It's Boris and carrots week

Hi Everyone

I seem to remember in those distant days when I worked for a living that if you changed your job you had to give the boss of your intention to leave and you then had to "serve notice" of one, two, or even four weeks. It was obviously a difficult period as you did not really want to be there and your boss probably did not want you there either. You did however try to carry on as normally as possible out of respect to the company that you were working for. Now Boris, if I remember correctly, is still the Prime Minister of the UK until 5th September and if he follows what was expected of us, he should be at his desk working to ensure that he is still working for the people who put him there - not me of course. Instead, he has no sooner returned from a holiday in Slovenia and washed his shorts and tee shirt and hopefully combed his hair, he is now sunning himself on a Greek island while, we are assured, "keeping abreast of the situation here". Ok, I know that he cannot now make any important policy announcements as we await a new Prime Minister but on 5th September he can go off on as many holidays as he likes. I think that it is just another example of a lack of example and consideration by people in high places.

Those of us approaching middle age are very familiar with the word wonky as it seems to afflict us almost every day. This week, however, we are being asked to accept wonky vegetables in the supermarkets this winter due to climate change and the hot dry weather that we have had. What nonsense. Back in the days of the Fruit, Vegetable, Flower, Game, and Lolly shop everything was wonky including the Senior Partner. It was either wonky or dirty or both and it was loose with no packaging and it was weighed and tipped into the customer's hessian bag for them to carry home. It was not until the supermarkets came along that everything had to be the same size and shape, clean with no blemishes, and wrapped in plastic. In our small garden this year I have grown a few carrots which are all wonky due to the very dry weather but they are still carrots for goodness sake with a better flavour than the chemical fertiliser induced supermarket carrots. The problem for the younger generation is that they have only experienced 'perfect' fruit and vegetables and as some of them do not know how to cook anyway, it looks like boomtime for McDonald's cheesebergers and fries.

This week near here a lifesize cardboard cut out of a police officer called Bob has appeared in hi-viz clothing holding a handheld speed camera by the side of the road in an effort to curb drivers from breaking the speed limits. Apparently, the idea came from a real police officer who had seen one when on holiday in Scotland. I just wondered if instead of a hi-viz jacket it would be a more effective if the cardboard officer was wearing a kilt that blew up in the wind as the vehicle passed exceeding the speed limit. It's not a new idea, of course, lots of shops and restaurants have done similar things to promote their business. It made me think what effect it would have had if a lifesize cardboard cutout of the Senior Partner had appeared outside the Fruit, Vegetable.........................................shop.

Just a thought:

Carrots really do improve your eyesight. Have you ever seen a rabbit with glasses?

Someone locally has stolen the wheels off a police car. The police are working tirelessly to find the suspect.

Brian