Yesterday afternoon, for reasons that would be tedious to explain here, I found myself sharing an uncomfortable sofa with a sturdily built one-eyed man of County Galway origin. Having filled me in on the topography of that county of lakes and mountains, he deftly steered the conversation to matters theological. A keen daily reader of 'scripture', he had an especial interest in (you're there before me, aren't you) the Revelation of St John. We are, he assured me with heart-sinking inevitability, living in the end times, and the Devil, that cunning two-faced beast, is stalking the land. At this point, he fixed me with his one good eye and unleashed his zinger - the Freemasons. They (I shall not stoop to 'dey' but take it as read) are everywhere - and by everywhere, he certainly meant everywhere; his conviction in this matter was nothing if not thoroughgoing. The Pope, the whole of the Vatican, the bishops of all churches and many of the clergy are Freemasons, doing the devil's work, and so are all the world's leaders. As a result, all they have to do is pick up the phone to each other, ask for a few nuclear weapons or a little war or invasion, and the deal's done - anything to oblige a fellow Mason. He knew all this because, by way of supplementing his scriptural researches, he had read many books on the subject and watched many DVDs. As for the police - the well informed Galwayman had much to impart on that subject, not least about the Soham murderer (a Mason of course)... But alas at this point a twinge in my back forced me to rise from the uncomfortable sofa and leave him to await his next pupil.
I wonder if all this explains where Brown went wrong - he wasn't a Mason. Blair, so the Galwayman informed me, was. Which explains everything. Which is, of course, the beauty of conspiracy theories.
And now I must get my application to join the Masons in the post. It might be fun to run the world for a bit.
are you sure it wasn't Gordon Brown putting on a fancy accent?
ReplyDeleteYou'll need a stout apron Nige but beware, they apparently nail you to a beach at low tide if you upset 'em, a fate not dissimilar to driving around the M25.
ReplyDeleteOne of their number with whom I was on speaking terms said that the Catholic church had the country 'sown up', the best jobs being reserved for the 'Roman Mafia'. When I pointed out that the same accusation was levelled at his organisation, the wobbly hand shakers, he immediately ceased to be the one of their number with whom I was on speaking terms.
The Italian Secret Service has always sounded one of the pick of the clubs. On joining you get free and very generous club-sharing arrangements with the Catholic Church, the Freemasons and the Sicilian Mafia (and with the Knights of Malta who are, I believe, quite popular among members of t' Force). And as the Italians all like gossiping too much to keep any secrets, I doubt the work would be very demanding. A couple of minutes' work a week with an agreeable Venetian pad thrown in gratis. Hmmn, yum yum.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it have been brilliantly disconcerting if his rant had ended with:
ReplyDelete"On de* odder hand, 9/11 was a terrorist attack by Islamic fundamentalists organised by Osama bin Laden, who isn't a Mason at all. Dere's no conspiracy in dat one."
(*I will stoop to it)
Never knowingly met a mason. Wonder who I know who is secretly one?
ReplyDeleteWorm - You need to be alert, like our man, to the ways of Satan (aka de Divel).
ReplyDeleteThank you everybody for yr comments and gags.
Easily spotted Worm, they wear police uniforms.
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