I’m not particularly wrapped up in the past but it occurs to me that modern government, past and incumbent have forgotten something. It is not how we do things now that has made this country great; it was how we did things then .
Not just does there seem to be a constant need to change everything, social attitudes and behaviour have collapsed as a result.
I haven’t been to Eton or Oxbridge, but there’s a lesson there somewhere.
This is part of what I refer to….
On a 10-minute walk to the shop just over the road from Grumpy Towers, I witnessed this.
1/ Someone in a car stopping in the flow of traffic to talk to a passing friend. Attempting to reverse back so the friend didn’t have so far to walk to the car for this great reunion. This is at a mini roundabout and in the zigzags of a pedestrian crossing and whilst traffic was busy.
2/ A man, a grown man, not a youth, throwing down his kebab paper on the pavement, only three metres away from a bin.
3/ A man asking for and receiving cigarettes in the shop without a single please or thank you on either side of the deal.
4/ A youth drinking a can of lager as he walked and belching loudly after taking a slug. Also showing most of his underwear due to his jeans being deliberately slung round the lower part of his backside. Lout!
5/ A dirty little git spitting the contents of his dirty little git mouth on the pavement whilst passing two elderly ladies.
6/ A bunch of youths, both sexes, in a group f’ ing and blinding loudly as people pass by.
This type of behaviour is now commonplace and accepted without comment.
It’s not that things were perfect a few years back, but people at least knew they were in the wrong then. But back then, at least there was some respect for others/elders/authority. The same ones you had the fear of telling your parents about what you had been up to or giving you a piece of their minds.
What has happened to our society and how can we hope things will be better in the future? The place is full of anti social, bad-mannered, self centred, inconsiderate slobs!!
I wonder who knows what these days, how private is what goes on in the security of your own home.
Why do I wonder this? You may be musing. Well, ‘The Missus’ has not been sticking to her diet in her continual battle against the flab, (I of course have no worries there, being of perfect physique) coinciding with this is a constant stream of leaflets/menus through the door of Grumpy Towers, at least one a day, for pizza and the likes. If we are lucky on a bonanza day, we get one for pizza, one for curry and one for Chinese and another for some variety of fried/spiced chicken.
Are we being watched? Are the Towers bugged? Do we at Grumpy Towers look like potential high profit customers? I can’t help but wonder/worry.
Strangely too, we sometimes get offers on great ways to earn extra income. Someone noticed the Primark labels?
Gordon Brown isn’t happy because a committee set up to look into drug use reported back that cannabis required no change from its class c rating to class b. He ignored the advice.
Poor Gordy. He wanted to inflict his Scottish Puritanism, ‘big no’ attitudes on everyone. Well dope smokers anyway. Well now he has.
Today Gordon got his way , soon it will be the same on everything, i.e., ban the demon drink, abolition of evil tobacco and of course hang anyone who likes a toke.
I guarantee the next set of polices will be, reintroduction of the top hat, building of 'work-houses’, compulsory service in coal mines or chimneys for children and deportation to Australia.
How lucky we are that the government of this country is so concerned for our personal welfare. They seem to bend over backwards to make sure we don’t stray from the path of temperance. They bend over so much, there’s a real chance they could disappear completely up their own...........
Ok I know I’m a wordy pedant, but what do you think of this.
As I am out the house most days too early to be healthy, 'The Missus’, like lady muck, gets a wake up phone call every morning from me.
The call is normally between 7-30am and 8-00am, but the other morning when I did my husbandly duty at 8-06am, one of 'da youff' answered the tellingbone.
The conversation went thus
Phone rings then is answered by 'da youff…..ullo
Me…. your mum there?
Youff…. she's on the toilet
Me….ok tell her I phoned.
Youff hangs up without further ado.
It’s not the shortness or bluntness of conversation I comment on here, in fact 'da youff', apart from manners, is coming along quite nicely at 'bloke conversation' on the phone, no it's the choice of words.
'She’s in the toilet' paints a far more pleasant picture in the mind than, 'she's on toilet', surely.
I think 'she's in the bathroom' would be far better a statement describing the lady of the tower's disposition, to be totally pedantic. Am I?
Unless of course, to be coarse she was on the bog.
By the time I post this it will be all over. But I wanted to throw in my tuppence worth on St George's day.
As a Scotsman you might not think I have much to say about a day celebrating England's patron saint. Well that could be true, but neither do you...the English.
First off it’s a day celebrating a figure defied by religion so maybe that’s a good enough reason for many not to bother. But as has Christmas been adopted by commercialism St George's day or national patron saint days generally, have become a celebration of nationality or at least by some.
Secondly I think because the Irish have made such an excellent job of St Patrick's Day there is an assumption that if you don’t party as hard as them, you have not done as well for St George's day. I think not, they just do a really good job of drinking a lot; it doesn’t have to be like that.
Thirdly, I think that you, the English are afraid to display your national pride through waving flags, speaking out and the likes because in recent years less savoury political factions have used the national flag as a political tool.
Ok, here’s the rant.
There is I think a perception of un-political correctness in being proud of your nationality because you may upset or offend an ethnic group. Well that is wrong, if anyone is offended by the pride the natives of their adopted country show…they’re in the wrong place. If incomers to the country don’t like it, tough.
As a Scotsman I have a huge amount of national pride, it’s bred into us, it’s part of the culture. Hell, we are the best in the world at having our arses kicked at anything and everything. I cannot understand why the English cannot or do not display greater national pride. Is it just apathy?
England has so much to be proud of now and what it has achieved in the past.
If St George's day is an outlet for showing that you are proud of your country and its success, get a flag out if that is how you show that pride. Celebrate your pride, or just be proud, but for goodness sake don’t ignore the only day in the year where overt pride shouldn’t be/ isn’t criticised.
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