A LIST
You get to thinking about a lot of things whilst lying on a sick bed in a warden-assisted retirement complex, having been told by a GP to come-off the very drugs that are keeping you mobile & upright, in order for the new drugs and the Gastric Man Flu/Covid/Cold virus to do their immune system tango. What Is Death? is one of them. When will it arrive? is another. Why was I even born!?!?!? is a frequent visitor. And Will anyone miss me?, Do I need to destroy any evidence?, Who will take the cat? And What song would I like played at my funeral? are the others. This week, as I polished-off a Lansprazole cocktail with hot honey & Actifed chaser, I thought about the olden days, when things were very much better (if you ignored the austerity, poverty, power-cuts, rampant sexual abuse, misogyny, racism, and awful chart music). Here is a list of things I think I would like to see brought back: PK or Beech Nut chewing gum (in a 4 pack) Football cards with inedible gum coated in chalk...