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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

New Year’s resolutions for other people

The one sensible thing Jean-Paul Sartre said was that hell is other people. To ameliorate this, in 2007 other people should resolve to remember:

1. That however good at their job they may be, they are not experts on anything else. Especially not on climatology, geopolitics or economics.

2. That the rest of us are as interested in their children as they are in ours – ie not. At all.

3. That mobile phones contain microphones. There is no need to shout.

Any other suggestions?

5 Comments:

Francophile said...: 4. It's vulgar to talk about property prices. Just shut up.; 9:53 PM
Chris Bell said...: I'M SHOUTING BECAUSE I NEITHER HAVE NOR WANT A MOBILE. IS THAT OK?; 10:20 AM
d f mamea said...: 5. Visualise world peace: use yer indicator.; 11:16 PM
Francophile said...: I always thought that Sartre got it wrong. Hell is not other people, it's other people's children.; 2:07 PM
Campervan Morrison said...: No, hell is other people at breakfast.; 9:34 AM

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