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Having had great difficulties of late finding nice fruit, I'm currently on a major egremont russet kick. They're tasty, don't pass their prime too quickly, and being English, they're even virtuous when it comes to food miles.
Yesterday, the freebox had books which claimed that they would use angels to help solve your problems. I was initially keen, before realising that they were not in fact grimoires which would enable me to summon Uriel and send him on a lethal mission against those who vex me - rather, I would be further vexed by insufferable self-help platitudes. FAIL.
"More than 100 Catholic priests in the Dublin region of Ireland are suspected of having abused children in the last 66 years." So that's a mere 1.5 priestfiddles per year? Let's phrase some other 'news' with bizarrely underwhelming stats, shall we? More than 1,000 pints of Guinness are believed to have been drunk in the Dublin region of Ireland in the last 66 years; more than 100 semicolons are believed to have been deployed in the history of this journal; more than five alleged human beings are believed to have been described as 'peons' by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
barrysarll.
I've no problem with people who want to give stuff up for lent; it's not for me, but since it's the sort of religious observance which doesn't get in anybody else's face, nor do I object to it. Except for some people, that nagging urge to get in everybody else's face just won't be silenced - hence, Thirst For Life. For them, it's not enough to give up alcohol for lent; no, they have to give up alcohol for lent "to challenge the UKs drinking habits" [sic - why they couldn't challenge the UK's punctuation habits instead, I don't know]. Keep an eye on these jokers - now smoking's out for the count, drinking's next in the firing line, and I wouldn't be surprised if these prigs were key movers in that assault. Having looked at that site, I almost feel bad that I didn't drink Sunday to Tuesday. Ah well, last night was a start, and I'm sure I can make up for lost time at LOVE YOUR ENEMIES TONIGHT (/subtle plug).
Yesterday, the freebox had books which claimed that they would use angels to help solve your problems. I was initially keen, before realising that they were not in fact grimoires which would enable me to summon Uriel and send him on a lethal mission against those who vex me - rather, I would be further vexed by insufferable self-help platitudes. FAIL.
"More than 100 Catholic priests in the Dublin region of Ireland are suspected of having abused children in the last 66 years." So that's a mere 1.5 priestfiddles per year? Let's phrase some other 'news' with bizarrely underwhelming stats, shall we? More than 1,000 pints of Guinness are believed to have been drunk in the Dublin region of Ireland in the last 66 years; more than 100 semicolons are believed to have been deployed in the history of this journal; more than five alleged human beings are believed to have been described as 'peons' by
barrysarll.I've no problem with people who want to give stuff up for lent; it's not for me, but since it's the sort of religious observance which doesn't get in anybody else's face, nor do I object to it. Except for some people, that nagging urge to get in everybody else's face just won't be silenced - hence, Thirst For Life. For them, it's not enough to give up alcohol for lent; no, they have to give up alcohol for lent "to challenge the UKs drinking habits" [sic - why they couldn't challenge the UK's punctuation habits instead, I don't know]. Keep an eye on these jokers - now smoking's out for the count, drinking's next in the firing line, and I wouldn't be surprised if these prigs were key movers in that assault. Having looked at that site, I almost feel bad that I didn't drink Sunday to Tuesday. Ah well, last night was a start, and I'm sure I can make up for lost time at LOVE YOUR ENEMIES TONIGHT (/subtle plug).
