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I read a news report about a decomposing bat having been
found in a pack of salad bought at a Walmart store somewhere in Florida. You can imagine
where my sympathies lay, can’t you? Bats are splendid little creatures, whereas
Walmart shoppers are just… well… Walmart shoppers.
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And might I reiterate a point I’ve made before on this blog
for the benefit of the odd person here and there who might read it (and
especially those who just decided they’re never going to read it again.)
I’m English and therefore given to that peculiar kind of
madness for which my breed are well known. (The song Mad Dogs and Englishmen was written as a gleeful celebration of our
national nuttiness.) Not only do I occasionally make a consciously outrageous
remark just because my perverse sense of humour thought it funny at the time, I
also send out the odd coded message to a specific person who I think will
probably read it.
Such a message might mean: I know what you did last summer. Another might be translated as: Though the spring be advancing, there are
still some gaps between the new leaves. Another might say to the recipient:
I’m sorry I crossed the road when I saw
you today, but my constitution didn’t feel strong enough to be in close
proximity to the hat you were wearing. People do the same to me on their
Tumblrs. It’s fun.
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I also just read that Serbian students are revolting (every
evening at 6pm.) Seems they have their very own Trump over there, which is
further evidence that you don’t need to be intelligent to rule a country even
in a democracy. All you need to do is get other dumb people to vote for you.
Whether that remark should be taken seriously or not is open to conjecture.
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