Whatever one's politics, it's a lovely phrase, and I'm sure could be
applied to several people -- not necessarily politicians!
While stitching up the hand of a 75 year old Devon (England) farmer, who
cut it on a gate while working cattle, the rural doctor struck up a
conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Gordon
Brown and his appointment as Prime Minister..
“Well, you know,” drawled the old farmer, “this Brown fellow is what
they call a fencepost tortoise.”
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a fencepost
tortoise was.
The old farmer said, “When you’re driving along a country road and you
come across a fence post with a tortoise balanced on top, that’s called
a fencepost tortoise.”
The old farmer saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued
to explain, “You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he definitely
doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he is up
there, and you just have to wonder what kind of idiot put him up there
in the first place.”
Agnes Boddington - Elloughton UK
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