or..ermmm a Flying Triangle in his case. This is all completely true.
Yes indeed..one summers day while in the garden taking tea and nibbling sandwiches, in those lush leafy suburbs of dear old Folkestone. The then Leader of the Conservative opposition glances skywards and nearly chokes on his cucumber!
"Strewth!" exclaims Michael and with some volume too .. "Gadzooks! its a flying Saucer!" the good lady wife nearly falls off her deck chair which is hovering precariously on the edge of the double decker decking.
With trembling lips they both stare upward and see an amazing site. A flashing triangle. These aliens have moved upmarket, thinks Michael, the saucer shape is no longer 'de riguer'. They've all gone for triangles this year! But the thing hangs there in some style and with some menace. Michael is unsure what to do. On one hand it may be a practical joke done by Tony Blair, and any minute some of those New Labour swinehunds will drop leaflets all over his carp pond...or on the other hand it could be the real thing.
Both Michael and Lady Wife are so perplexed that they are almost driven to unlock the Pimms cabinet...but no..wouldnt go that far. Eventually the droning flashing beast of the sky disappears and Michael regroups.
In time he reports it to the MoD...and quite right too. We cant have those aliens hovering any old place.
This is a true story from the archives.
Documents showing more than 6,000 sightings of flying saucers have been released by the MoD.
This has been one of those stories!
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".