Monthly Archives: August 2020

Huge yet strangely understandable SG (sweeping generalisation):Scratch a man’s surface and what do you get? More surface.

I would have assumed that metrophobia was fear of metro people or things such as large cities but it seems, as Word of the Day helpfully points out, that the term derives from metron – meter, poetry – rather than … Continue reading →

Elon Musk unveils pig with chip in its brain. US Republican and UK Tory parties in frantic competition.“Gertrude (the pig) has a processor in her brain which sends wireless signals indicating neural activity in her snout when looking for food.” … Continue reading →

I see you’ve got a new range of fashionable, wearable face masks.Yes, we tried selling the unwearable ones for a while but our customers kept bringing them back.What was the problem?They couldn’t wear them.I see. So you cunningly adapted to … Continue reading →

Is this a philosopher I see before me? No, it’s a GPT – 3 text generation algorithm, made flesh and spouting clichés. But thank you for asking.I was being sarcastic.So was I – I’m not a GPT-2. Although some of … Continue reading →

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”Socrates, allegedly.Nothing to add.

Such times for the UK. A clown of a Prime Minister, twisting and turning in the political currents, throwing subordinates under buses, some of which sport lying slogans. But worse is to come, one fears. And sometime after that, the … Continue reading →

Therapy – what therapy? Hello, I’m your counsellor Gavin. Will you please introduce yourselves – in your own words, of course.I’m Mick, the ideas man!I’m Poppy, I do the work.Is that true, would you say, Mick?Um, yes … I think … Continue reading →

Strategy meeting: BJ, PP, DRTime to crank up Plan B, chums.I didn’t know he was going to help out – though I gather he’s not touring at the moment, so maybe – No, not the Plan B, any old plan … Continue reading →

Typical summer dayWind dropsHeat crowds in, wrapping bodyIn clammy coatiness.Breathe deepStride outUnenvelop inner selfAnd outerAs rain returns.