Leaping apart

I found the excellent FUM (Fortean Unit of Measurement) pictured below on the equally fine Quadrant Online website. No further credit available, I’m afraid, but for those who don’t have a kangaroo handy to maintain their social distancing, my guess is this equals about two Maine Coon cats, three British Shorthairs, or a slightly stretched average large intestine. Every little helps?

Please let me snatch this opportunity to thank, belatedly, all those fellow forteans who sent me good wishes while I was incarcerated in the May Day, Croydon, hospital earlier in the year, thanks to an exploding gastric ulcer. (Always expect the unexpected, eh?) I persist in recovering, if a bit slowly, and remain as dark-humoured, sceptical, and opinionated as ever.

Peter Brookesmith London