You have to admit, and we are going to hear it a lot over the coming months, that Brexit does sound like a breakfast cereal.
Just chew on that for a moment while I investigate the way other EU countries might sign off. It might make getting out more light-hearted than Brexit is going to be.
For instance Belgium might opt for Begone and Sweden might go for Switchoff.
For Germany it might something stern like Gerrout.
Finland, of course, is easy. Finnish. So is Norway – Noway.
Denmark took a little work on my part. If the Danes think about being extracted from the EU it might sound like an unpleasant visit to the dentist.
In the circumstances I have come up with Denplan.
Also what if there were countries elsewhere in the world being stuck unhappily in the EU. America might go for Yankit and Chile for Chillout.
As for Andorra, which is not in but uses the Euro, it would Andrexit.
But the one I like best is the withdrawal of the Czech Republic. This would have to be Czechout.
Finally, what about the Isle of Man? We might not be all the way in but we might want to be all the way out.
Mango?
THIS advertisement, sent in by Martin Brunnschweiler, was in the daily newspaper Gibraltar Panorama.
He and his wife Debbie object to it strongly on behalf of this ‘tall and chubby girl.’
Martin asks: ‘Do you think any of the Isle of Man’s publications would dare print such a thing?’
Er, the Examiner has just done so Martin. But we take your point.
THIS week’s crossword clue is from Frank Bond who says it’s an easy for anyone Manx and was in the Yorkshire Post as follows: ‘Man’s judge (8)’.
Frank also tells me: ‘Each time I go to type in Terry my predictive text comes up with Terrorist.’ He wonders if I am one.
You’ll hear about it when I set off my suicide vest Frank.
ANDREW Kerr-Phillips says Manx Radio news reported a police drugs swoop, saying it had been ‘a joint operation.’
CROSSWORD: Deemster.
FUNNIES File: Years ago I saw a beautiful leather armchair in the window of a Douglas furniture shop with a sign on it saying: ‘Hide. £346’
I did.
THIS week’s world newspaper headline: ‘Something went wrong in jet crash, expert says.’
Really?