The news!
Tickled, I was, to read on the wires that Britain was going to have its warmest October 27th since 1888. Not autumn, not October. No, it will be the warmest October 27th on record.
Then, as if to confirm that there is no real news in Britain today, I read the following wire headline: BLAIR TREATS EU MATES TO ENGLISH WHITE WINE.
Stop press. Now, I agree that I'm ignoring the reading-between-the-lines that this implies, but reading that 'British Prime Minister Tony Blair treated fellow EU leaders to a modestly priced English wine during lunch Thursday' (less than nine pounds a bottle: quite reasonable!) was only marginally less amusing than reading a course-by-course description of their lunch.
That's not news, that's a menu.
Then, as if to confirm that there is no real news in Britain today, I read the following wire headline: BLAIR TREATS EU MATES TO ENGLISH WHITE WINE.
Stop press. Now, I agree that I'm ignoring the reading-between-the-lines that this implies, but reading that 'British Prime Minister Tony Blair treated fellow EU leaders to a modestly priced English wine during lunch Thursday' (less than nine pounds a bottle: quite reasonable!) was only marginally less amusing than reading a course-by-course description of their lunch.
That's not news, that's a menu.
posted by vivaldifan | 9:03 AM
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