Food for Thought

[perlmonger]

Last night I dreamed that I was part of a conspiracy to kidnap all the living (and unliving, in one notable case) incumbents of the office of Home Secretary, lock them in a large room equipped only with a source of water and a few sharp knives, and wait to see who ate whom first.

I suppose we might have allowed them cooking facilities too: I expect that Bob Carr at least is getting a bit tough at 92.

Messrs. Carr, Brittan, Hurd, Waddington, Baker, Clarke (K), Howard, Straw, Blunkett, Clarke (C), Reid and Smith: who would go first? Perhaps I should make a poll.

Comments

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

who ate whom first.

I'd say Ken Clarke would be first on the menu; not only is he one of the least illiberal, but he has more meat on him than most.

Bob Carr may be tough at 92, but only because the so-called "butchers" of the Angry Brigade[1] didn't do a good enough job of tenderising him (and I have my own theory about how that was bungled, but that's another story)

[1] - Bet you didn't know Anna Mendleson used to live round the corner from me.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Now, interestingly, I would say Clarke would be the first to eat someone; the hunger plus nicotine deprivation combination would make him crack first. Charles Clarke would be the first one killed, I think.