Richard Branson's father died recently when he was well into his nineties. I met him once at a gathering of opinion formers when his son was being awarded some trophy or other. A cheerful friendly man, he said, "I'm just hanging on to Richard's coat tails and enjoying the ride." I congratulated him on having sired such a successful son and - as I had had a few drinks - I advised him to put some of his sperm into a sperm bank so that we could have more people like Richard Branson. I don't know if he followed my advice - probably not as the whole idea of IVF is disgusting - but I hope he did.
A million million spermatazoa
All of them alive;
Out of this cataclysm but one poor Noah
Dare hope to survive.....
From this billion minus one we might have at least one more rich rich entrepreneur who would provide jobs in the private sector. We are told that this what is needed so it seems odd to tax the rich at 50% so keeping them away from this country while we let the poor in and pay them for having children. Keynes put it like this:"If the Labour Party wants to help the working man it should provide bodyguards for millionaires." I must look that up in the morning.
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