18Mar/1011
Here goes
Before I head down the paper shop (see previous posts for the backstory), I have prepared a 'safe area' at home for the reading of the Daily Mail. This is a sterile environment in which I have removed all sharp objects. It also contains:
A NICE CUP OF TEA.
A LITTLE TOWEL FOR THE TEARS.
A PHONE SO I CAN CALL FOR HELP.
AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS, A SHITLOAD OF WHISKY TO TAKE THE PAIN AWAY.
I'd better be careful though. That monkey loves whisky. He'll probably drain the lot while I'm down the shop.
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March 18th, 2010 - 09:05
Good luck!
March 18th, 2010 - 09:09
I walked past the newsies this morning, saw the headline glaring out at me, remembered your mission, and laughed all the way to the train station…
Where I bought a Guardian for the first time in ages, hoping it might balance the universe a little.
March 18th, 2010 - 10:51
SO brave. Remember you don’t have to do this, and if you do it today you never ever have to read that bigoted,tripe pedalling, fearmongering , liner for a budgie cage ever again.
March 18th, 2010 - 11:12
I like your Brian Wilson mug. You could lie down and listen to Cabinessence to help soothe your Mail-fucked brain.
March 18th, 2010 - 13:11
That’s a good idea. I might put my chair in a sandpit while reading the Mail. It might help, you never know!
March 18th, 2010 - 13:14
I agree with @rwtwm, I’m afraid I walked past The Daily Mail headline today (an extremely stereotypical one) and snorted with derision, before laughing at the thought that you were going to have to drag your way through all of it’s pages. Good luck either way.
I recommend “Good Vibrations” as an antidote to the Mail at the end of the day.
March 18th, 2010 - 16:25
Where did you get the Brian Wilson mug?!
(Personally, rather than CabinEssence I’d recommend This Whole World or Love And Mercy for soothing post-Mail trauma…)
March 18th, 2010 - 17:09
Ohhhh Jura. I’ve got such a sodding thirst now.
March 23rd, 2010 - 12:27
Shittest cheapest Nokia phone ftw. (I have it too).
March 23rd, 2010 - 16:39
That was about £12 of solid technology gold from Tesco. And it hasn’t broken yet…
March 27th, 2010 - 11:54
Brian Wilson memorabilia from the Smile tour and a bottle of Jura. It’s enough to make me trust a blogger before I read a word of what they write.