Fleaflyfloflum

I know this has little to do with moving back to UK, but i am on my own babysitting and need to get this off my chest.

If any of you intend to return to London or the south east, you are destined for regular cringe sessions whenever Boris Johnson (new London mayor) gets his hands on a microphone.
Just watched 6pm news. There he is, bumbling his way around Beijing with various news crews. He is there to take the hand over for London olympics. He gets on the mic to give a speech... what does he say in front of a room full of chinese dignitories???...(gawwwd, i wanted to slide under my table with embarrassment)..

"Personally I dont think we would have had the singing with that girl and her braces" !!!!!!!!

Beam me up scottie.

Someone shoot him before he makes us the laughing stock of the world

Bijilo123

Heh Flea - are you lining yourself up for the singing job then. We could do a duet...

gotoronto

As someone who is leaning towards going back to London right now, I was just thinking what Bo Jo's impact on life might be. And then I came here and read your post. Cringe.

quoll

LOL that really isnt as cringeworthy as our own venerable Duddster addressing the mandarins in mandarin and grovelling with his nose so far up their xxxxs. I actually like Boris and he does tend to say it like he sees it - I dont think PC is his middle name.

Fleaflyfloflum

I am up for it if you are! What should we sing?


I was sinigng the baby to sleep earlier and remembered a daft song my grandad used to sing to me. The starting line was...

"Auntie Mary had a canary up the leg of her draws"

I have no idea what the rest of the song is, but maybe we could adapt it for the international flavour of the olympics.

northernbird

I just watched the Who do you think you are with him. I thought he was quite funny in an eccentric uncle kind of way. He had me laughing anyway. I could see how he isn't the best ambassador for London though.

ann m

When she was sleeping
He was creeping
Up the leg of her drawers

Tootsie Frickensprinkles

I watched the Who do you think you are too, quite a good one as teh series goes.

He is a bufoon isnt he, but then that's always been his trademark. I think the comment following the one about the braces was the important one in that instance though.

Immediately after, he looked at the press and very tounge in cheek said, oh *wink*, did I just fall at the last hurdle? It was a very, very deliberate comment and I think quite brave. One of those things, everyones thinking it but no one else is saying it.

**** it, it was true.

Fleaflyfloflum

Yes i watched it too. It was very interesting and I do ind Boris somewhat amusing, but sometimes he really does go over the top!

Fleaflyfloflum

pmsl

Right.. my mission for the night is to find the full version

Fleaflyfloflum

Oh gawwwd...

This is a better version... after 2 bottles of white zinfandel with my daugther I cant stop giggling

Auntie mary had a canary
up the leg of her draws,
when she farted down it darted,
like a racing horse



I reckon this is the wersion we should sing at the opening ceremony al dolled up in pearly queen outfits. Kicking our legs up and flashing our knickers.

ann m

sans

Haha i'm with you the guys a chuckle a minute, and it feels great to have something to chuckle about

moneypenny20

Why is the fact that he can talk Mandarin and does so when he's in their country or they're visiting cringeworthy? It sounds polite to me. Better than some of 'us' thinking the only way to converse with a foreigner is by raising 'our' voices. Not a fan of the guy but perleese complain about a real issue.

truditjh

I love Boris, he is such a character, almost his own Spitting Image doll, wouldnt the house of commons be so much more fun if they were more like him. Did make me laugh at the closing ceremony, the Chinese representative and the Olympic guy - Jacques something - both looked very smart and good ole Boris looked like he had stepped out of a hedge, boy he makes me laugh