I was meant to be going on an official delegation to Zambia next week but the president died and they're still in official mourning so it's been called off. The delegation was to have been led by Virginia (now Baroness) Bottomley, and included her successor as top Tory totty, Julie Kirkbride MP. (Am I allowed to say that? Am I allowed to say that if I make clear I'm being ironic? And do I actually mean ironic, or am I having a touch of the Alanis Morrisettes here?)
We all met for a briefing on the trip before recess. I'm rather scared of posh women who ask you lots of questions, so when Virginia said the Zambians wanted to talk to us about our Freedom of Information Act and we needed someone to swot up on it, and how about you Kerry?, I accepted rather in the spirit one accepts when the teacher asks if you want to be class helper. Anyway, it's not happening now, or not until December, maybe.
3 comments:
It's satire, not irony.
I guess so... because I'm not really saying they're not. Whereas 'the highlight of my day was cleaning out the kitchen cupboard and buying mugs' - that's irony? Will come back to you on the fat stuff later, when I get out of the office!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
P.S. Welcome back!
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