The morning after my last posting

It’s phantastic. There I was, innocently, (not) mentioning a particular double-barrelled name – and the bloody phone starts ringing to inquire as to the identity of the unlucky man.

As I actually have to earn a living in between my many diversions, I “unpublished” the hot piece twice this morning to get some peace. It’s fascinating how people swing from their tree of inertia as soon as you mention wedding bells.

“Tying the knot” – a rather poetic expression in the tongue not my mother’s. However, anyone who has ever been nautically inclined knows that there are many ways to fasten a knot; and one of them comes apart at the slightest tug.

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