BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)

Subject: RE: BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Jun 09 - 03:38 PM

And why is it in BS? It's wonderful!

Subject: RE: BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)
From: PoppaGator
Date: 18 Jun 09 - 03:25 PM

Is there a backstory regarding "four bath plugs"?

I understood the other eleven items easily enough, but this one seems so off-the-wall that I'm figuring there must be some actual news story behind it.

~ A Confused Yank

Subject: RE: BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Jun 09 - 02:58 AM

I liked it a lot too!

Subject: RE: BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Jun 09 - 05:58 AM

good one!

but surely not BS - it's a song!

Subject: BS: th Twelve MPs Expenses (12 Days Of Xmas)
From: Bryn Pugh
Date: 17 Jun 09 - 05:28 AM

To the tune of 12 days of Xmas :

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
A flat screeen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasam TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Eight men a-gardening
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Nine packs of nappies
Eight men a-gardening
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Ten men re-wiring
Nine packs of nappies
Eight men a-gardening
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirt movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Eleven mortgage payments
Ten men re-wiring
Nine packs of nappies
Eight men a-gardening
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

In the House of Commons I claimed as an MP
Twelve shithouse seats
Eleven mortgage payments
Ten men re-wiring
Nine packs of nappies
Eight men a-gardening
Seven tubes of Smarties
Six foreign "jollies"
Five accountants' fees -
Four bath plugs
Three duck houses
Two dirty movies
And a flat screen plasma TV.

(All contributions gratefully received, c/o Speaker's House.)