Sunday 18 April 2021

Roadside oracle


Remember when, just before the start of the first lockdown when everybody was rushing around buying paint before the shops closed so they could redecorate during the unspecified term of house arrest they were just about to be sentenced to? 

And remember when some stressed person dropped a whole can of gloss white on the road and left a dead-end trail to their car when limping away in shame and embarrassment?

And remember my prediction that the brilliant white stain would last as long as the pandemic in this country?

Well, it is gradually fading as predicted.

We're off to the bluebell woods now.

11 comments:

  1. I am hoping that nobody will refresh it by dropping a new can...

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  2. Don't spill the bluebells assuming you intend to pick some - although they asem to droop so quickly it is hardly worth it.

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    1. I wouldn't dream of picking any flowers, let alone bluebells.

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  3. I hope your prediction is correct

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    1. It wasn't a very good prognosis. Unless they dig the road up, the stain will be there for a few years to come.

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  4. Please let this be true.

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  5. There's still time for it to combine with the road markings and mutate.

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    1. God forbid that it becomes a Ministry of Transport problem. They are even worse at making road maps than the cabinet.

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  6. The bluebell woods sounds like a great get away. Enjoy.

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