Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Quote of the month

No, it’s not Owen Glenn (see here for a great Cactus Kate post on what he’s really like – he sounds like fun) or Mike Williams. It’s Kirstie Kirk, wife of English idiot Maurice Kirk who last weekend ditched his Piper Cub in the Caribbean, thus ending his attempt to fly round the world in it. A Piper Cub is pretty small, as you can see here – in World War II it was a spotter plane.

And the quote? When she was told that he had discharged himself after being treated for head and neck injuries, Mrs Kirk said: “He usually does.”

5 Comments:

Blogger rhosking said...

Sounds like a 'Mrs Icarus' moment.

(look it up on google)

7:29 PM  
Anonymous Poneke said...

I wish I could get it, I bet it is rather funny :-(

1:32 PM  
Blogger rhosking said...

OK, here it is - poem by Carol ann Duthie called

Mrs Icarus


I’m not the first or the last
to stand on a hillock,
watching the man she married
prove to the world
he’s a total, utter, absolute Grade A pillock.

4:15 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sounds like the wife from hell.

4:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hang on a minute. She sounds quite reasonable. He's a chronic attention-seeker.

4:25 PM  

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