tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post1876114545216892978..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-43174860489745941872011-07-10T11:32:50.863+01:002011-07-10T11:32:50.863+01:00When I was young, I was taught that it was polite ...When I was young, I was taught that it was polite to help elderly, white-haired ladies across a busy street.<br /><br />I still do this, but the lady I invariably help, and who fits the description perfectly, is my wife.<br /><br />And I have a rider to the old saw 'cogito ergo sum'; 'doleo ergo sum'.<br /><br />Still, as Maurice Chevalier once said, when asked if getting old was unpleasant, replied that it was better than the alternative!opsimathnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-74634349544521595302011-07-10T09:17:17.217+01:002011-07-10T09:17:17.217+01:00Wine bottles are getting smaller too, and strangel...Wine bottles are getting smaller too, and strangely, so is my bladder.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-64686109763651407792011-07-10T09:00:20.843+01:002011-07-10T09:00:20.843+01:00And everyone MUMBLES, especially on the telly. And...And everyone MUMBLES, especially on the telly. And you can't hear anything on the telly anyway because background music drowns out the speech.<br /><br />And all the kids play this terrible thumpety-thump music rather than proper stuff like Led Zeppelin.<br /><br />I think it's something they put in the food. Or the water supply.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-65632707117874571902011-07-09T21:28:05.707+01:002011-07-09T21:28:05.707+01:00"Have you noticed that stairs are getting ste..."Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper. shopping bags are heavier and, everything is farther away. Yesterday I walked to the corner and I was dumbfounded to discover how long our street had become!"<br /><br /><b>Global Warming.</b><br /><br />Warming causes expansion, so the stairs become steeper & 'everywhere' is further away.<br /><br />The air becomes more-bouyant, so your bag seems heavier.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com