When the balloon goes up
Through a mist of cheap whiskey because I finished off my last bottle of malt last night, I am minded to recall the character of Major Jimmy Anderson, Reggie Perrin’s brother-in-law who always arrived at dinner time because of a “cock-up on the catering front”.
Given that far right wing politicians are now arming themselves with evil legal loophole firearms (see posts passim) it is worth recalling the exchange between Reggie & Jimmy, where Jimmy explains his plans to set up a guerrilla army in preparation for when the balloon goes up, which mostly involved detailing the help of every violent misfit in society to challenge the hegemony of Chinese restaurants around Windsor Castle
Major Jimmy Anderson (on the subject of the enemy): Wreckers of law and order. Communists, Maoists, Trotskyists, neo-Trotskyists, crypto-Trotskyists, union leaders, Communist union leaders, atheists, agnostics, long-haired weirdos, short-haired weirdos, vandals, hooligans, football supporters, namby-pamby probation officers, rapists, papists, papist rapists, foreign surgeons - headshrinkers, who ought to be locked up, Wedgwood Benn, keg bitter, punk rock, glue-sniffers, "Play For Today", Clive Jenkins, Roy Jenkins, Up Jenkins, up everybody's, Chinese restaurants - why do you think Windsor Castle is ringed with Chinese restaurants?
Reginald Perrin: You realise the sort of people you're going to attract, don't you, Jimmy? Thugs, bully-boys, psychopaths, sacked policemen, security guards, sacked security guards, racialists, Paki-bashers, queer-bashers, Chink-bashers, anybody-bashers, rear Admirals, queer admirals, Vice Admirals, fascists, neo-fascists, crypto-fascists, loyalists, neo-loyalists, crypto-loyalists.
Jimmy Anderson: Do you think so? I thought recruitment might be difficult
Comments
Sounds like a good description of my former Readers. Except for the "Admirals" part: they would more likely have been CPOs and Chief Engineers.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | March 23, 2009 4:30 PM
I always liked the comment I heard a number of years ago. When Maggie Thatcher was Really Really mad at some country she didn't send in the Army, she sent in the football fans.
Posted by: Walt | March 23, 2009 4:34 PM
Reggie: Jimmy! Jimmy! What should we do?! What are your orders?!
Jimmy: Rrrrr.... GET THE BARSTIDS!
Posted by: lenfaria | March 23, 2009 5:22 PM
Kim we are not former readers we are deprived (or depraved) readers, what has it come to when the BNP are a better bet for England than the other socialist shit? When the poo hits the fan it wont be nice, Uerope or the USA first?
Posted by: Chris Edwards | March 23, 2009 10:37 PM
Kim knows us well, now lead the Barn Army to victory!!!
Posted by: Benji40 | March 24, 2009 5:11 PM