Delving deep in the search for some reasons to be cheerful
These are stricken times. In fact they’re becoming strickener.
Even glass-half-full types are struggling to find the glass or the cupboard containing the glasses.
There are certain aspects of life today which provide unalloyed bad news. Everything else is contingent upon your outlook.
Some among you are doleful about barely seeing certain close relatives since March.
Others are brimming with gladness, at barely seeing certain close relatives since
March.
The Government’s “eat out to help out” scheme signifies desperation to some. But for those of us who are simultaneously tight-fisted, gluttonous and not sufficiently motivated to make the tea, it’s great news.
You will also be aware of the hoo-ha surrounding 2020’s A
Level results. Students are being graded by methods other than sitting an exam.
I wish such an initiative had existed when I was pretending to study for A levels. People like me who barely did any work for two years got what they deserved. Under today’s conditions I might have squeezed some decent grades.
Politicians are always singing the praises of hard-working Britons. The bone-idle never get a look in and one day they might rise up; although it seems unlikely.
Snooker has returned to television and Coronation Street is back in production. There had been fear among couch potatoes that ITV would run out.
For those strange people who don’t enjoy either snooker or Coronation Street, there’s still a few weeks of summer to go. The dark nights have yet to return. There are plenty of books to read.
The Grinder coffee shop at the bottom of Durham Road is open again. Sunderland has great parks.
Bad news has emerged that when the Stadium of Light once again hosts football matches, under proposed ground regulations the capacity could be severely restricted, with individual supporters sitting alone in the middle of five seats. But the good news is that…
Make your own jokes. I’m sure they’ll be as predictable as mine.
I’m running out of space now; as well as reasons to be cheerful. All I can say is - well I tried.