1. Sir Humphrey – Permanent Cabinet Secretary
2. Sir Frederick – Permanent secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth office
3. Bernard Woolley – Private secretary to the Prime Minister
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Sir Frederick: There are 157 independent countries in the world, we have dealt with them for years. There is hardly any MP who knows anything about any one of them.
Sir Humphrey: Show them a map of the world, most of them will have a job finding the Isle of Wight.
Bernard: Well, politicians can’t be that ignorant.
Both secretaries laugh.
Sir Frederick: Very well, sit down Bernard.
Sir Frederick: Where is Upper Volta?
Bernard: um …
Sir Humphrey: What’s the capital of Chad?
Bernard: um …
Sir Frederick: What language do they speak in Bali?
Bernard: um …
Sir Humphrey: Who is the president of Peru?
Bernard: um …
Sir Frederick: What is the national religion of Cameroon?
Bernard: um …
Sir Humphrey: Bernard, you should stand for parliament.
2 comments:
hmmmmmmm.....wht exactly u wanna convey thru this post....
politicians r stupid gits./
The point is that how the civil service runs the country instead of ministers.
Well, if you have seen the show you know :)
btw, how many questions could you answer?
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