HAVING BEEN A FOLLOWER OF PETER SELLERS SINCE THE 1960s AND USING THE GOON SHOW REPEATS ON BBC (ONE?) TO SHARPEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ITS HUMOUR — I HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LITTLE GEM FROM THE MASTER OF BUMBLING ALONG.
IN THE PICTURE ABOVE, THE RUSSIANS AND THE EUROPEANS ARE PLAYING THE GAME OF DIPLOMACY — WHICH IS A VERSION OF MONOPOLY, IN WHICH THE PLAYERS CAN BUY AND SELL OR DESTROY COUNTRIES…
IT’S FROM A LITTLE MOVIE “The Mouse That Roared” (1959) THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PROPPED UP ON YOUTUBE, AS RUSSOPHOBIA AND THE UKRAINE CONFLICT HAVE MERRY-GO-ROUNDED IN FULL SWING…
THE MOVIE IS FULL OF MEMORABLE LINES:
— AMERICA WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN PEACE…
— SURRENDER IN A MILITARY FASHION…