I was appalled last night, watching the news. I knew so because I was laughing hysterically, which is generally how ‘appalled’ manifests. Though its difficult to differentiate it from ‘disgusted’, ‘amazed’ or ‘horrified!’, all of which have pretty much the same effect. I never said I was ‘normal’ or even ‘nice’, just appalled.

They were in a hospital. Like they are every fucking night, talking covid. How are they coping? A guy came on, a nurse, speaking of their level of overloadedness and up came the name tag: Sister Adam Whatever. And I thought… ‘sister’? SISTER??? WTF?

You’re not allowed to call a woman a ‘chairman’, can no longer use ‘actress’ because its discriminatory, you can’t even call a hooker a whore (possibly the other way round), but you can call a geezer ‘Sister’ because he’s a good nurse?? I mean… I mean… really?

So then we learned that over 200 thousand people tested positive in the UK yesterday. Big number. But none actually got ill. Ok, one or two. Of people in hospitals, 91% haven’t had their booster. That’s really an even bigger number. So big that if you convert it to letters is says: ‘Piers Corbyn is an absolute tosser’. And so, it must be admitted, is Novak Djokovic.

The miserable Serb tennis superstar is an anti-vaxxer. As many miserable Serbs can be. And he wants to play in the Australian Open to defend his title. But Australia has the strictest Covid rules of any nation, even though they can’t control it at all, have had 19 lockdowns and make you live in a Covid hotel for 3 months if you travel abroad or swim in the sea. They will not allow ANY unvaccinated person into their country, at all, NO EXCEPTIONS!!! Except Djokovic. He, and he alone, managed to get an ‘exemption’. Its easier to get full citizenship there than an exemption. Its easier to find someone who doesn’t gloat about cricket, than it is to get an exemption. But Novak did just that. Which, if I may be so bold as to offer criticism of the policies of any place, just sucks. One rule for miserable Serbian dickheads, another for us. Typical!

Happy Wednesday

A xxxx