Wednesday, 30 June 2010

The Lord Mayor's new trousers

Props to the Leicester Mercury this morning for what has to be one of the best deadpan standfirsts in the history of local newspapers.
The Lord Mayor of Leicester has offered his "deepest apologies" after his trousers fell down at an educational event for schoolchildren.
We defy you not to want to read more...

2 comments:

Wordsmith_for_Hire said...

The best bit in the paper is below the story, where there's a link to the Pork Pie Library. A classic, given they ended on the maypr dieting to shed 3 stone...

David MacLean said...

One of the best deadpan standfirsts in the history of local newspapers?

I think I'll use that quote on my CV!