The Good Old Daze
‘IN AN IDEAL WORLD… William would be king of this country… Maggie would be PM… And wed bring back hanging.
| Putting the daddy in daddy-o |
Yes, and the Daily Express would be selling millions of copies every day to the sort of men who would read it while sitting in a deck chair wearing a shirt and tie.
No surprise then to find the Express enthusiastically trumpeting this story, based on a devastating survey of over-50s.
Apparently, the only items in the modern world that these people approve of are washing machines, inside toilets and central heating. Wot, no stair-lifts?
The survey quizzed 3,000 people with an average age of 69 and found that 89 per cent agreed that it was better to be a young person in the 50s.
Better than being a miserable old bastard in the 1950s, anyway.’
Posted: 1st, October 2004 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
