Re: Dead Parrots, Monty Python and Bent Vets

patgardiner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Pat's Note:
>
> Preoccupied as I am, you would not have expected me to miss this
> one...and I didn't
>
> Monty Plython's dead parrot sketch had nothing on Britain's State
> Veterinary Service, when they make decide to make idiots of
> themselves.
> How many times do we have to watch this performance before someone
> plucks up enough courage to sack the entire top management?
>
> They also mixed up the samples, and instucted the company not to
> dislose the exact location of the quarantene.
>
> I'm much more worried about the SVS than Mr Hammond.

The article, as usual with Pat, does not even mention the SVS although it
does mention EU vets. It is critical of customs and excise though.

He missed the best bit. The parrot was not in a quarantine centre in Mr
Hammonds back garden but one in the back garden of someone who works part
time in Southend hospital. (BBC Look East this evening showed the property
and the sheds. Also see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4384542.stm)

Perhaps the SVS also controls Southend hospital. :-)

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