there others?
Yes indeed, my cat Carruthers.

Ann Widdecombe, December 2000.

And you Americans worry about your politicians?
posted by ecvgi (10 comments total)

The web site on which this nonsense is based is at Ann Widdecombe's personal site, which is a meme just waiting to happen. Eerie.
posted by ecvgi at 4:55 AM on April 10, 2001

Genius Widdecombe link. Nice one.
posted by flimjam at 5:24 AM on April 10, 2001

If George "W" Bush was merely appointed Shadow President, instead of appointed President, I would be happy...BAD analogy.
posted by ParisParamus at 5:27 AM on April 10, 2001

Stop that talk of memes, evcgi: after all, they reproduce, which is something that Anne Widdecombe has taken a personal stand against.

(PP: not quite. While she was a junior Home Office minister during the last Tory regime, she gained some notoriety for insisting that prisoners were handcuffed to their beds while they gave birth. Compassionate conservatism in action.)
posted by holgate at 5:31 AM on April 10, 2001

What does "surgeries" mean here?
posted by rodii at 5:34 AM on April 10, 2001

"Surgeries" here means a consultation session with the members of her constituancy, where they can ask her/confront her on issues of their choice.

Anyone see her on Question Time last week... she really did try and run away with the entire show, not a good thing when you're trying to air sensible political debate.
posted by williamtry at 5:43 AM on April 10, 2001

Her and Paxo are always entertaining when they go toe to toe.
posted by Mocata at 7:36 AM on April 10, 2001

Oh come on, holgate. Everybody knows that a felon's ability to escape peaks during active labor. Before Anne Widdecombe, I'm sure that inmates were seducing prison guards just so they could have that opportunity to break out.

Any time I'm feeling down about the condition of America, I have only to think about the country that we won our independence from. Nothing against all you Britons, but I'm sure glad I'm here and not there.
posted by anapestic at 9:37 AM on April 10, 2001

> Any time I'm feeling down about the condition of
> America, I have only to think about the country
> that we won our independence from.

It goes both ways. You don't seriously think Britain would want the US back, do you? After all, it's full of Americans now.
posted by pracowity at 10:11 AM on April 10, 2001

Oh, I dunno, anapestic: at least we voted out the right-wingers. Then again, instead of Howard and Widdecombe, we got Jack Straw, so I'll shut up.
posted by holgate at 10:13 AM on April 10, 2001