Reference :- President Zelensky appears to be a " Star Wars " fan .
Dear Paul ,
As the world hovers on the brink of nuclear apocalypse , seemingly small but nonetheless telling news items are often overlooked by the mainstream media . Thankfully we can rely on Sky News to keep us informed, and your interview with that Luke Skywalker chap was fascinating .
Personally I was too old when those " Star Wars " movies hit the big screen , and in any case the local drive -in theatre had closed by then . The last movie night at the Kooralya Drive -In featured a John Wayne western . It was quite entertaining , although the lavish advertisements for Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes were always the best part of a night at the drive- in .
Stanley , who owned the drive -in , eventually shut the place down . Too many people , after drinking a six pack and puffing a packet of cigarettes ( "tens" in those days ) during the show would drive off without disconnecting the speaker from the window , tearing the bloody cable off . His bottom line copped a flogging because of this . And when somebody tried to sue him for damages because a torn cable had scratched the paint on his new Holden Brougham , Stanley pulled the pin and retired .
A property developer from the big smoke bought up the land , and by sheer good luck , the Mayor approved a re-zoning and the old drive-in is a now a suburb fully crammed with affordable housing . As a tribute to Stanley , the suburb is called Cinema Heights . They even named one of the streets Duke St , to honour John Wayne .
Anyway Paul , sorry for digressing .
It was very interesting to hear that the Ukranian president , a former actor himself , has asked actor Mark Hamill ( AKA Luke Skywalker ) to be his " Ambassador of Drones ". Mr Hamill is flattered by the honour , saying he sees himself as a " court jester " rather than a military strategist , but I am sure he is just being modest . All you need do is look at the likes of Ronald Reagan to see that actors have always had a crucial role to play in geopolitics , especially when the world is on the brink of nuclear Armageddon .
I reckon you should cut Mr Zelenski some slack , I am sure he knows what he is doing . Anybody who can become a multi-millionaire on a Ukrainian president's salary of 15 thousand quid a year must be pretty smart I reckon . The Mayor out here in Kooralya is smart like that. He is worth a fortune despite the fact that his Mayor's salary is measly by any standard .
Keep an open mind Paul . Also , Ken junior says you should have your High Density Lipoproteins checked , whatever they are .
Your comrade , Ken .
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