The Official Nonsense Thread

[Caspin]

Yes there is certainly plenty going on, isn't there. I can barely keep up with the weather forecast at the moment, never mind current affairs. Occasionally I glance at the news to see whether any new wars have started that I should be aware of, or what public service the government is currently destroying, but I can't take it in. I think I have News Fatigue. My head's all over the place. There are a bunch of family woes, which I will not bore you with just now, that keep whizzing around in my mind. I feel crazed! Having said that, looking at the state of the world is a useful reminder of just how lucky I am and how much worse it is in many other places. Note to self: get a grip.

I can see why you might find "A Taste of Honey" sad. I found it strangely uplifting. Well, maybe 'uplifting' isn't the word, but something like it. I liked the resilience shown by the characters, the way they displayed little in the way of self-pity, despite the fact that despair would be a perfectly reasonable reaction to their situation. It was a good play for me to watch at the moment. It gave me a "determined" moodlet!

It lashed down all evening and all night here. What remains of the grass after the "gardeners" have visited should get green and lush after all that rain. Commence rant. Last time they were here I watched them mowing and I just cannot understand how they manage to cause such destruction. It's a normal mower and they have professional garden tools at their disposal, but after an hour it looks as though a bunch of maniacs have randomly slashed all the plants with blunt machetes and the grass looks like Glastonbury after the festival. They leave all the weeds growing out of the wall (destroying the brickwork) and don't bother to dead-head the flowers or cut out the dead wood from the bushes, but they pull up all of the herbs (why - it's the most useful bit of the garden?!) and leave the grass with an inexplicable ragged effect. If they mess with my lavender, I will end them. End rant.

Oh oh oh! I nearly forgot - Minty, I think your name should be in green. It is blue, but I was thinking it should be, you know, more minty. Like this: Minty. You could keep your fancy italics if you like them. What say you?