Fabulous story about Boris Johnson this morning. Apparently he’s said that the Mayor of Amity (that means friendship) in Jaws is his role model. I’m glad he mentioned him. I’ve always thought he is one of the great unrecognised film characters:
Mayor Vaughn: Fellows, let’s be reasonable, huh? This is not the time or the place to perform some kind of a half-assed autopsy on a fish… And I’m not going to stand here and see that thing cut open and see that little Kintner boy spill out all over the dock.
Mayor Vaughn: Martin, it’s all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, “Huh? What?” You yell shark, we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.
Classic.
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About that phone call ….?
Amityville = London = horror story…
Don’t make Boris happy tomorrow, Tom – get that vote out!
Heh. I remember the last time the Mayor of Amity came up on my blog… I was talking about the average Labour MP’s attitude to your old boss.
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