Lynn Truss, the author of EATS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES has a new one out, titled TALK TO THE HAND about the astonishing level of rudeness we encounter in every day situations. I was thinking about how I felt after reading some posts in the Politics Forum and I've identified what this vague, shadow-boxing aggression does to me: it makes me weary. Very, very weary. I'm not upset, or impressed. I'm not frightened or angry. I'm just...really tired. I think that the screaming, vein-popping animosity that people feel entitled to give vent to is a consequence of something greater. I am going to make a conscious effort to hold back and observe. I'm also going to try to do better. That is how tired I am.
Perhaps its the phase of the moon....? I walked around a corner earlier this week & bumped into someone - neither of us could have avoided it, but he still found it necessary to call me a cunt before stalking off.
Twice in one week is a record for me I think.
I thought it was a biography of Señor Wences.
...so wrong!
...he still found it necessary to call me a cunt before stalking off
Don't take it to heart, you live in the Midlands.
[SIZE=1]Hello all, long time no see, etc, I'm working from home now and on a really slow expensive dial up, and you can't claim 'The Cellar' against tax. Good to see you're all still alive though :)[/SIZE]
Catwoman! There's a name I haven't seen in awhile. How ya been.
In some cultures the name "cunt" is actually a compliment.
Take it light SG. Could be much worse.
Catwoman! There's a name I haven't seen in awhile. How ya been.
At moments great, at others bored and stifled. I am not working in a 'proper' job anymore, but doing much more freelance writing, and in the process of setting up a business. Got no money whatsoever and have discovered I am a crap writer hence plan to start business. I do miss you lot, oddly enough, but I can't afford to stay on here long. Must go and find out about that new-fangled hairband system....
That was your 1000th post!
Good to see you back, if only briefly.
I do miss you lot, oddly enough,
She's still sweet as ever.
Ever since Catwoman posted her pic way back when, she's always been my fantasy image of a mature Brit woman for lust purposes.
.....I'm working from home now and on a really slow expensive dial up, and you can't claim 'The Cellar' against tax. Good to see you're all still alive though :)
Try Tiscali my feline friend - cheap as chips - I deduct my monthly broadband subscription against what the taxman would otherwise like to charge me without much trouble, so I am sure he would treat a self-employed pussycat in like fashion and on equal terms.
TTFN
CF
PS are you any good with a crochet needle - just asking....
Are you running some sort of crochet sweatshop or something, CF?
and also please, define "good".
Ta Ta for now?
That sends me back.