A Soapbox For A Politician.

[sandyRoe]

I remember seeing a TV report showing John Major haranguing a small crowd while standing on one. Did Michael Howard use one? Where did they get them? They must be as rare now as washboards or mangles.

[giveup]

Probably tailor-made to fit!!!

[anneasquith]

milk crates ?

[sandyRoe]

The danger of a plastic milk crate is that it might give way under your weight. Imagine Sir Christopher Soames on one.

[Psybbo]

I remember Audie Murphy had to use one, not a politician though

[anneasquith]

maybe iikea do them sandy ? :)

[sandyRoe]

Sorry, it was Nicholas Soames I meant.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58102000/jpg/_58102088_-1.jpg

[Peter Pedant]

Dom Littlewood uses one when he presenting Thieves United or whatever
coz he is only little

Hempy Bogart did - esp with the tall lanky Lauren Bacall

and Edgar J Hoover

all not noted as politicians I agree

[sandyRoe]

Did Audie Murphy really use one? I thought his leading ladies had to stand in a trench.
They probably would get one in IKEA. They seem to do about everything else.

[Peter Pedant]

Question Author
Did Audie Murphy really use one? I thought his leading ladies had to stand in a trench.

It is possible. Audie was a decorated war hero and not all of them are sane

[anneasquith]

PP, whats sanity got to do with this topic ?

[sandyRoe]

I'm not saying it was a deep trench. He couldn't have been that short.

[sherrardk]

Ikea do a food away car, must do soap boxes too.

[sherrardk]

Fold ^ (doh)

[sandyRoe]

Indeed, there ain't no sanity clause in my original question.

[sherrardk]

Sorry, not exactly Ikea but Ikeaish - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2538735/The-flat-pack-car-build-inventors-claim-hour.html

[sandyRoe]

Built in under an hour? It would take me more than that to get it out of the cardboard boxes the bits came in.

[Hypognosis]

//Did Audie Murphy really use one? I thought his leading ladies had to stand in a trench. //

The version I was told was that this story was about Alan Ladd.

I'm only old enough to remember Cheryl Ladd.


AOG has a soapbox but it's in practically constant use...

[Peter Pedant]

Anne - I am very sorry I meant to write
Audie Murphy used to fight in trenches.....

[sandyRoe]

Were his leading ladies fighting to get away from him in those trenches?

[anneasquith]

oh ok!