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Related: About this forumLabour councillor "my real mother is a green alien"...
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9612257.Labour_councillor___My_real_mother_is_a_green_alien_/(snip)
A LABOUR politician has stunned his town council colleagues by claiming his real mother is a 9ft green alien with eight fingers.
Councillor Simon Parkes, who was elected to represent Stakesby ward on Whitby Town Council last month, said although he has had hundreds of close encounters with extra-terrestrials, it will not interfere with his mission to help residents at the seaside resort.
Speaking on YouTube, Coun Parkes said he first saw an alien at the age of eight months, when a traditional kite-shaped face, with huge eyes, tiny nostrils and a thin mouth appeared over his cot.
He said: Two green stick things came in. I was aware of some movement over my head. I thought, theyre not mummys hands, mummys hands are pink.
He added: I was looking straight into its face. It enters my mind through my eyes and it sends a message down my optic nerve into my brain.
(end snip)
Is this typical of the people who enter local politics in England? Or do they simply have far too much free time in Whitby?
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Labour councillor "my real mother is a green alien"... (Original Post)
Ken Burch
Mar 2012
OP
Might make a good ambassador. 'I, for one, welcome our reptilian overlords.' Or however that goes...
freshwest
Mar 2012
#2
"some horrible green scaly reptilian figure ranting and raving about the Single Transferable Vote
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#9
TlalocW
(15,383 posts)1. Sounds like he should switch to the Silly, Slightly Silly, or Very Silly Party
TlalocW
freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. Might make a good ambassador. 'I, for one, welcome our reptilian overlords.' Or however that goes...
Hey, you never know. Best be prepared. And he seems like a nice guy from the comments at the link.
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)3. If it had been a Tory councillor, I might have believed him.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)4. In that case, though...wouldn't his mother have been a BLUE alien?
like THIS, perhaps?
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)5. You're correct of course
Which leads to the next question: does a marriage between blue and yellow produce green aliens? That would explain quite a lot about the present government.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)6. "do they simply have far too much free time in Whitby?"
Either that or far too much in the way of free drugs in Whitby ...
I must admit though, that probably rates pretty high in the "Top 10 ways
to crash & burn" chart ... maybe slightly behind the pilot screaming about
"They're going to take us down! Say the Lord's prayer!" but a pretty good
attempt nonetheless ...
T_i_B
(14,738 posts)8. Plenty of Goth's in Whitby
All thanks to it's role in a little book by Bram Stoker called Dracula.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)10. Ah yes, all is explained.
BTW...wouldn't "Plenty of Goths in Whitby" have been a great Nineties song title?
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)7. David Icke has changed his name? nt
muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)9. "some horrible green scaly reptilian figure ranting and raving about the Single Transferable Vote