Value for Money

[dextrous]

I remember Tony Benn (using a variant of an Oscar Wilde quote) saying of Thatcher - She knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

Would you say that the current government demonstrate a similar attitude, or perhaps one of these variations:

1/. ..know the cost of nothing and the value of nothing
2/. ..know the cost of nothing and the value of everything
3/. ..know the cost of everything and the value of everything

Which is the most desirable attitude to have when running a country? Not sure myself - 3/. sounds the best but I'm not sure it's altruistic enough

 

[slick50]

I don't know Dex. It sounds a bit stiff to me. Knowing the cost and value of everything might mean no flexability. Maybe no bargaining.

 

[joinerjohn]

I think the present shower of s**te that pass for HM's Government, "know the value of their expenses forms intimately" And therefore "Know the value of lies lies and damn statistics"

 

[dextrous]

I think the present shower of s**te that pass for HM's Government, "know the value of their expenses forms intimately" And therefore "Know the value of lies lies and damn statistics"

Doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as the original quote

 

[conny]

I think the present shower of s**te that pass for HM's Government, "know the value of their expenses forms intimately" And therefore "Know the value of lies lies and damn statistics"

Doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as the original quote

Does if you've had a few cans.

 

[dextrous]

Does if you've had a few cans.

Reminds me of a mathematical procedure we had to understand when I was at college - the Gram Schmidt Orthonormalisation Procedure. Definitely needed a few beers to say that without stammering.

 

[libby lou lou]

I think the present shower of s**te that pass for HM's Government, "know the value of their expenses forms intimately" And therefore "Know the value of lies lies and damn statistics"

Doesn't roll off the tongue quite as easily as the original quote

Does if you've had a few cans.

And the odd spliff

 

[conny]

Don't know about that last bit LLL,

Golden Virginia hand roll and nothing added or taken away.

 

[dextrous]

Don't know about that last bit LLL,

Golden Virginia hand roll and nothing added or taken away.

Looked at cig prices in a garage today. £6.12 for pack of 20. So glad I knocked it on the head

 

[lifesagasman]

Don't know about that last bit LLL,

Golden Virginia hand roll and nothing added or taken away.

Looked at cig prices in a garage today. £6.12 for pack of 20. So glad I knocked it on the head

when you see the price of a packet of 3 what else are you going to knock on the head??

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