Words Fail Me ( ...well almost!)

You know how sometimes you read something in the paper which stops you in your tracks and has you thinking "No, that can't possibly be right? Someone, somewhere is having a laugh, surely??"

Well, I had one of those moments yesterday when I read that Joe Cole ,footballer, had been signed by Liverpool for a wage of ........£90,000 A WEEK !!!!!!!!!

Reader (are there any of you out there?) I make no apology for the capitals or the liberal use of exclamation marks.If there was a symbol for rapid shaking of the head while throwing hands up in the air, I would have used that too.

Just to put that into some kind of perspective I have some other "wages" for comparison - all this information has been supplied by Google, if it's wrong, write to them!

David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK - £143,000 PER YEAR

Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive Officer of Oxfam - £90,000 PER YEAR

Newly qualified nurse in the NHS - £20,000 PER YEAR

So in a fortnight, Joe Cole is going to earn more than the Prime Minister of a European country earns in a year??? I think you can see where I am going with this dear reader, and I apologise now but I am going to do some internet shouting;

HE KICKS A BALL FOR GOODNESS SAKE !!!