Useless at everything
So Prescott wasn't just a useless minister.
It looks like he was a useless bulimic, too.
(I realise that the phrase 'pot calling kettle black' is particularly apposite here, but then no one - least of all me - has ever called yours truly a bulimic.)
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Greg
April 21st, 2008 10:07amLooking in the mirror and seeing a fat person is a classic sign of an eating disorder. Prezzie must have done that every morning.
Water
April 21st, 2008 4:55pmSo the egg thrower got punched by a bulimic haha!
Max Kaye
April 21st, 2008 7:09pm.... and not even his mistress noticed. They just thought he was a fat glutton.
Sorry, I shouldn't laugh at the handicapped....
London Calling
April 21st, 2008 10:41pmMaybe Two Jags had two stomach's as well ? Stress is not a laughing matter though, Gordon brown nibbles away at his nails, Alistair Darlings eyebrows turned black and all the other Labour Ministers have developed a twitch everytime they come across 10p in their wallets.....
Verity
April 21st, 2008 11:28pmWater - Prescott didn't like to see an egg going to waste. He could have eaten it. No wonder he got a bit waspish.
This story is so transparently ridiculous that I can't believe some people are being taken in. This very overweight fellow developed bulimia, generally a young woman's affliction psychologically connected to her perceived body image, in his 50s? And now he's a 69 year old bulimic? Are you 'avin' me on, mate?
The correct term for his affliction is "gluttony". I'm sure he's put away many a vast, heavy meal washed down with gallons of beer and wine and suddenly felt sick. This isn't bulimia.
And now Blair has been pressed into the service of trying to drum up interest in Fatty's book, apologising for leaving him in charge of the country while Chunky Guy was suffering from a psychological disorder. Prescott really does know where those bodies are buried, doesn't he?
Virtue Brothers
April 22nd, 2008 7:49amSince he was on a permanent eating jag, I suppose he well deserved the epithet "two jags".
Water
April 22nd, 2008 12:28pmVerity your great don't get me wrong. I think people are just entertaining the gag.