Talking to
yourself aloud used to be a sign
that you
were:
Not the full shilling
A sandwich short of a picnic
Sixpence short of a bob
Or had a few slates missing.
Now
everybody’s doing it
and their
Smart-Chat punctuates:
your early
morning ramble
your Daily
commute,
(an honour
once the preserve
of Spanish
students on TEFL courses)
It could be
useful, mind you,
to whip out
the phone, earbuds lacking
when your personal space is threatened
by chatty
neighbour
or ranting spouse.
Better to
be
Hit on the head by the sail of a windmill,
(the Dutch
equivalent to not the full quid,)
than to endure
sabotage.
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I remember all the Spanish students on the bus. They were so loud. I recently had a young woman beside me on the Luas and she was having a video call with her family in Brazil. It was so loud I was tempted to lean over and say hi to them all. I didn't. I just privately cursed them all.
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