tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post103578358104137855..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Shoddily builtJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-2836342959259115362015-06-29T08:15:18.717+01:002015-06-29T08:15:18.717+01:00Contrary to popular belief, the term 'jerry-bu...Contrary to popular belief, the term 'jerry-built' was in use before the word jerry became a pejorative term for German, and no analogy with anything or any person of Germanic origin was intended.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-48297913320318969712015-06-28T15:26:46.182+01:002015-06-28T15:26:46.182+01:00This was spot on
I thought the analogy of MPs as s...This was spot on<br />I thought the analogy of MPs as sheep was perceptive but if you ask for the names of MPs you only get Cameron these days these rest are non entities and he is waiting for his time to be over <br />I thought that jerry built was a bit OTT as they make magnificent houses. but then I remembered that it was built not by Germans but for a German family who changed their name very rapidly <br />when a family squabble with their German relatives got out of hand<br /><br />Essentially it is an English problem we in Wales should not contribute a single Ceiniog to its repair or rebuild if that proves to be the way forward and that goes for both Buck House and the Houses of ParliamentG Horton-Jonesnoreply@blogger.com