I want to kill a bird! One of the feathered variety.
Don't worry I wont actually do it. I care about animals.
But ….
The flaming neighbours cockatoo has mastered the sound of a telephone – and squawks ring tones from dawn to dusk …... and beyond.
Its enough to hope they will answer the phone and hold its neck very tightly!
It reminds of my recent travels through India.
On the satellite TV news three lines of banner ads pumped product, news flashes and so much banality it was nearly impossible to concentrate on the news reader.
Maybe the Australian news was more subtle but not the glut of silly season promotions.
As far back as November I heard a barrage of 'you better watch out, you better not cry” wondering if they forgot what it is suppose to be about.
I am all for respecting peoples right of religious belief and practice. It stil makes me wonder. December 25 (December 21/22 Gregorian calendar) was the Roman Saturnalia. Anyway ....
Be that as it may, the advertising is as annoying as that bird.
I wont try and kill your festivities. But, even if I did celebrate Christmas – I don't – I would yearn for a “Silent Night”.
Not the squawking commercialism that is ringing in my ears as annoyingly as that cockatoo.
