tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post1449988026772094093..comments2024-03-13T08:18:08.922+10:30Comments on Catdownunder: Two days to go before we votecatdownunderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189081688973141295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-9070910750419829682016-07-02T11:25:39.972+09:302016-07-02T11:25:39.972+09:30I thought we had been watching "Yes Minister&...I thought we had been watching "Yes Minister" for the last two months ... at least there were times when it was better to think that it was a comedy show!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-15357316729125332682016-06-30T17:25:13.241+09:302016-06-30T17:25:13.241+09:30Hello Anonymous L - my version of Perfect being th...Hello Anonymous L - my version of Perfect being the Enemy of the Good is - "The normal is the enemy of the real". I came up with it at the end of March 2014.<br /><br />And good = what we desire / is a thing to think about.<br /><br />Jean from Cornwall: YES! [he has over-achieved his ambition - he gets to tell lots of people what to do and the Prime Minister might actually listen to him].<br /><br />Another "telling people what to do dream" might be Royal Commissioner? Or Parliamentary Inquirer?<br /><br />Those people and their work is a big factor in "Why I bother voting" - and if they have financial and moral support - so much the better.<br /><br />Cat: " Even as a small child though I expected promised things would not happen - perhaps because I knew however hard I tried I was not going to be able to do some things and that I would not do others as well as I would like to have done."<br /><br />And Anonymous L - isn't it the 1%ers that do things?Adelaide Duponthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490123934889071074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-87707591820562921782016-06-30T15:43:58.936+09:302016-06-30T15:43:58.936+09:30Ah, "Yes Minister", that famous document...Ah, "Yes Minister", that famous documentary series.<br /><br />I chuckled at your child who wanted to be Prime Minister and ended up as a union boss. Does he realise that he has now over-achieved his ambition to tell people what to do?<br /> <br />It is nice to be getting old enough to match the degree of cynicism I have always had.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1663680578112260744.post-18424067817308697452016-06-30T11:45:27.233+09:302016-06-30T11:45:27.233+09:30I think it is a useful lesson to learn - that not ...I think it is a useful lesson to learn - that not everything turns out perfectly, especially at the first attempt.<br /><br />Many people who are really good at something have put in a lot of practice (which is not obvious to others).<br /><br />There is the saying: "The perfect is the enemy of the good".<br /><br />And, quite often, your or my good, which we consider to be substandard because it is only 80 per cent of what we desire, is adequate for the job, and as good as, if not better than, other people's 100 per cent.<br /><br /><br />And the election. Immediately after the results are announced, the parties, that have been promising abundant goodies to come, will find there is no money in the kitty. Like day follows night. Every election. And where is the monetary crisis we had a few months ago, when only ruthless austerity could save the country? <br /><br />LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com