After a number of heavy, humid and overcast days, and even though I regard even these as not entirely unsatisfactory, today is the perfect summer's day: bright, clear and warm. July failed to live up to the promise brought about by the previous glorious months, but still it wasn't that bad.
Yesterday we entertained one of my wife's friends from Bristol. 7 years ago we had been in my car together when she (the friend) became manically hysterical and I brought her down to earth with some well chosen, if rather cruel words. Later I heard she had been deeply wounded by my acid remarks. So this was to be a sort of "peace and reconciliation" type event, where we would both apologise for our behaviour on that fateful night. Soon after she arrived I got her on her own and conceded I had been out of order that night. I expected her then to reciprocate, but all she said was, "Yes, you were, but it's all right now"
I felt somehow cheated, but then I thought that this was more about my demonstrating my humility than whatever she did, so I let it pass. But it left an ongoing bitter taste in the mouth: she did not fulfil her part of the "deal"
ON A LIGHTER NOTE DEPT.
My wife was at work the other day, chatting over a coffee with colleagues when the discussion turned to holiday destinations. She said we were considering going to Budapest next year as a city-break. One of the secretaries thought carefully for a moment, then offered brightly:
"Budapest. Is that in Prague?"
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