Paper Monitor
11:34 UK time, Wednesday, 10 June 2009
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
A politician. An egg. And the twain meet. To the surprise of the former.
To the papers, such an event is a gift. The puns. The candid photos of someone who normally stage-manages his or her facial expressions with great care. And the glee with which the prank is reported.
All elements are present and correct now the yolk is on BNP leader Nick Griffin.
Even the normally strait-laced Financial Times gets in on the act, crowing "Egged on" on its front page.
- Metro
"Bad egg is hit by a good egg" - the Sun
"Shell shock" - Guardian
"Shell-shocked" - Daily Express
- Daily Star (great minds...)
Meanwhile, Paper Monitor has no wish to be Londonshire-centric, but merely mentions the Tube strike in the hopes of eliciting a modicum of sympathy from those whose commute was no more disrupted or delayed than usual. (Feel free to share your non-London tales of commuting hell using the comments box.)
For during a two-day visit to the capital, the Daily Telegraph .
Sigh. Only the most V of VIPs can travel at speed around a busy urban centre - any busy urban centre - and to read this on a day when millions of ordinary Joes and Jos (including your columnist) commute at walking pace is enough to make one choke on one's eel pie.
Speaking of which, why did Michelle, Sasha and Malia opt for a fish supper in Mayfair, rather than this local dish?
And vinegar or ketchup? The papers are strangely silent on their choice of condiment.
And finally, the quotes an US tourist at Westminster Abbey. On being told by security that someone important is on the way, she responds thus: "'I said we were from Illinois...'"
Is it just an American thing to broadcast where you are from to strangers?
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Comment number 1.
At 10th Jun 2009, jimternet wrote:My delayed commute from Coventry to Birmingham New Street was caused by events in London... but not by the Tube Strike (or so we were told) - by a signal failure.
I caught the 0802 at 0850, and then was told as we pulled out of Coventry that they had decided to cancel the train at Birmingham International and we'd all have to change onto a Welsh train to get to Birmingham New Street.
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At 10th Jun 2009, Paul Morris wrote:My delayed commute - by car from Cheriton Fitzpaine to Exeter - was held up this morning for nearly ten minutes because it was cow-moving day on Raddon Farm. The cows all have to walk down the lane, obediently following the farmer's Landrover, to a fresh pasture. There's nothing for it but to switch off your engine and enjoy the views whilst the cows nudge past your wing mirrors.
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