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| REAGAN DIARIES PROVE PRESIDENT'S BRAIN DID EXIST |
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TWO decades after he left office, the handwritten diaries of Ronald Reagan are to be published providing the first concrete evidence that the former US President was a sentient being.  Reagan in hat gifted him by the Queen of Australia An entry for June 1981 reads: “Met the King of Russia today. He seemed like a really cool guy. He had these great big bushy eyebrows. He gave me a hat. I really warmed to the man. Afternoon nap. Remember: pick up laundry.” The entry for March 1983 reads: “Met the Tsar of all the Prussias today. It’s funny but during most of the meeting it seemed like he was dead. I was disappointed not to get a hat. Afternoon nap. Remember: buy gun.” In August 1986 Reagan wrote: “Met the Queen of England this afternoon. Her name is Margaret. She was very bossy. But quite sexy too. Nancy caught me flirting with her. Oh dear. Not sure my frankfurter will be going anywhere near her bun for some time.” While the diaries do give an incredible insight into the relationships between Reagan and his fellow world leaders they also reveal much of the day-to-day operations of the White House, and Reagan’s great interest in the everyday lives of his staff. In April 1986 he wrote: “Bumped into Ollie North in the corridor again. He’s just back from a place called Iran and now he tells me he is going on holiday to Nicaragua again. I said you must really love that place, what do you do down there. He said: ‘Just this and that.’ I really like Ollie, he’s a straight-up kinda guy.” The most famous entry is for 30 March 1981 when Reagan was wounded in an attempted assassination. It reads: “Got shot today, it hurt. Doctors said I was lucky it was just a head wound, otherwise it could really have done some damage.” |
| GUEST BLOG: NOEL GALLAGHER |
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THE Olympics - what the fuck was that all about? Every morning, right, that Scottish bird off the telly would sit on a sofa telling us that we'd won a bronze medal in the women’s catapult and that everyone could now go to work with a big smile on their face - in retrospect I think she somehow mistook me for somebody who gives a fuck. |
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