These are fearful, paranoid times. We are all under observation (Even you. Especially you, in fact.), and our habits and utterances are being monitored for the merest hints of insurrection and incitement. There's a question to which I need an answer. Is it OK for bearded men to smile and pull faces at children on public transport? I do it because I remember how much I enjoyed a good childish adult when I was a bairn. Hiding behind a hand then removing the hand to reveal a gurning visage. All adding to the gaiety of modern life in all its grimnitude. I'm not doing it to groom anyone. I'm doing it because I'm 38 going on 6. Maybe there should be a licensed jester scheme, with CRB-checked gurners being denoted by a 'harmless loon' badge? Until then, should I just scowl at youngsters to be on the safe side? If the Phantom Dog-Nosher of Norwich does a phone-in on this, I'll know I'm onto something.
You just fall back on the tried and tested defence that the wind changed and your face got stuck like that. It is CRUCIAL to explain all this with the expression still in place, or any half-decent lawyer will tear you to shreds.
ReplyDeleteMy brother has warned me that if I go back to England and try and remember my childhood the faces of all the other children will be pixellated out...
ReplyDeleteFirst they came for the beardies...
ReplyDeleteI blame Rebekah Brooks. For everything.
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