This Is This

My good friend Iain writes at http://www.five8.co.uk/blog/ which he describes as much ado about nothing much

When Uncle Cliff said “I’d be happy to have you about HMS This” I thought a few things, and as everyone else had bagsied all the good post ideas I though that sharing what goes on inside ‘yan HQ might make do for a short post aboard the jolly ship This Is This.

So when Cliff said “I’d be happy to have you about HMS This” I thought:
1 - aye aye Cap’n
2 - does he mean “aboard”?
3 - I wonder if there’s analogy between This Is This and a ship…
4 - nope
6 - what is it with lists?
7 - bugger, what happened to 5?
8 - man, I really ought to be doing some work
9 - really, no one is going to be interested in what *I* have to say, maybe I won’t write a post
10 - but it would be nice to be part of the gang

And isn’t that what blogging is all about? It’s about being cool. About being accepted. About getting those parts of you that you know are funny or original - or even not original but that you’re sure *someone* will identify with - out there to that widest of audiences to help fill your God-shaped hole.

There’s nothing wrong with that. I don’t say it in a disparaging way. How else do we make connections, make friends, other than by having the fear that gives us the guts to be ourselves and put it out there?

So my message to the crew today is: “Batton down the hatches! Splice the crow’s nest! Hoist the main mast!” or any other incorrectly half-remembered nautical terms I can dredge up. Whatever you do, me hearties, go out there and be yourselves.

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Normally nice restaurants in London have stupid names like Poormans, Fly Flew Flown, Chez Tariq, Dulcimer, The Larch, K2, Completement Nul or something lame.
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