In the news

From time to time, you begin to consider questions. Am I where I want to be? Will it ever stop raining? Why am I always crap at escaping from hostage situations in my dreams? Why is it you strive to have options in life, only to strive to make decisions on those options? But then, you have to disregard the meaningless thoughts and focus on what really is important in life. It’s time to concentrate on matters closer to home? How could you consider leaving when there are hard hitting issues on your door step.

It could probably only happen in Bournemouth. A local woman rang the Town Hall to protest about what she had just seen. I’m surprised she went to the local Town Hall, I would have taken straight to the European Parliament. Apparently, and rather shockingly, this woman witnessed a taxi driver taking a piss against the wheel of his taxi. Shocking. Okay, well maybe not the best thing to do in public. We have all done it, intoxicated, but I guess, a sober, or hopefully sober taxi driver may have had a bit more discretion. Maybe he was just washing his wheels. Who knows?

So, we have a slightly inconsiderate or an extremely intelligent, well read cabbie. That’s because, according to the “The Town Police Clauses Act of 1847” a hackney carriage driver could urinate against the rear offside wheel. So, he was perfectly in the clear. The Public Order Act which he could have been charged for, became void.

Just as I was getting paranoid about other old style laws that might be out there, like not being able to wear a coat on a rainy day or having to walk across cobble streets in bear feet, the next piece of news flashed up on Sky News. Apparently, a woman has been banned from a major supermarket for stealing a sweet in the pick and mix section. Yes, this woman who had spent thousands of pounds on her weekly shops, had been told never to return after she chewed on a cola bottle. Now, we have all thought about. Just like I have though paying for a small coke at Burger King at a cheaper price because I know you get free refills (surely, refilling a small coke costs less than a bigger one?), but then feeling guilty and pulling out at the last minute.

Those that say we life in a more stressful society than ever, I would have to agree.