HORNY GOATWEED!

'to anyone who has been in Bali any length of time the deep psychological indentification of Balinese men with their cocks is unmistakable... "We're all cock crazy" my landlord said'
Clifford Geertz

another
slightly famous
enthno-linguist
loses the plot in big brother house
rubs genitals in face of
token black man

"we in the West have lost our souls"
he screams, increaingly agitated
"you, Proud African
shake off your shackles
Arise from your foetid slumber!"

Well, course, we should all go back to hunting and gathering
simple when you think about it.
Course, the problem is, there's not much left to hunt,
or to gather for that matter.

Fantasy Star Ranger
emigrate to outer space
colonise other galaxies
time-slumber
suspended animation
it's the only way

getting a bit worrying down here
lot of weirdos about.

Let's create a Prime Minister
a handsome actor
who can learn his lines
and is intelligent enough to
improvise
(along the lines we have laid down.)
It's not wrong.
At least, I don't think so.
A handsome bloke,
with gravitas.
I've always thought gravitas
is an important attribute for any leader.
You don't learn that on your leadership courses.
And a twinkle in his eye.
You can get away with murder
if the eye's a-twinkle.

Foam Rangers. Horse-Play.
China. Hmmmm, yeah China, well, next superpower isn't it.
No getting away from it.
Resource War! Extract the Moon Minerals! Fire the Space Lasers!
Claim Atlantic Shelf, Monoplolise North West Passage.
Build Desert Bases. War them!

Inscrutable aren't they, when you think about it.