You Can’t say that ©
By
Michael Casey
Well
I found my story down the shop. The trouble is though that I love wit
and language, and others don’t, or not as much. So if an American hears
this “it’s been 6 weeks since I had a drink and a fag” what does it
mean? Over here in England it means “it’s 6 weeks since I had a drink
and a CIGARETTE” so immediately we are divided by language. And then you
have all the other baggage.
I
spotted somebody coming out of the voting place and I said “you must be
Nigel’s friend” and immediately he cursed to high Heaven as if he was
denying Christ on the night he was taken in. He even said “he found what
I said was offensive.” Yes Brexit divides that much, and one trick pony
Nigel will have his day when the results are announced tomorrow. Nigel
has screamed “FOUL” when asked what are his Policies should he go on to
contest National Elections, even though it’s a vital question. I should
remind everybody Nigel failed 7 times to get elected in National
Elections. I offer no opinion here on Brexit, I’m just stating the
obvious, which must be stated. Basically a Political Vacuum allows any
form of Populism to appear.
I
don’t want to dwell on this, let’s keep it light. When Rich came back
to work when his dad died 35 years ago the lads did not know what to
say. I just told him he looked like the cartoon on the Kellogg’s Rice
Crispy box. He was wearing a handkerchief around his neck. So this broke
the ice. Then we got back to reality. When my mother died, and then my
dad nearly died just 8 weeks later it was my turn to get support from
the lads. So I know it’s good to show friendship.
Another
example is when people don’t know what to say, so it’s best to say
“give us a hug” human contact, a hug really does help. That is why
instinctively we touch somebody we like. Silence may be Golden after an
argument, or we bite our tongue, I have too much experience of that as
well.
One
example is a bad boss you put up with because you have toddlers and
need to feed them, whereas the boss is all talk, and no action, just
hides in the Concierge room. Or another boss is about to punch you after
a failed night shift, when the team leader goes home “sick” and you are
left with the pieces and this particular boss to face in the morning.
And yes I really did have to restrain this boss, I have very good grip
after years of screwing magnetic tapes onto computer tape readers, one
finger on my right hand is even bent slightly inward. I’m not just a
smile and 1000words, and the lads I worked with were amongst the best in
the world, and great characters too.
Speaking
of lads, you cannot say “I Love You” to the lads they would laugh, and
stand with their backs to the wall. Yes people used to be that non PC,
everybody is more open compared to 40 years ago. The lads would just say
give us a beer, and whisper in your ear, we all know and we all don’t
care, so long as you get the beers in. It’s all about equality,
tolerance is the wrong word. Life is all about equality. It’s about gay,
straight, black, white, green, faith or no faith accepting each other.
Which is why I think UK is the best place to be as we get on, most of the time.
I
was classed as the strange one because when I worked Sundays I’d use my
lunch break to dash to a church for Mass, none of the lads had any
formal faith. Beer was their faith, as it was for our lodgers. It’s when
people don’t practice what they preach that we get problems. The
trouble is the Twitter world, people just don’t listen, life has no
depth on Twitter, Everybody just reads the headlines. As I’ve said
before I browse on 3 national newspapers daily plus BBC and SKY. So we
all need a bit of depth.
Fast
food and fast life, leads to shallow life. Stop and sit and watch New
Amsterdam on tv, it always makes me cry, and the ensemble acting really
does deserve an Emmy. Now I’m finishing on a fictional hospital show,
based on a book I believe. My point is that in this show you have people
at their best, doing their best. How Can I Help is the catch phrase so
to speak. My favourite character is a bear of a man, who is a Dr and the
Shrink. He is also gay, what really shines through is his compassion,
he is a giant teddy bear who loves to help.
And
that is what I’d like to be remembered as, somebody whose words help.
Who brings laughter to the screen in front of you all, you might think I
look stupid, is he gay or what? No, I’m a boring straight guy, who may
never get discovered, not even by a Korean Kpop girl singer. I’m just
being read on the toilet by some Russian guy while he waits for his
constipation to end, and then he can drive Putin to meet Trump.
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