Stem nej, stem ofte
OLDER and wiser persons told Nicholas that there could not possibly be a frog in his bread and milk. Nicholas (who appears in a story by Saki) knew better. He had put it there himself. Older and wiser persons nannies, in fact — are busy telling the Danes that they cannot possibly survive outside the euro. The Danes, though, may think they know better, having watched the euro collapsing in front of their eyes. An embarrassment, the International Mone- tary Fund's chief economist calls it, which has now become a problem. Next week they will vote on it. When they voted No eight years ago, older and wiser persons told them to vote again and get it right, but the referendum that could have stopped the project in its tracks was France's. Over older and wiser heads I appealed to the voters: `Ce que je dis au peuple franfais: votez non, votez souvent.' We were only foiled by the late arrival of ballot boxes from such outposts of the French empire as Reunion Island, mysteriously stuffed with Oui votes. There are or were some Danish Virgin Islands, and it may not be too late for me to canvass them. Duty calls. Meanwhile, as polling day nears, let me proclaim my message to the Danish peo- ple: 'Stem nej, stem ofte.'
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