War of the Words.

The Parish Magazine has arrived. Late. i was not actually 'anxious' about this, though i am touched by the fulsomeness of the apology nonetheless. Also the explanation regarding the trouble with the photocopier, and effects of the Cold Snap on the Order. My favourite ever edition is still last year's Parable of the Muddy Field- where it became as hard to go back as go o'er: a LOT like life. However the image of Jesus as a Party-Loving Kind of Guy- i seem to have made him into Cliff Richard somehow- is a Keeper. Working a computer is clearly the Province of the Godly in Guilsfield, though, as Spotlight still comes Hot From the Typewriter. Better Still, would be a Bander Machine- if, for some Unfathomable Reason, you ever have to read Spotlight, you will definitely want to Inhale. There is a Quarterly Poem in Spotlight, Of the kind that makes you think it's not right, To put out in verse, Things that rhyme but don't scan or worse, Are about people's pets which is Spite (ful). There is also the Relentlessly Scintillating News Bulletins of such Village Hotbeds as Old School Committee, and Evergreen Club for the Retired Person.  If we move Higher Up, to the Giddy Echelons of The County Times we will see that this is not a Formatting Issue, but one of Locality, for this is also a Product of Half-Arsedry. Indeed it is renowned for it, to the degree that ex- residents of this area have it sent on to them, even overseas, when they are Fatigued by Photos of people With Heads. Daily Mail Letters pale beside the Correspondence Section of the CT: if Aliens ever alight on Our World and this chances to be their Point of Contact, they will proceed amongst us In Bafflement. They'll be especially unnerved by our surprise as they wander through the streets, seeing as So Very Many Folk in Powys have already Sighted them in their Hot Air Balloons and Tree-Shaped Spaceships. They will also be expecting Very Much More Rage about Dog Crap. Now, i wonder if you could pass me the scissors: there is a very interesting article here about Gritting Bins, which i would very much like to Paste into my Scrapbook.