Ant In France
Finally our stupid, corrupt, inept and incompetent government has told us what we already know; there will be a General election on 6 May 2010.  Why the big announcement?  I have no idea, people have had it marked in their diaries for several weeks now, it’s not like it came as a surprise to anyone.  This time I am voting, I have never voted before so can’t really criticise anyone fro not doing so, but if you don’t vote and the bad people get in again, it really is partly your fault, and if you do vote and vote for the bad people i.e. Labour then you are worse than Hitler and ought to be tarred, feathered and dumped at the town limit.  I never pray, I’m not religious, do not believe in a higher deity/god/he who is all omnipotent, but I do hope to all that is great, good and beautiful that Labour do not retain power in this country.  Never before has there been so much corruption, sleaze, lies, unnecessary legislation and general crap since the last Labour government was in power back in the ‘70s.  Do not waste YOUR opportunity to get rid of the parasites governing our country.  Vote Conservative or monster Raving Looney Party or for anyone else except Gordon “the dick-head” Brown.

The clocks have gone back, the evenings are lighter and the weather is improving, we’ve just had Easter weekend and had plenty of warmth and sunshine – at least where I live.  It’s amazing how much happier and friendlier people are when the weather improves and there is more day light.  I wonder why that is?  Maybe something to do with vitamin B, or is it D?  Neighbours have had their first BBQ of the year, albeit with chattering teeth and not having to wait for their sausages to cool down, the smell of freshly mown grass can be smelt through out the village, flowers and blossoming and that tree I pruned last year looks like it really is dead.

So what’s new in the world of my mother?  Not much really, it’s still same old same old.  Her neighbours and friends have been on holiday for 2 weeks so as she has had no company she invented some ills and went to see the doctor a couple of times for mystery ailments.  She does this regularly, as soon as she gets bored she becomes “ill” For a woman of her age, 73 she’s very fit and very healthy, looks 10 years younger than she is but unfortunately suffers from that common British ailment of being a pain in the arse.  She can’t embrace her health, she feels that because of her age something has to be wrong with her, because it ought to be, because in her mind she’s old.  Some of her friends use walking frames and really do struggle to get around yet never moan about being a bit infirm and make the most of what mobility they do have, yet my mother who really is very fit and very healthy does nothing but moan and feel sorry for herself.  Get a grip other and stop your bloody moaning.