tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8414571032069656..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Margaret Beckett's a Shoo In!Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74764025114300063502009-06-22T15:00:06.974+01:002009-06-22T15:00:06.974+01:00Humphrey Lyttelton. Sorry for spellnig error.Humphrey Lyttelton. Sorry for spellnig error.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18515958865044563082009-06-22T14:58:20.169+01:002009-06-22T14:58:20.169+01:00Hence Humphry Lyttleton's favourite joke: Blac...Hence Humphry Lyttleton's favourite joke: Blacksmith "Have you ever shoed a horse?" Aspirant Apprentice "No, but I once told a pig to piss off."Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44634244238900723342009-06-22T14:33:20.539+01:002009-06-22T14:33:20.539+01:00Grumpy Old Man - Shoo-in is spelled "shoo-in&...Grumpy Old Man - Shoo-in is spelled "shoo-in". It has absolutely nothing to do with footwear.<br /><br />One of the easiest tasks in the world is to shoo geese into a pen by waving a piece of cloth at them and saying, "Shoo! Shoo!" They run into the pen quacking. They don't rebel. They don't run off in all directions. They go to where you're shooing them.<br /><br />It's an American phrase, often misunderstood by the English.Veritynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49018953744179592172009-06-22T14:29:47.166+01:002009-06-22T14:29:47.166+01:00As part of Milliband's overtures to Iran they ...As part of Milliband's overtures to Iran they have obviously employed Ahmadinejad as a consuiltant on the process.Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04852867933348403214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54179764531702317502009-06-22T14:02:15.202+01:002009-06-22T14:02:15.202+01:00Iain. You seem to be having a bad hair week on yo...Iain. You seem to be having a bad hair week on your blog. Even Bob Piper is having a dig. Shoe-In? An ex-leader of the Labour Party , recently a Cabinet member and slaughterer of kine in the unpartisan role of Speaker? Heaven forfend!Grumpy Old Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32550049303182396412009-06-22T13:57:41.897+01:002009-06-22T13:57:41.897+01:00I hope it remains a joke, a very sick one if it co...I hope it remains a joke, a very sick one if it comes true.mtrcrickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07719534328999947175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43998343081596262042009-06-22T13:54:13.285+01:002009-06-22T13:54:13.285+01:00'Shoo in''Shoo in'Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.com