I hadn't considered how boorish Boris Johnson is. So I went hunting for his words to figure out the extent of this behaviour. I find some of his statements are whimsical, nonsensical, and absurd, and therefore, very entertaining. Here are my chosen few:
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated by a frisbee or of finding Elvis.
I've got more in common with a three-toed sloth than I have with Winston Churchill. There is no easy comparison with any modern politician. The more you read about him, the more completely amazed you are about what he did - his energy, his literary fecundity, his ability to work - just unbelievable energy
My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.
Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.
And who would guess that cake is the subject for words of wisdom and comment. Boris Johnson has weighed in on to the subject of cake.
My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.
Many people - authors, comics, and others - have words about cake:
If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion. Elon Musk
You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.' Jerry Seinfeld
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Bob Hope
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. George Harrison
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake. Alfred Hitchcock
Photographing a cake can be art. Irving Penn
The most dangerous food is wedding cake. James Thurber
It makes sense that there are lots of Cake Celebration Days: a National, International and World Cake Day. There's Ice Cream Cake Day, Chocolate Cake Day, Cheesecake Day, and I would guess a celebration day for most of the kinds of cake.
Think of one and look it up. Carrot Cake? February 3rd. Pound Cake Day? March 4th. Tiramisu Cake Day? March 21st. I rest my case.
I consider the Amaryllis to be a semi-official flower of Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's one from the Niagara Falls Showcase Greenhouse last Christmas.
