● An irresistible addiction to Bloody Mary cocktails. Telling myself (fallaciously) the tomato juice is a health drink.
● Hum while engaged behind closed doors in certain intimate functions; tunes I’m having difficulty with. The link may hinge on the concept of purging but the jury’s still out on this.
● Delay having haircuts under the belief that long hair makes me poetic.
● Delay washing hair until the central area turns yellow-ish.
● Re-read paperbacks by Robert B. Parker. Perhaps because they’re set in Boston, Mass. Told sententiously in first person by private eye Spenser (spelt as British poet), a self-serving superman. Pretentious beefcake.
● Avoid books, movies and TV documentaries which I suspect may “improve” me.
● Rarely let a day go by without reminding someone I’ve read Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften (but only in English).
● Fail to suppress my tendency to over-use the adjective “rebarbative”.
● Toss my fleece shirts reluctantly into the laundry basket. Justification: dirt is hard to detect on fleece material.
● Wake up and dwell unhealthily on which eventual pathology will effect my quietus. Trawling a selection of ever-present symptoms.
● Continue to hand-write notes, etc, I am subsequently unable to read.
● Continue to ignore BBC radio (Other than BB3 for music) knowing that most radio is pitched at higher levels of intelligence than most TV.
● Refuse to replace gossamer-thin handkerchiefs with those of thicker, more absorbent fabric.
● Not wash the car.
● Grumble about the car’s unwashed state.
● Fail to recognise my inability to sing to the beat of my metronome.
● Avert my eyes from my uncleaned nails.
The one I most associate with is writing illegible notes to myself.
ReplyDeleteSir Hugh: A good sign that this is the only overlap between us. With lists like this one seeks to be original; repetitive truthfulness tends to be boring. Nobody actually cares whether my list of antipathies is comprehensive.
ReplyDelete"Rebarbative" You kill me. I've been overwhelmed with politics lately. So much so that I have not had the energy to read my favorite bloggers. Today I did. I'm glad I didn't miss this post.
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