As a small post-script to yesterday's entry, you will recall that I mentioned that, one of the irritating things about Christmas, is that kids leave small sharp plastic objects in places designed to cause maximum pain to adults when they step on them.
I hadn't actually stood on anything when I made that comment. It was designed as a witty observation, of a type designed to make the reader nod sagely in a moment of recognition. It was, in a way, a little symbol about the wastefulness of Christmas - where toys which you hoped would be treasured, actually become a discarded nuisance only minutes after the parcel has been opened. A metaphor I suppose for the consumer society. It was not really meant entiirely literally.
However, I suspect that it will please you yo know that, about 4 minutes after I posted the last entry, I stood on a small woooden rhino. Those horns are sharp.
Nightcap
15 years ago
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