As We Were Saying

However, as many often say, you don’t get many of those in a bucket of mackerel. Especially on a Thursday when the prevailing wind is coming from the east and there is something interesting on the telly in half an hour. I’m sure you all (well, you and your friend) reading this will now be smiling in recognition. In particular as you recall the many recent times you yourself have used that exact phrase during the course of your day.

It is surprising how often such memorable and pithy sayings entire the national consciousness. After all, we all remember during the previous government, the then Prime Mentalist Minister saying, you can’t blame me for that, guv. After all, it’s not my job to sort out the country. It was a phrase that – looking back – gained instant currency all around the country. Everyone from taxi-drivers to the nation’s police chiefs used it as an excuse when things – inevitably – went wrong. It even became a global meme when used with such stunning effect as a caption to a photo of a cute cat doing that cute thing.

Of course, there was the world-famous pornstar, Dyson Polestraddler, and her celebrated remark about the (almost famous) independent author and blogger, [redacted], and his staggeringly impressive organ. She also praised his awesome sexual technique that left her stunned, breathless, and with strawberry jam stains on her inner left thigh. Afterwards, she could only smile and say, Bloody ‘eck, our kid, that were a right good seeing to, and no mistake. This soon became another meme familiar to everyone around the world. It later became a YouTube hit when the current Home Secretary set it to music and produced a music video featuring the entire British government cabinet in a stunning dance routine. Consequently, the video received amazing viewing figures for a political video clip, reaching almost double figures, seen nearly seven times in Worcestershire alone.

Then, there is the saying that became instantly popular all around the world when the American president uttered it at the inaugural address at the White House. Most interpreted her remark as a direct warning to America’s enemies all around the world. She said I’m the man now, bitches, and if you want to see what that means just make me press this button here, know what I’m saying? A speech than many historians argue will outlast the Gettysburg address, and even the world-famous Reagan shopping list, as the best speech ever made in the history of the American presidency.

So, in summation all that it remains for me to say is, mind how you go.