'Oh, it is the First of May, ooh, it is the First of May,
Remember, lords and ladies, it is the First of May.'
Repetitious lyrics? No tune known to man? Yep, it must be an Olde English Folke Songe, all of them obsessed with this date. GIVE IT A REST!!!
Right; I feel better now.
In other news ...
On this day back in 1851, Queen Victoria (God Bless Her!) opened the Great Exhibition of Arts and Industry of All Nations. It was a brilliant triumph, although most of the exhibits were actually British (we are still waiting for the Russian entry to turn up). People said the palace of glass in which it was housed would fall down (it didn't); that London would become a hotbed of prostitution and drunkenness (it already was); that other places would be empty because everyone had gone to the Exhibition (they didn't).
They tried to reproduce the vast excitement of the whole thing in 2000 at the Millennium Dome.
Oh dear.
