Saturday 11 October 2014

Why do we never seem to have enough time in the day. . . . The Big Question.



How come we never seem to have enough time to do stuff? Yes I think this is a Big Question for many of us.  OK I may be a bit disorganised at getting stuff done and I guess that can't help one bit, but the fact is even organized folk will often say things like I have all this stuff to do and I just DON'T seem to have the time.  As far as I can tell this is definitely a problem of us decedent imperialist westerners because if you watch things on the TV where some celeb is trekking through the wilds in some exotic country they often seem to pass folk sat at the side of the road looking chilled and saying things like . . . . . .  OOOoooo look its him off the tele the chap with the parrot and the ray gun who travels through time in that ICE CREAM van eating jellied eels. . . . .  They seem to be able to sit for days on end, just sitting and being chilled as they watch the world pass by.

But how come we can’t sit about it must be due to the way we live and think. I have realized for a long time now I think I can do more than I can, and by that I mean I often think stuff like . . .  if I cut this old bicycle up and weld the engine of this knackered mower to this I beam and use the gearbox from a Model T ford to fix a Box Brownie to the Grizolme Bevel thrust plate I can toast bread rolls. . . .  The truth is I don't have the time and by adding such ideas to the other ideas already on the list of stuff that needs to be done it results in overload as the list also contains stuff like remove wallpaper from old office walls, remove old office walls, cut grass, plant grass, feed cats, chase seagulls, wash hair, stick mancky clothes in big pile in dark corner of room.

I know this is normal most people have exactly the same issue I often stop people in the street and ask them if they are busy and they always say Yes I’m off to find a  Grizolme Bevel thrust plate.   OK the men say stuff like that for reasons I may discuss another time, women seldom have any interest in Grizolme Bevel thrust plates   but none the less seem very busy.   They often say they are so busy because their partner is doing something stupid with an old bicycle and the lawn mower and someone has to sort the house out, pay the bills and go to work and cook dinner.

Anyway I have to say this is probably the hardest question to date I have dealt with so I need a break and have a round metal thing I might put pointy bits on so I can hang it from a tree to attract Woodpeckers to scare off the Zombies. All we can do is prioritize stuff so that’s it I'm off to hunt for that round metal thing right now.


Ooooooooo look a Seagull.    

16 comments:

  1. It's true that there are not enough hours in the day and yet every four years we get one extra day in a leap year.
    I don't understand why that extra day can not be added on every year and give everybody 6 hours of free time to complete all those jobs they have been putting off.
    I have got to stain the patio, build a vegetable plot, organise my electronic cables, back up all my media files (photos and holidays) clean the windows, trim my toe nails, organise my book collections, get my hair cut.... the list goes on and on. six hours of uninterrupted ME time would go a long way to sorting out some of those jobs but I have to wait the best part of half a decade before I get a chance to make a start.
    This doesn't include how long it takes me to change all the clocks when we British Summer time ends/starts.... The mind boggles!

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    1. AH DAMN British Summer time shifting does my head in and now both yourself and Miss Lily have mentioned it. I always get jet lagged. I like the idea of the six hours uninterrupted me time.
      Maybe I could start up a small me time environment where folk could come and and sit and do whatever they wanted for a few hours then leave and continue their life. A bit like a dentists waiting room but without all the nasty bits associated with it.

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  2. As with everything else, I blame the government.

    And what about all this clocks moving forwards and backwards business? Does the extra hour really make a difference to the daily lives of those of us who aren't Zombie or Aliens? I mean does it? 5 am is still 5 am whether it's light or dark outside.

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    1. Things have got worse since UKIP became part of the government. Apparently that Mr Eddy van Bola the Zombie and Bringer of Total Death might come for a visit. I thought the plan was to be all Union Jacks and You Will Not Pass unless you have a fetlock of thrupenny bits and a lucky rabbits foot.

      Ironically a lucky rabbits foot is not lucky for rabbits much as shifting the clocks is not good for me.

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  3. Hello new visitors. . . . Welcome to the comments section of my blog, have you noticed something about it yet. . . . Yes this blog has unique comments and some of the best comments makers of any blog in cyberspace. We are a friendly bunch here and comments are welcome in the style of the comments you see before you or anywhere else in this blog. You just need to note that Swearing is not really something that happens or graphic rude thoughts because this is a child friendly blog. YES OK children dont understand a single word of it but (OK Master Meglos does) things like that are not the point. The point is Its my Ball and I'm not playing YA SUCKS BOO. . . . . . sorry that was earlier. . . Welcome new people and regulars and I would like to be the first to say HO HO HO Merry Christmas.

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    1. Can I be the first to say Ha Ha Ha Merry Christmas?

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    2. I think this means Christmas has officially started. . . . . . . .WELL COOL

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  4. I s'ppose that if you do something with (d e s t r o y) the old lawn mower it gives you a chance to buy a new one OR stop mowing altogether. I wanted to buy a riding lawn mower once to finally do my own lawn because no one was reliable. But then some begged me to buy a regular lawn mower on the basis that he would do my lawn so he could borrow my lawn mower. But that only happened a half time then my wife finally found someone else who mows atrociously. So now I am stuck with a mess and an almost new mower which no one uses. I was hoping to finally own a tractor, sigh.

    New word: destuffication - the act the getting rid of stuff

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    1. Oh, I did see a picture of Jesus wrestling with several smaLl children at the same time, so I think he is enjoying his new family life weLL. I never get to talk to him but I understand he is doing some college work.

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    2. Happy Columbus Day. Back in 1992 I was cartooning and I wrote a single frame cartoon where one person was yelling at another person saying, "It's the 500th anniversary of Columbus Day, not Column of 500 Buses Day" and there was a long winding mass of buses strung out to the horizon. So that is what I created eXactly 20 years ago today in my early days as an artist.

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    3. Sorry my math was off, 22 years. It is stiLLa dark dark morning here and I have been awake for too long.

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    4. I have a plan to create a garden where I can cut the grass with a sit on mower. At present I have one that is a self propelled device where I hang on and steer, but I only manage to get half the grass cut in one go. It would be OK except our neighbour a (little old lady) is a fanatical cutter of grass and has perfect lies up and down her lawn.

      Glad to hear Jesus is OK and things are going well. . . We dont have Columbus day over here. but we do get columns of buses in the big cities from time to time which have a habit of turning up 22 years late.

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    5. We should invent self-trimming grass. It would be a GMO product, grass mowed otto-matically.

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    6. It appears that no one has a grizolme bevel thrust plate. I didn't check for a saucer or a bowl.

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    7. I had a feeling that grizolme bevel thrust plate was going to cause issues. . . . .

      Another great mechanical thing ruined by the lack of parts in the real world, oooo that sounds a bit like me too.

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