Rhodes Boysons

Rhodes Boysons

Caption		"The Rhodes Boysons Hour"

	Stephen and Hugh are both dressed and made-up 
	to look like Rhodes Boyson the popular and absurd 
	Conservative member of parliament.

Stephen		Hello there, I am Rhodes Boyson.

Hugh		Good evening. My name is Rhodes Boyson.

Stephen		We are the Rhodes Boysons. And this is our hour.

Hugh		This is very much our hour. An hour in which
		phrases ...

Stephen		Certainly phrases ... phrases yes, certainly.

Hugh		Phrases like "centres of excellence" will be much in
		evidence.

Stephen		You will find, in this our hour, that phrases
		comparable to, congruent with and exigent under,
		"centres of excellence" will be, to some extent,
		utilised.

Hugh		And by a centre of excellence we mean ...

Stephen		We mean, primarily ...

Hugh		Primarily that is ...

Stephen		A centre that is ...

Hugh		By and large.

Stephen		By-ly and large-ly.

Hugh		Excellent. In some regard.

Stephen		In some regard or other.

Hugh		In some, or other, regard.

Stephen		That is what we mean when we say "centre of
		excellence". I hope that's cleared that one up.

Hugh		Absolutely. Another phrase meaning "centre of
		excellence" might be "school that is quite good".

Stephen		That is substantially correct in essence. A centre
		of excellence is a school that is quite good. But the
		phrase "school that is quite good" doesn't sound
		nearly as ...

Hugh		Ludicrous?

Stephen		Nearly as ...

Hugh		Pompous?

Stephen		The phrase "school that is quite good" doesn't
		sound as ludicrous or pompous as the phrase
		"centre of excellence".

Hugh		And for that reason ...

Stephen		And that reason alone.

Hugh		We will be using the phrase "centre of excellence"
		throughout our hour.

Stephen		Our hour.

Hugh		Another word that can't be stressed enough is
		"standards".

Stephen		Standards as in "standards of excellence", moral
		standards, standards of accountability.

Hugh		I like that one. Standards of accountability.

Stephen		Rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? Standards of
		accountability.

Hugh		So for the time being, we'll leave you with those
		two. "Centres of excellence".

Stephen		That's centres of excellence.

Hugh		And "Standards of accountability".

Stephen		Standards of accountability. Ooh, I do like that
		one. I shall be using that in bed tonight. Standards
		of accountability. Lovely.

Hugh		Really quite lovely.

Stephen		Perfectly lovely.

Hugh		So until the next time, it's goodbye from Rhodes
		Boyson.

Stephen		And it's goodbye from Rhodes Boyson.

Hugh		Goodbye.

VOX POP

Stephen (As woman) If you lick the top bit, very slowly, you get arrested.
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