Tony Blair called John Prescott into his office one

day and said,

'John I have a great idea! We are going to go all

out to win back

Middle England'.

'Great idea Tony, how will we go about it?' said

Prescott.

'Well' said Blair, 'we'll get ourselves one of those

long Barbour coats, some proper wellies, a stick and a flat cap,

oh and a Labrador.

Then we'll really look the part. We'll go to a nice

old country pub, in Much Something or other or one of those villages and

we'll show we really enjoy the Countryside.'

'Right oh' said Prescott.

so a few days later, all kitted out and with the

requisite Labrador at heel, they set off from London in a westerly

direction. Eventually they

arrived at just the place they were looking for

(Much Piddling-in-the-Brook) and found a lovely country

pub (The Surly Yokel) and with the dog, went in and up to the bar.

'Good evening Landlord may we have two pints of your

best ale, from the wood?' said Blair. 'Good evening Prime Minister'

said the landlord,' two pints of best it is, coming up'.

Blair and Prescott stood leaning on the bar drinking

their beer and chatting, nodding now and again to those who came

into the bar for a drink. The dog lay quietly at their feet. All of a

sudden, the door from the adjacent bar opened and in came a grizzled old

shepherd, complete with crook. He walked up to the Labrador, lifted its

tail and looked underneath, shrugged his shoulders and walked back

to the other bar.

A few moments later, in came another old shepherd

with his crook. He walked up to the dog, lifted its tail, looked

underneath, scratched his head and went back to the other bar.

Over the course of the next half hour or so several

other locals came in, lifted the dog's tail and went away looking

puzzled.

Eventually Blair and Prescott could stand it no

longer and called the barman over. 'Tell me,' said Blair, ' why did all

those old shepherds & locals come in and look under the dog's tail like

that? Is it a local custom?'

'Good Lord no,' said the barman. 'It's just that someone went and told them that there was a Labrador in the bar with two

arseholes'

Not bad

LOL....Better not let Prezza hear you say that about him with that right hook of his!!!

ouch!