"Taxi, taxi!"
"Where to, Gov?"
"Buckingham Palace please, Sid"
"Right mate, 'op in"
Later
"Our country desperately needs to raise money, Prime Minister. Have you got any ideas?"
"Well, your majesty, I mean Your Majesty, the monasteries have already been dissolved by one of your predecessors, so we can't do that. But I have got another wheeze: I propose we abolish free travel on public transport for the retired. That should bring in quite a bit of cash..."
A forlorn figure outside Buckingham Palace
"Excuse me, does this bus go to the Tower of London?"
Actually, poor Gordon would have had to walk the length of the Mall before catching an Eastbound No. 15 bus to Tower Hill. Alternatively, he could have saved the taxpayer a bit of money by taking the same bus, but this time Westbound, to Marble Arch and Tyburn.
ReplyDeleteYour memory of the London Omnibus routes is astounding - but is it correct?
ReplyDeleteAnd - was that Gordon outside the gates? I'd thought you were referring to Our Queen, bereft of the monarchial fleet of limos.
p.s. I'm another Anon.
To the best of my knowledge, the No. 15 would have taken Gordon (for I was indeed referring to him) to the Tower or "a place of execution". Memory, unfortunately, doesn't come into it - only Wikipedia!
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