Two Jags
I was shocked to see that John Prescott announced over the weekend that he was a sufferer of Bulimia.
Not shocked that he had it, more that the qualification criteria to be defined as a bulimic is so much lower than I had thought. I was always under the impression that bulimia sufferers would sneak off after every meal and make themselves sick. I did not realise that you were also bulimic if you threw up after every six hundredth meal. I would prefer to concentrate on the many MANY meals he consumed that were allowed to fix themselves to his ample waistline. I suppose we finally have an explanation for his second Jaguar, it was nothing more than a mobile larder.
I always thought that one of the nice side effects of being bulimic was always remaining skinny. How are we supposed to spot them now? We could always look out for traces and smell of vomit, but I do not wish to tarnish this country’s binge drinkers with the bulimia label.
There is of course the possibility that he came up with the story to help sell his book. I am not saying that he definitely did, but it is a possibility. It would be pretty difficult coming up with a believable and sympathy-earning failing after being part of that government. David Blunkett bagsied the blind thing, and Jack Straw got the familial drugs shame, so I guess he had little left to work with. He tried the adultery angle, but that didn’t seem to work, so I suppose an eating disorder was a logical choice.
I just want to know how big he would be if he had never thrown up a meal in his life?
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April 22nd, 2008 at 8:00 am
Prescott with Bulimia? I suppose Thatcher had a fear of conflict then? It’s funny how this shite always comes out just as they have a tatty book that needs plugging.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 am
Does it count as bulimia though if it’s involuntary?
He threw up after washing down fish and chips and Marks and Spencers Trifles with whole tins of Carnation Condensed Milk.
Well what did he think was going to happen?
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 am
he is obviously an amnesiac bulemic…he eats but forgets to throw up….
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:44 am
Vamos666 - I don’t think they announce a story like this because he has a book coming out. It’s more likely that he reveals this little gem actually in his book, and the press who have the joy to read it prior to release, publish the story in their raggedy rags!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Is it me or are some illnesses more fashionable than others? I would have thought that a bad gut would be a more likely result of Prescott’s dietary habits. Maybe the fact that all cabinet meetings had to be held with the windows wide open is classified as a matter of national security.
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Knowing Prescott’s propensity for mangling words and punching voters I think he meant to say,”I,ve got a bull in me!”
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
So that’s what happened to £4000 worth of pies.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
He could have went for the perv thing - Im sure that would have set him aside from most MPs - how about being found strapped to a table suffocated on a ball gag……oh
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Angry,
A numbskull like Prescott getting that high up in government needs a licence to eat free pies.
You can’t fuck anything up if you’re too busy in the trough.
Don’t start me on Mandelson.
Much loving the blog by the way, if that’s what it is.
fester
April 25th, 2008 at 3:54 am
Prescott’s a cunt. ‘Nuff said.