Sunday 15 December 2013

Christmas Rooms and the achievement of not achieving great things

Mrs E and Mr S called in today to say hello and collect some things and I ate food and drank tea, in fact looking back on the day as a whole I think I did not achieve a great deal, something that I appear to be very good at. I am sure someone once told me that if you find something you are good at it is best to pursue it and get even better at in. However being good at not achieving is not seen as an achievement by the masses who will throw rocks and pointy sticks at me and my fellow non achievers as we achieve our goal of non achievement.  Luckily few of the rocks and pointy sticks ever hit us as those throwing them fail to achieve the satisfaction of hitting their target, proving that they too would be far better pursuing a life of non achievement too, after all it is one of the great truths of life that non achievement is a goal that can be achieved by all, we all have things we cant do and this makes us all equal and that is a truly great achievement . . . . . . .DAMN  that was not meant to happen…….



 I sprayed a bit more green on a thing today and put up a few more Christmas lights and sort of avoided the funeral of Nelson Mandela. I know that sounds rotten as he was a great chap and did much for South Africa and his people, but he did his bit and kept faith over the years fighting his cause. I do wonder as he was a modest chap whether he would have preferred to have a quiet funeral with a few friends and family without all the hype of the media companies chasing him to the grave. You can’t help but wonder if he will become a tourist attraction like Elvis as various folk look to make money one way or another. This you see is the down side of being one of the world’s great achievers, something us great non achievers manage to avoid, which many of us think of as a great achievement, which just goes to show the world is full of paradox’s and Elvis impersonators.


6 comments:

  1. Everyone not achieving together, hmm, sounds like Common-unism.

    We are mainly eating and drinking and not shirting today, although I complained to the organization who gave me a faulty stitching pattern for a candy cane and they have already sent me a fixed file so I am anxious to go see if I can now make a decent looking candy can with embroidery.

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    1. After I die I just hope to slowly become a rock in western South Dakota.

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    2. I think Europe is far more relaxed with Non Achievement than America is. Much of this is due to the European Parliament that has many skilled negotiators able to achieve absolutely nothing over a long period of time.

      Luckily embroidery appears to be a far more positive pursuit.

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    3. Oooo yes I think you will make a good Rocky

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  2. I put our Christmas tree up today; now it feels like Christmas. Your decorations look great.

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    1. I am glad to hear you have your tree up Miss Laura, I hope it means you have a really good Christmas........

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