A royal pain in the butt??

Well, well, well!

Its no secret that the British Monarchy has this habit of washing its dirty, smelly (though appropriately perfumed, I'll bet) linen in public. How else could that other great institution - their tabloid press - survive otherwise?

I overheard one regular discussing this news item with another at my barber's.

Prince Harry has reportedly owned up to his friends that he has not washed his hair for two years.

The other retorted hoping that the royal scion has had the sense at least to have his butt washed, if not toilet papered, over the period of 2 years!

Methinks it would be an eye-opener to know if the British Exchequer is paying for an employee who's sole job is to keep clean, you know what, of folks who occupy Kensington Palace!

;)

One billion hopes crashing

Devamma's quote to Rediff.com on her nephew, the right honorable H.D Deve Gowda, India's 14th Prime Minister.

A man like him should become prime minister a hundred times."

Blood is thicker than water, of course. That should explain why Smt. Devamma feels so strongly about her nephew. Unfortunately, she has no way of knowing, I suppose, the diametrically opposite views of ordinary citizens. For example, she should read a sample of reader submissions, extracted from churumuri.wordpress.com & posted here:

- The very name Devegowda is a bane to Karnataka. Unless he retires from public life, the State won’t prosper.

- Are you a thief? If yes, why? — is it your upbringing, or the ambition of your rascal sons, or the nature of Karnataka politics, or something else?

- For a man who talks about doing so much for the poor, can you please disclose assets held in the name of all your family members, and when/how you got them?

- Whew!! I can’t really think of a decent, civil question to him! :(

- When do you think your son Ravana (oops!! sorry, Revanna) will become the next Prime… (oops!! sorry) Chief Minister of Karnataka?

- Mr Gowda, when would you gracefully fade away from public life and hence make public life richer?

- Gowdre , what were you thinking of when you used to go to sleep /slumber on the dias like clockwork?

Personally, I thought the best comment was this:

Do you sleep well at night ?

God help India, in case he becomes PM even just once more!

Like daughter, like mother ??

Jade Goody - may her soul RIP - must be rolling in her grave, mortified as hell!

After discovering what it was to put foot in mouth and then regret, on an international scale, she'd have thought that her mom would pick up some cues.

Not a chance. Appears that notoriety runs in the family.

Jade Goody's mother Jackiey Budden was strip searched after her offhand remark sparked an airport terror alert.

The check-in girl at airport security had asked Budden whether she was carrying anything dangerous in her bags, to which she replied, "Only my gun."

Duh! Jus' what was she thinking?

Police said Jackiey was given some "words of advice" before being let off.

Well, she's lucky. Next time, they propose to ask her to leave her brain behind.

If they find it, that is!

:)