Where were we before we were so rudely interrupted by Alzheimer's, a Deep Vein Thrombosis, a scammer, more admin shit than you could shake a stick at, and all to be dealt with under the dead hand bureaucracy of the third Covid lockdown? Well we'll come to that, and boy is there a deluge of anti-Swampism built up over the last 6 months to release, but first ...
The Gaffer is back in one piece, full of pills and whingeing, in a new garret on the middle floor chez Duff. Fluffbun and I are regularly visiting him and the Little Memsahib, and staying in the Gaffer's old top floor garret now re-provisioned as our bijoux country residence. The smell of Dorset cow poo doesn't seem to reach that high up which is a blessing for a suburbanite like myself who gets a nosebleed when he leaves the home counties.
In the finest tradition of Habeas Corpus, here's the proof: the Gaffer at his new station ...
So the Gaffer gets to keep his leg, as you can see, the blood thinners having worked a treat. But his short term memory is, err, his short term memory is, err, yes, you get the picture - barely scoped beyond a paragraph. But that shouldn't matter too much here on D&N, repetition being the old and new normal. In fact no-one will probably notice. Swampism has been a never ending repeating process inside the triangulation of abuse, criminal negligence and incompetence ever since that gamma ray flew out of the sun and knocked out a gene in someone's spunker between 15,000 to 50,000 years ago, seeding the most degrading mutation in mankind's genome and kicking off all the troubles in the world: the pol gene. Hardly surprising anti-Swampism is a struggle to be original too: one war, scandal, systemic abuse, negligent cock-up is rarely so different from another, calling it all out is an originality challenge in itself.
The comments are now open again now the admin issues are sorted. (The Gaffer has been dropping posts from time-to-time I know, but didn't realise the comments were closed due to his credit card being cancelled after he was hit by a scammer. No financial damage done there by the way, just hassle with banks and credit card agencies.)
So without further ado, let battle re-commence!
And a Happy Indie Day across the pond!
Son of Duff
Just testing the comments are working OK.
SoD
Posted by: Son of Duff | Sunday, 04 July 2021 at 21:55
David you look stage actor sharp there in your studio!
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 04 July 2021 at 23:32
...and about bloody time.
The forces of good have been almost rudderless in your absence.
Happy Birthday cousins.
Posted by: AussieD | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 03:47
"calling it all out is an originality challenge in itself."
Spot on and welcome back. The more voices the better.
Posted by: Uncle Mort | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 08:09
Welcome back DD. We've missed your wisdom.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 08:26
Welcome back, David. I missed you, not a lot, but I missed you. :-)
Posted by: FrankH | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 11:26
I was beginning to fear that rumours of your immortality might have been unfounded.
Good to see you back in the saddle.
Great stuff SoD.
Posted by: Jack the dog | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 12:25
Right, starter for one: Rivers of Blood.
SoD
Posted by: Loz | Monday, 05 July 2021 at 14:42
Happy to hear from (and see) you gain! Best wishes from sunny Spain, where the cow poo smell is completely different.
Posted by: ortega | Tuesday, 06 July 2021 at 11:57