Sheep
Today, my mind wandered. I envisaged a political movement called “The Lamb Party”, I know not why. I began to construct a few possible slogans.
“Take a political gambol,” one hypothetical poster implores, another telling voters “Don’t be fleeced by our opponents’ wooly thinking!” Yet a third: “Don’t be sheepish - vote with the flock.” Most voters share some characteristics with sheep anyway, so they could probably rely on a good deal of grass-roots support.
I’m not sure a series of ill-inspired puns is the best ideological foundation for a political party: they’ll probably get slaughtered at the polls.
And if anybody dares say that pun was in rather bad taste, I shall personally see that they are drowned in cheap mint sauce.
Goodnight.
April 12th, 2005 at 17:02
Perhaps Christ Church could be official sponsors, perhaps supplying you with the aforesaid green dishwater+mud (sorry, “cheap mint sauce”). And I certainly wouldn’t suggest that you approach a certain Constitutional Affairs Minister as a possible leader (that would be too punny…).
April 19th, 2005 at 12:11
Perhaps “Our party needs ewe!”, with a sheep pointing squarely out of the poster.
(Kitchener-style moustache optional)
April 21st, 2005 at 07:36
“Four more shears of Tony Blair?”
“Vote ‘yes’ to the Ewe-ropean Constitution”
“Sheep-dipping the balance of power” (that’s tenuous)