If you’ve ever been lucky enough, or keen enough, to hear ‘the 2,000 year old man’, the ad lib comedy sketch with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, you might remember what ‘the greatest achievement he’d seen in his 2000 years of living’. Brooks’ answer: ‘cling film’.

And he was right. (Mel Brooks was ALWAYS right). Ok, landing a man on the moon was pretty cool, inventing penicillin has merits, splitting the atom was amazing (but how did that work out, ROBERT OPPENHEIMER????), the written word? All not just ‘good’ but literally life-changing. The light bulb? How big a deal was that? If photography hadn’t been invented we’d just be pointing our phones at our dinners and our faces for nothing.

But cling film. I agree with 2000 year old man. It changed the life of all the food in your fridge. And, to be honest, when it comes to wrapping anything up, well, enough said.

But its changed since 1975. It was thicker back then. Not quite as ‘sticky’ as it is now. It had a little substance to it. Basically, you could handle it back then without getting your hands and everything else wrapped up with it and throwing miles of the fucking stuff away because it has become all stuck together irretrievably. I fought with it this morning, wrapping my sandwich. And lost.

So I thought I’d share that with you. Mainly because I really hate that whole ‘sharing’ thing but need to get out of my comfort zone. And also because otherwise I’d have to say something about Donald Trump as he represents ALL the news which isn’t football. And we’re certainly not doing football. Not today. Possibly not ever again!!!

Happy wrapping

A xxxx