Comedy Time

Time to get a little lighthearted, if just mildly whimsical at first...

We were enjoying ice creams at the coast and one of my imaginative offsprings said "That looks like a turtle over there!" ... what do you think?

I found this sight somewhere recently - who knew trees could be so affectionate?

And then the hilarity ensues. They actually think people care enough about politics to turn out and vote on the most complicated way a hijacked electoral commission could possibly rig a ridiculous attempt to make things 'fairer' - completely ignoring the way most of us (according to the last poll) want as many island-wide mandate Senators as possible! The two new choices do away with Senators, have silly voting districts instead of parishes, and cut the number of members to 42 which is nowhere near enough to ensure good balanced government, yet will appeal to the crowd who blindly cheer for reduced costs without considering matters any more deeply.

And to cap it all, the whole thing isn't binding; the States will only debate the results and do what they always do anway - whatever they want while ignoring what we ask for!

Oh it's a right old laugh!

 The A Team have been busy with banners, God Bless 'em. They think it will be fairer their way, but it won't make any difference to what the commission is setting out to do (get more people interested) and will have negative effects that outweigh the good. Superficially 'fair' if you don't think farther than the soundbites, but damaging to the island.

An appropriate place to add one - I can't help borrowing from the slogan used to scare kids from the prospect of going to prison...  I think "B? Me? No way!" ... the very worst of the options; combining the madness of Option A and then piling on the insanity of keeping the Constables, to make it even worse!

C sense. Incredible to think that I agree with ILM on something! The fact is, ignoring the whole farcical thing won't help to register your disgust.

If you don't like the new options A or B, then C is the logical "None of the above" choice. Stick a "1" in the box for C, and don't use any other second choices.

Tell them to Think Again - Vote C until they do a better job!

Mad plan to waste £400,000 spoiling old harbours

 To join up the cycle paths from La Collette to Commercial buildings, the plan - now backed by a Roads Committee with a history of absurd anti-car-ism - will see the 'English' and 'French' harbours eaten into, to widen the road and include a dedicated cycle path - if Planning agree.

They say "The granite work would be in the same style as the existing walls, but all the existing granite and slipway cobbles would be left intact behind and beneath the new structures."

I don't believe they'll get it to look authentic, and I think it would spoil the look of these old harbours and slipways. Maybe not so much this one by South Pier ...

 .. but definitely this one. And look - there's a wide enough pavement on the wall side of the road that only gets used because there isn't a pavement on the water side.

So why not scrap the existing pavement, move the road over, and have a shared pavement and cycle path on the harbour side? A zebra crossing could allow access to the steps up to Pier Rd, it's not as if it would see any major use and hold up the traffic. Much cheaper to swap the road and pavement over than to spoil the old granite work!