XPost: uk.politics.misc, uk.current-events.general, uk.people.consumers   
   XPost: alt.politics.british   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article , Alan Ferris   
    writes   
      
   >On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:51:40 +0100, banana   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>The largest UK government department, in terms of number of employees -   
   >>and using the term 'department' the way the government uses it, which is   
   >>obviously the way an idiot like Alan F would use it, i.e. excluding the   
   >>NHS, a much larger employer - is the Department of Work and Pensions.   
   >   
   >Nope....I do not know where you get YOUR information from......but   
   >obviously you need to get with the passport office or Tescos as they   
   >seem to be more accurate than you.   
      
   Oh dear Alan...   
      
   Actually, two government departments are widely described as being the   
   UK government's largest.   
      
   One is the Department of Work and Pensions.   
      
   The other is the Ministry of Defence.   
      
   So you work for the MOD then? Do you use one of those plastic keyboard   
   covers to stop the blood dripping in when you type?   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)