Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Life 101

Sometimes don't you wish that you could take a crash course in life? You know, the kind of course that tells you which fork to use, not to wear a cropped top in church and to let little old ladies off the bus before you start digging your elbows in...

The reason for this post? I've just been for sushi with Howard - we've been discussing the kind of people who could really do with a course in Life 101.

Let's start with an oldie, but a goodie. Take Jasmine Willis, a 17 year old with a fondness for caffeine. Now add seven double expressos. I don't know of anyone who could drink all this and then sleep easy (well apart from Ray Harrison Graham, but that's another story). According to Howard she's going to start a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of caffeine. Jasmine, I don't think many people pop out for a salad and seven expressos at lunchtime. I suggest you look up moderation in the dictionary. You'll find it beween self-restraint and asceticism.

And we'll swiftly move on to the latest piece of artwork to grace the South Banks finest gallery. Yes, I'm talking about the Tate's crack. Since it's opening, three people have fallen in. I'm not kidding. Three people have fallen in this huge trench running through the Tate's Turbine Hall. The story goes that they thought it was painted on the floor. So they stepped on it. Only to find that they are not quite as capable of defying gravity as Elphaba.

As a wise man once said, look before you leap.

Get ye to the classroom and no running in the hallways!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're just like a bus, Cazz... no blogs for ages and agesssss and then 3 come along at once. Bravo! About time! Hmmph! (and thank god for Bloglines, or I would never know)

As for that crack, never mind their obvious stupidity, those people must have been really, really thin to manage to slip through the gap!? Bizarre.

Cazz said...

Well, obviously it's not a teeny tiny little crack - it's a gaping chasm that descends into hell.

Cazz the Bus has a certain ring to it....

Anonymous said...

Okkkkk. Well, the crack looks thin in the photo!