18-08-2018, 02:54 PM
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Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Re. Jabberwocky.
That Lewis Carroll fella would have done well here on scribbles, that’s weird at it’s finest, we would have rolled out the red carpet for a talent like that, ain’t that the truth Gummy old boy? and the bold Luey was a professor of mathematics!, just goes to show you how to much maths can fry up your brain and make it go all Jabberwocky. Good on ya Mad Luey!
“God’s truth. Someone up there likes me
Probably Mr Whippy”
Fair play to you Spitty, always on the ball, I always enjoy your clever quips, you are indeed “The Chief Quip” of the Scribblers party, who do everything except politics.
Not talking politics, but merely seeking out a bit of info, and I know I could google this but as I always say I like the ordinary persons slant on things, much better than the search machines clinical answers.
Why are there “Chief whips” in political parties? Why are they called whips? Did they begin to call them whips after the Profumo/Keeler conservative party scandal when Christine and Mandy were whipping government ministers like spinning tops, lots of weird stuff was going on back then, remember the chap found dead in the wardrobe naked and an orange in his mouth? yes indeed, a sort of landlubbers version of Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, or “Two years strapped to the Mast”. What about Ivanov? where did he fit into the games? Did he squeal and cry “I’ve a nuff, I’ve a nuff”
I’ve never been interested in politics so I’m in the dark about all these political terms, just curious about the whip thing, seems a strange title to me. I could understand the jockey’ club having a chief whip.