- Jan 19, 2008
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I was sent an email by an American friend. I have altered it so that it has a British perspective but it has the same meaning and impact as it does in the USA.
I was talking to a friend 's little girl, and she said she wanted to be Prime Minister some day.
Both of her parents, Labour supporters, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were to be the Prime Minister, what first thing you would do?'
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'
'Wow - what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until you're Prime Minister to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my garden, and I'll pay you £10. Then I'll take you over to the supermarket where the homeless person hangs out, and you can give him the £10 to use toward food or a new house.'
She thought that over for a few seconds 'cause she's only 6. And while her mother glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless man come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the £10?'
And I said, 'Welcome to the Conservative Party.'
Her parents still aren't talking to me. Even children understand.
I was talking to a friend 's little girl, and she said she wanted to be Prime Minister some day.
Both of her parents, Labour supporters, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were to be the Prime Minister, what first thing you would do?'
She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.'
'Wow - what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until you're Prime Minister to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my garden, and I'll pay you £10. Then I'll take you over to the supermarket where the homeless person hangs out, and you can give him the £10 to use toward food or a new house.'
She thought that over for a few seconds 'cause she's only 6. And while her mother glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, 'Why doesn't the homeless man come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the £10?'
And I said, 'Welcome to the Conservative Party.'
Her parents still aren't talking to me. Even children understand.