lets replace politicians with wombles

@jb78000 (15139)
October 7, 2009 10:13am CST
finally i have figured out how to vastly improve the world's governments. sack all the politicians and replace them with fictional characters from children's television. for starters i'd put wombles in charge of the department for the environment, bagpuss in charge of foreign relations and have dangermouse as the president. anybody got any better suggestions?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Oct 09
Well first of all, I'd make Barney in charge of the military and then give him no soldiers or weapons. At the first hint of war, he'd be sent off into the melee and be blown to kingdom come! It's at this moment that the REAL military could come out of hiding and take care of business. This approach would lull the enemy into a false sense of security, 'cos they'd think they've already won and then we'd smite 'em; and most importantly, it would eliminate that purple dinosaur tosser! They may as well put the Teletubbies in charge of the Senate because they'd talk more sense for sure; and last but not least, I'd make the Bear in the Big Blue House the President. That dude ROCKS and the moon's his friend as well which I think might come in handy!
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
7 Oct 09
I'm always here in spirit Mykl! Yeah go on Dawn, sing the damn song..... I'll be blissfully ignorant though and choose to think of more joyful sounding things like fingernails on a chalkboard.
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Oct 09
I'm going to sing the "no more purple dinosaur" song now...
@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
glad you commented there lamb. i am scared of james72 and am not going to say anything in his box...
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@sunny68 (1327)
• India
7 Oct 09
don't know anything about wombles..how about pink panther..??..or maybe the very British....Mr. Bean..
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@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
this is very true.
@sunny68 (1327)
• India
7 Oct 09
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@sunny68 (1327)
• India
7 Oct 09
pink panther would fit in to any position....so i would make him the prime minister. and tutu would get the internal security....he gets things done...somehow...
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Oct 09
We were talking about politician hunting season over on another discussion, but wombles makes as much sense as anything...
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
7 Oct 09
Yep, therefore it will never happen! :-)
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@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
more sense than most things
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
7 Oct 09
Hi jb, I can't really remember the wombles by name but I've got a few suggestions for president options. Basil Brush always appeared to have a bit more sense than the politicians as did Emu, remember him with Rod Hull. Or perhaps the cast of the magic roundabout, Dougal and Zebedee holding key roles.
@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
i can only remember uncle bulgaria and that chef one. was a while ago and i was little. certainly wouldn't employ any characters with rod hull connections but your other suggestions are quite sensible.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
7 Oct 09
Do you remember Bill and Ben the flowerpot men jb, they were either in black and white or its just that we had a black and white televevision. The jingle went like this 'Bill and Ben. the flower pot men'. Anyay most excellent politicians in the making as when things got rough they'd just duck down in their pots.
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@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
i've heard of them but they were a bit before my time. didn't they have a weeeeeed?
@vikkiz (518)
9 Oct 09
God!! youve got it right there!!! i think the likes of the wombles and the teletubbies would be a mass improvment on our goverment as they make a shambles of everything these days!!!!
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@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Oct 09
you said it!!!!
• United States
7 Oct 09
That is a fantastic idea. Bagpuss is so wise, I would certainly trust him. And the Wombles are perfect for environmental issues, they were way ahead of their time with that! How about Jake from the Tweenies for education? And the Numberjacks (who I know about through my 5 year old nephew!) for economic policy? And all those little wheelie dudes from Chorlton and the Wheelies for transport - and hey, Jamie and the Magic Torch would be great for crime. You my friend are a genius. Just for goodness sake don't put the Teletubbies in charge of anything!
@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
it's the teletubbies i'm planning to get rid of...
@jb78000 (15139)
7 Oct 09
which one do you think are current pm is?
• United States
7 Oct 09
Quite right too.
@tarachand (3895)
• India
8 Oct 09
A lot of fictional characters in children's literature are animals - so do you really hate animals so much that you want to be so cruel to them? lol! I wish it were as simple as you make it sound, my friend, but alas! Life is a lot more complicated, as are human issues and relationships. On a somber note, in the case of animals it is just as simple as kill or be killed. Fictional writers paint a pretty picture, but, even the small rat would not mind a bit of cannabilism - rats are known to eat young ones of other rats if they get the opportunity - the males are likely to eat their own off spring too.
@jb78000 (15139)
8 Oct 09
of course it is but given how simplistic some aspects of politics are anyway i can think of worse ideas.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
8 Oct 09
hi jb7800 are wombles like weebles you know weebles wobble but they don't fall down. anyway why not, might really improve things. I do not know these wombles but they do sound really interesting and who knows, might really make things a whole' lot better, maybe then all of us would not be ranting and raving at each other over all our political beliefs. he he he
@jb78000 (15139)
8 Oct 09
i'm sure some would manange no matter how good a job the wombles did.
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
7 Oct 09
I don't think we have wombles here. I think the Teletubbies could do the job though. They are just like politicians, when they speak I don't understand them and well same about politicians.
@jb78000 (15139)
8 Oct 09
yes but if you are wanting real change i don't think replacing one set of teletubbies with another is going to do much.
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Oct 09
Yes, I do have a better idea. Let's go have lunch in, say, Paris. We will barrow the plane that guy, what's his name? Oh, ya. President Obama uses. He can also pay for the fuel and even for lunch. How's that sound? Why worry about all that silly who's this and who's that? Let him screw it up like it did the first time when the analysts said how great a job he did!
@celticeagle (189833)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Oct 09
Scooby Doo and Marvin the Martian. I was being fascious if i really need to explain that to you. I don't talk politics. Makes me too mad and would probably get me banned from here.
@jb78000 (15139)
9 Oct 09
no you don't need to celtic. and i thoroughly approve of it - you might have noticed that very little of what i say is said straight. have you added this interest yet? it is the place for a dry sense of humour. [runs off after plugging job]
@jb78000 (15139)
8 Oct 09
obviously you are simply after a free lunch. you got any children's telly characters to suggest as replacements once you've sent your current ones off to paris?
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