Tony Blair called John Prescott into his office one
day and said, 'John I have a great idea! We are going to go all out to
win back Middle England'.
'Great idea Tony how will we go about it?' said Prescott.
'Well' said Blair, 'we'll get ourselves one of those long Barbour
coats,some proper wellies, a stick and a flat cap, oh and
a Labrador. Then we'll really look the part.
We'll go to a nice old country pub, in MuchSomethingor other or one of
those villages and we'll show we really enjoy the Countryside'
'Right Oh' said Prescott.
So a few days later, all kitted out and with the requisite Labrador at
heel, they set off from London in a westerly direction. Eventually they
arrived at just the place they were looking for (Much
Piddling-in-the-Brook) and found a lovely country pub (The Surly Yokel)
and, with the dog, went in and up to the bar.
'Good evening Landlord may we have two pints of your
best ale, from the Wood?' said Blair.
'Good evening Prime Minister'said the landlord,' two pints of best it
is, coming up'.
Blair and Prescott stood leaning on the bar drinking their beer and
chatting, nodding now and again to those who came
into the bar for a drink.
The dog lay quietly at their feet. All of a sudden,the door from the
adjacent bar opened and in came a grizzled old
shepherd, complete with crook. He walked up to the Labrador, lifted its
tail and looked underneath, shrugged his shoulders and walked back to
the other bar.
A few moments later, in came another old shepherd with his crook. He
walked up to the dog, lifted its tail, looked underneath,
scratched his head and went back to the other bar. Over the course of
the next hour or so several other locals came in, lifted the dog's
tail and went away looking puzzled.
Eventually Blair and Prescott could stand it no longer and called the
Barman over.
'Tell me,' said Blair, ' why did all those old shepherds come in and
look under the dog's tail like that? Is it an old custom?'
'Good Lord no,' said the barman. 'It's just that someone went and
told them that there was a Labrador in this bar with two
arseholes!?'
Labrador
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