Not posted here for while.

Wanna know why?
‘Cos my head was in a nice place where it couldn’t be irritated. Work was going well, friends and relatives were being ‘relatively’ nice and I have had a couple of nice holidays to boot.

Hard to despise things when life is treating you well.

So whats changed to bring me back here?

Well, I listen to a lot of radio during the day - mostly ‘talk radio’ - BBC Radio 4, Oneword, BBC7 etc

‘Nothing wrong with that’ I hear you say, and you are right to say it.

Nope, its not radio that makes me mad, its the people that fill the airwaves, or more specifically their inability to express themselves in a logical and coherent manner.

Its not usually the radio anchor people that are the problem, rather its the people they interview.

So, what is it that is irritating me so badly?

Well lets start with ‘absolutely’ - AAAGHHHHH!

Typical scenario 1:

Anchor:
"So, when you were writing your book on sexual disfunction in the Bogomee tribe, did you find there were parallels with modern society"

Author:
"Absolutely, blahdeblah de bollcky blah……"

Typical Scenario 2:

Anchor:
"Do you enjoy your work as a traffic warden?"

Bastard Traffic Warden:
"Absolutely, blahdeblah de bollcky blah……"

…. and so on.

What the fuck is wrong with the word ‘YES’ !!!!

Now, you may think this is a small thing to get riled over, but you are wrong. Listen to the radio, TV, podcasts, whatever… Now you have been warned, you will see (or hear) what I mean.

I know there are a whole bunch of other ‘linguistic abominations’ out there, and I will add them as they spring to mind, but this will have to do for a start.

There, that feels better.

My mind is now back in that happy place again - anyone who tries to change that by  adding  the word ‘absolutely’ as  a comment will be  snipped.