It's Circus Time

[gulliver1]

And the Chief Clown says."
"I am like one of those Booster Rockets that has fulfilled its function, and I will now be gently re-entering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obscure corner of the Pacific." Boris Johnson
What a pillock.

[LadyCG]

When are you going to get a life, Gulliver?

[ToraToraTora]

Sounds like a very accurate analogy, he did boost us through the big ticket items. Thanks for highlighting the achievements of the PM.

[ichkeria]

He compared himself to Cincinnatus returning to his plough.

Cincinnatus was a Roman military leader who came out of retirement for a second term as dictator of Rome.
I am sure this has already been picked up on :-)

[ToraToraTora]

ich, Boris would have chosen Cincinnatus for a reason.

[youngmafbog]

Gully will be pleased now you have explained that Ich :-)

[gulliver1]

11.00 LCG Probably , when you do .....LOL.

[Gromit]

He is more like Engine No.3 on Artemis. A dud.

[gulliver1]

Never knew the Pacific had corners ,,
Boris must have put them there. WPMSLAD.

[naomi24]

Gully has problems with metaphors. ;o)

[tomus42]

How long was Cincinnatus away for? Boris has got 7 years minimum.

[ToraToraTora]

naomi: "Gully has problems with metaphors. ;o) " - if only that was the extent of his problems.

[ToraToraTora]

Well Boris is eligible to run for POTUS maybe he'll hop over the pond.

[jno]

Cincinnatus's second coming may never have happened, but that wouldn't bother an imaginative historian like Boris.

[naomi24]

Boris will do exactly what he said he'll do. He's splash down invisibly in a remote corner ... for a while at least. For Pacific read Commons. Hang on to your hat, gully!

[Gromit]

// Cincinnatus was an opponent of the rights of the plebeians (the common citizens) who fell into poverty because of his son Caeso Quinctius's violent opposition to their desire for a written code of equally enforced laws. //

Sound familiar?

[gulliver1]

TTT . The Americans don't want him ,, Thats why they sent the pillock to live in the UK.

[tomus42]

I wouldn't mind seeing him as Potus Tora. He'd most likely run as a Democrat.

[Peter Pedant]

splishing and splashing down in the Pacific - silently as well for gods sake, for once

[Peter Pedant]

are we really having a
cincinnatus who he den? spat - long predicted by a certain PP

er sozza,
Cincinnatus qui est - - actually I think ( puto) Cincinnatus ( its a foo-foo, word from an attribute, belted, as he always wore a belt - sine qua non for ploughing at that time) puto
cincinnatus quid agit populo romano ( c who he den, still)

[naomi24]

//Sound familiar?//

Not at all, Gromit. Had Coronavirus befallen his society, I wonder what Cincinnatus would have thought about, say, subsidising workers' wages, or protecting the health of the population by ploughing millions into research and subsequently offering free vaccinations - or protecting the livelihood of small business owners by subsiding their income? Have you forgotten?