It's always worth while looking up, provided there isn't a hole in front of you. Looking up, I see the network of telephone wires, surrounding a telephone pole, like the start of a spiders web, the lines leading out from the centre to people's houses.
In Barclay's bank there is a television set to keep people occupied while they queue. It is silent but subtitles written at talking speed, help to keep you informed. As I watch a politician talking about the latest political donations scandal, the subtitles read: "It's a different ball dish, a different ball dish."The subtitles correct themselves: "It's a differentball game", but the variation on the cliche strikes me as more appealing.
I like the way magpies land with a bounce and a little run.
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I remember years ago hearing Roy Jenkins on the radio, and I was quite convinced, as were the people with me, that he said that he and his party were 'heading for a big grapefruit'. In fact it was 'a big breakthrough', but the grapefruit sounded much more interesting and even apposite...
I love that Lucy. What a pompus fellow Roy Jenkins could be!
Or should I say pompous, but, on reflection, I prefer pompus.
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