26 Oct 2009
So today is Monday. (I think) And you are having a holiday. I guess I can’t complain really, I just had Diwali. Those of you that enjoy planting the veges today, watch out for the frosts. They caught me out lat year.
Diwali celebrations are similar to our guy fawkes in a way. The crackers go on for days afterwards. I was enjoying a quiet day off yesterday reading my daughter’s book when someone let of some fireworks in the park. As I mentioned before, when the Indians let of fireworks, it sounds like the invasion of the Teleban or something. Combine this with the fact that I now live in an area with a high concentration of high court judges complete with security guards and you can probably appreciate that I didn’t go out and investigate. My solace was in the fact that there were no police sirens after the expolsions.
I figured out something whilst I was waiting for the driver this morning. For the last three or four nights I have been hearing what I thought was a cricket chirping away outside the flat. Well now, I think I may have got it all wrong. There was a squirrel ambling along in fence that surrounds the park and each time the same cricket sound chirped the squirrel’s tail bobbed up and down. Coincidence? I think not. The squirrel obviously has a squeaky tail. You see, that’s deductive reasoning for you. Of course, it could be that the squirrel thinks it’s a cricket, in which case he’s probably going to get a surprise when his prospective mate comes along.
I figured out something else whilst I was waiting. (The driver took a while to arrive.) It doesn’t seem to matter which country or culture you are in, a laugh is a laugh and a cry is a cry. The universal language. I have it on good authority that the ‘Lucas-pedia’ has all the hot gen on the issue. You should ask him. Wait until lunchtime though. You’ll get a fuller answer.