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A soundbite from the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has been voted the funniest British political quote of the past 50 years. Asked by schoolchildren whether he would like to be prime minister, Johnson replied: "I have as much chance of becoming prime minister as being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis." The nationwide poll of 2587 people was commissioned by UKTV History. Johnson also made the sixth most amusing quote with: "Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening."
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A reader writes: "Thanks to the three staff members sitting on their bums at the Highland Park Diagnostic Medlab who would not do my glucose and blood tests at 4.03pm on Wednesday because the tests take one hour and they close at 5pm. At the end of a long working day, my unborn child and I appreciate your care and concern and hope you closed the doors at 5pm on the dot and made it home promptly. Hooray to the staff at the Botany lab who were friendly and lovely and happy to have me there for an extra five minutes without complaint."
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Final instalment of airborne anecdotes: Martyn Barrett remembers a flight from LA to Orlando with South Western airlines, when the safety instructions were done in a Barry White voice, complete with background music. Another reader says while on a Southwest Airlines flight preparing to land at LA, a perky flight attendant urged passengers to check they'd collected all their belongings because "the contents of the overhead lockers tend to shift during a flight and, as we all know, shift happens". Simon Wells recalls a rough landing at Auckland on a return flight from Singapore in 2002. "As we were taxiing back to the terminal the captain came over the radio and said, Sorry about the rough landing it ... it was the co-pilot." Another reader alleges, as his plane landed and was coming to a stop at Auckland, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!
Today's Webpick: Not a video today, but a compilation of the best pictures from Sideswipe over the last year. View them here.
These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
