girlsdontcry's Diaryland Diary

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Further signs of madness?

I had four days off work, and I did nothing, but I'm completely knackered and I need more time off already.

I couldn't stop being angry about cocktail umbrellas on Friday night, they suddenly seemed to be the last sign of the insanity of the world. I was in a bar, of course. I'd had a fight with the door on the toilet cubicle, because it wouldn't lock properly, and I'd been sitting next to Paul, who is a ranter. I mean, it makes me laugh, but I think his ranting is infectious.

So I was examining the cocktail umbrella in detail, increasingly angry at it, wondering at where the whole idea came from, whoever invented this tiny, intricate and trivial object, with its ten hinged spokes, the flower design and -- this was getting to me more than anything -- that little plastic ring that you slide up to keep the umbrella open.

But a couple of days later and I can't decide whether a cocktail umbrella is a sign of the world gone mad or, in fact, the sign of civilised society.

Yeah, I know, I should be worrying about my overdraught, my credit card bills and war in Iraq. I'm trivial.

Overdraft? Overdraught? Oh dear, I think it's probably overdraft.

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