Tuesday 17 February 2015

Don't let the bastards grind you down

World and national news has got so bad now that I really don't like listening to it. I've always looked down on people who said they didn't listen to the news because it made them depressed, but now I am beginning to think along the same lines. It's all fear and loathing and inspires blog-post titles like, 'Kill Them All!"

Radio 4 is a relentless diet of medieval-style killings, financial catastrophes, medical issues, legal issues and threats from HMRC. There was not one Sherlock Holmes on it this Winter, but even if there was, I doubt if it would have been distracting enough.

The year before last I watched the Christmas edition of East Enders, and it included two attempted murders and a plate of turkey with all the trimmings being poured over the head of a family member.

'The Archers' is now being written by the same person who wrote that script, and it shows.

Still, today is brilliant and sunny and I have some good work to do.

Hold on - Spring is just around the corner.

17 comments:

  1. Kill them all was my post title. Please acknowledge that if you want to quote it.

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    1. I didn't acknowledge it out of courtesy. I thought you would have been ashamed of it, but there's no accounting for taste. It's still up, I see.

      'KILL THEM ALL!' was Rachel's title, everyone.

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    2. Why would i need to be ashamed? That was a bit uncalled for.

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    3. Strange, you normally call for it.

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    4. Fuck off. What I wrote last night isn't so far out from what I read in the today's paper. I also note that the Bell Inn, Bath isn't UK pub of the year.

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    5. I don't think they give the award out two years in a row to the same pub.

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  2. Rob is getting on my tits
    All this moustache twirling is not good for Freda's hot pot

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    1. Never mind Freda's hot-pot, Susan's promise of a Chilli con Carne for Neil if he is manly enough is putting me off chilli for life.

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    2. Who is Rob and why is he on your tits? If you have breasts, you should read my post on mammograms. I don't know Susan or Neil or Freda either. Time for my nap.

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    3. If you hadn't stolen Canada from us, you would know all this.

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  3. Rachel could change it to 'Kill or be Killed'; it probably sounds more logical like that.

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  4. I shall concentrate on Freda's hot pot and the coming of Spring - at my age there is not much else I can do anyway.

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  5. The horrors seem to get worse every day and one has to wonder about the meaning of the words "civilized world".

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    1. Indeed. It's almost as meaningless now as it always has been.

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