| A combined operation
involving police and Benefit Agency staff swooped on the Holyrood site this week nabbing
dozens of staff working while claiming benefit. A spokesB1 told the JT "I can see where you’re
going with this gag, and let’s be honest, it's so obvious its not worth doing."
A crestfallen JT editor conceded that he had
intended writing a cheap shot at our nation’s MSPs, something along the lines of
investigators being shocked at the number of politicians pulling down mega-bucks for doing
hee and indeed haw.
"I’ve been rumbled", the editor told
himself, "Any self respecting JT reader would’ve seen |
that gag coming a mile off
and would’ve immediately thought ‘Christ they’re really running out of
ideas at the JT.’" Narrowly
avoiding punting such a weak and obvious gag, the editor of the JT warned that the gag is
nevertheless likely to turn up elsewhere.
"I can confidently predict" he predicted
confidently, "that this gag will turn up as a letter in some Scottish rag, provide
six hundred words of copy in a "hilarious" diary column and will form the basis
of a new 6-part sit-com starring Gregor Fisher."
Meanwhile, benefit officers, after their visit to
the Holyrood project, expressed concern: "It's so untidy, it's like a building
site." |
