Gordon Brown Resigns

[Arkwright]

At last Gordon Brown has decided to resign. His cabinet colleagues decided it would be a worthy gesture to name a railway locomotive after him. A Senior Civil Servant was sent from Whitehall to the National Railway Museum at York to carry out a feasibility study.

 

“They have a number of locomotives here without names.†A specially-sought consultant informs the civil Servant. “Most are freight locomotives though.â€

 

The Civil Servant considers this, “Oh dear. That’s not very fitting for a prime minister. How about that big green one over there?†and he indicates no 4472.

 

That one already has a name.†says the consultant, “It’s called The Flying Scotsman.â€

 

Not to be phased the civil servant says, “Well couldn’t it be re-named? This is the National Railway Museum and it is after all funded by the taxpayer.â€

 

“I suppose it might be considered.†Says the consultant. “There are precedents. LNER renamed a number of locomotives after directors of the company and even one was called Dwight D Eisenhower.â€

 

“Excellent.†Says the Senior Civil Servant, “That’s settled then, we’ll rename 4472. But how much will it all cost. We can’t spend too much given the Expenses Scandal.â€

 

“Well,†says the consultant, “we could always just paint out the F.â€

[martinmac]

Dont post things that get my hopes up Derek

[richt]

Dont post things that get my hopes up Derek

 

Ha me too!

[Arkwright]

do you mean naming a locomotive after him or something else?

[rich5259]

[rtbiscuit]

saw the thread title and for a second i thought good times were here, and then realized it was a joke

 

don't get my hopes up like that and then dash them

[Maccaman]

Been out tonight & thought I'd missed this monumentus news, until I noticed it was in the jokes section. I thought somebody had given me a belated birthday present

[Dene8]

For a brief second i forgot i was in the jokes section and got all excited (not the hot and bothered kind) by your subject title.......