I
was somewhat taken aback this morning to read in the Grauniad the headline
reporting: “Williams: riots could happen again”.
The
Williams in question is Rowan of that ilk, not Robbie or his sister Venus.
I
am alarmed that the head of the church is threatening insurrection. I cannot
recall this happening before. The establishment does not take kindly to the
clergy interfering in matters temporal, as poor old Tommy Becket discovered. In
my view, we haven’t had a decent ab of C since Sigeric the serious. Perhaps
Dave might consider a move in the January transfer window.
I
hope Rowan has not been inspired by my post yesterday. He ought to know I was
not being entirely serious. I thought he was one of these modern clerics who
did not take the scriptures literally. I see I shall have to be more
circumspect.
I
am fearful for the survival of our society. I do not know how I would survive were
they to stop broadcasting “Have I Got News For You”.
The
scientific community are showing signs of excitement about the discovery of the
exoplanet (what that? Ed.) Kepler 22-b, which has all the signs of being able
to support life. They say it is quite close by – 600 light years, but I can’t
find it on the North East Hampshire bus timetable, so probably won’t make the
effort of visiting, at least until the new year.
I
haven’t read all of the articles, but so far haven’t found any mention of the
implications of Kepler being 2.4 times the size of the earth. Unless they have
more sensible scientists than ours who have abolished the law of gravity, I
would have thought that the probability is that Kepler has therefore 2.4 times
the mass of the earth, and therefore moving about on it would be quite tiring.
This appeals to me, on balance. “Sorry, won’t be at work today, I find I that I
can’t get out of my chair”.
Please
let me know if any of you see a list of for volunteers to join the first trip.
It behoves me to present any existing inhabitants with the friendlier face of
humanity. I will do my best to make sure that all members of the party are
carefully vetted. We have all seen the results of letting a bunch of psychotic
god-botherers loose on new colonies, after all.
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The good news that it is apparently possible to travel faster than the speed of light means that we could organise a charabanc trip there for the new year. I believe a Mr J Clarkson is interested in the post of driver, and Mr B Johnson has offered to collect the tickets. I'll put your name down, shall I?
(Thanks for offering me the post of AB of C, but I don't like the dress.)
Dave. Very ribald.
It has to be admitted, there was some plotting going on after the Christingle service last night. Expect some high jinks as soon as Advent is over.
I think Williams wants another crack at getting one of those 3D tellies. Songs of Praise really comes alive in 3D.
More gravity might be a good thing... and it would make fireworks night more interesting.
Sx
...and extra gravity would also make illegal lifts less likely in Strictly Come Dancing...
Sx
Z. I am at an age where I need my jinks to be lowered.
Geoff. You just live for danger, don't you?
Scarlet. I have no idea what Strictly Come Dancing is.
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