A Government Easter Egg

Last Sunday, in the very early morning, the clocks went forward. That was probably just as well as everything else seems to be going backward.

It emerged in the course of this gravity defying exercise that Alan Shatter is the Minister for Time. Clearly not the most taxing element in his portfolio, reminding people twice a year, to go forward in the Spring and backward in the Autumn.

That got me meditating on the distribution of Cabinet portfolios, and the Alice in Wonderland world we live in, and it occurred to me that this particular portfolio might be more appropriate to another member of Cabinet.

But then I realised that that particular Cabinet member is already the Minister for E=MC². Giving him charge of the speed of light, which is supposed to remain a constant, would surely constitute a conflict of interest of the highest order?


What a confusing world we live in.

An Irish Apollo

I observed this sign in the sky recently on the Northside. Perhaps someone took the hint in my previous post and has catapulted a few bankers/developers into outer space. From what I read they have been shaping up for a trip anyway. I was going to say it would be more worrying if it had been the Cabinet but that might equally solve a few problems.

Unfortunately it will more likely prove to have been just a test launch. If the North Koreans can do it so can we.