New Year

I trust everyone enjoyed Christmas and survived the violent carollers and all the other hazards. All we have to do now is get over the questionable joy of New Years Eve (NYE) 'celebrations'. Events such as the NYE fireworks are a great 'bread and circuses' event but a great bore to be involved in.

Many commentators have mentioned how NYE sets us all up for disappointment. it's meant to be the greatest party ever, right? It turns into, in the words of Blackadder, 'One massively disappointing bang'. There are some fireworks going off, at which we all obediently 'ooh' and 'ahh'. It's quite a feat that we manage to ooh and aah while being trampled, jostled, challenged to fights over space to stand in (delivered as a kind of animal noise grunt) and all the other traditional amusements. That's before even trying to get home using the mythical 'public transport'.

I say 'No' to NYE. It is a crock. Let's all say 'No' and spend the fireworks money on something useful and enduring. They can show last year's fireworks on TV and we can all pretend it's this year's. Come on - the waste of money has gone on long enough.