Fender sold as a present to Tony Blair

[Bjorn Ciggaar <ciggaar@warande.net>]

Hi,

Damnit, I wanted that guitar! :-)

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                                        Fender Stratocaster withdrawn from
                                        Auction 

                                        The Fender Stratocaster has been
                                        withdrawn. It has been purchased
for an
                                        unspecified, but astronomical,
price by a
                                        syndicate of buyers. David Bowie, Mick
                                        Jagger and Pete Townshend have bought
                                        the guitar and given it to Tony
Blair the
                                        British Prime Minister. Tony Blair
is a
                                        guitarist himself, and the three
rock stars
                                        are hoping for Knighthoods and
think this
                                        gift might help. The Prime Minister
is said to
                                        be over the moon about his latest
                                        acquisition, but is considering
whether he
                                        can afford the insurance premium on
such
                                        a valuable object when he has baby
on the
                                        way and Ken Livingstone threatening to
                                        rebuild the London Underground.
---

Why can Blair just do as we all do, and bid on it??? It's not fair!!! It's
not fair!!!

And what is this? Rock stars giving away gifts to a prime minister??? OK,
he's Labour, but, duuuhh...

:-)

I hope it gets a place next to the crown jewels...

Cheers,

Bjorn Ciggaar
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