In Adversity ....

RUN & HIDE!!!

Icelands Volcano special.

Seriously! .. We the people of the UK are well known for our ‘stiff upper lip’ … in everything we do, we never show emotion, now I am talking about massive things here, not trivial things that we loose the plot over, example a man will get flu, BUT he will not jut have flu, he will be dying!! Moaning and groaning, take to bed and complain endlessly, and expect his other half who also has flu to be at his beck and call, it does not matter to him that she is suffering, he for some reason she has a slight flu, that does not compare to his deathly flu.

But in a life and death situation, we Brits do not run around like blue arse flies, we visually pull our selves together and get on with it, you can throw anything at us, literally, and when we are in that ‘mode’ we will not show emotion.

Everyone else will run in the opposite direction, and try to avoid a bad situation, men much quicker than women lol and children come to think of it, because obviously they will be far worse off than the latter two!

Through history, we have been well known that in the thick of it, we will stand our ground, and not bend under any circumstances. This proves that although a small country in comparison to most around the world, and an Island to boot, and lets face it, bigger will always think they can beat the hell out of smaller, but the smaller will stand firm, take a beating then come back and win the war! Literally!
No I am not war mongering, I honestly do not like bloodshed of any kind, especially my own, I pass out, and then end up in an even bigger mess, ask my head what happened when I accidentally stabbed my hand .. Yes collapsed in a heap cos of blood spraying all over, but went backwards, hitting my head on the marble worktop behind me, knocking myself out, leaving me with having to have 5 stitches in my hand and the same in my head :P so no need to accuse me of the war thingy, if I do go on the warpath you will know about it :O

Am I making any sense here? Let me explain, the Iceland volcano, that has been gushing since March 20th, a month now, and for nearly a week, the UK has been on air travel lockdown! Yes because the muck that has been spewing from the volcano has dire consequences on aircrafts flying at low altitude, messes it up big time, I will not go into the ins and outs of what most people would not understand cos then I will be asked questions, this is not Q&A time, I don’t have the time for that ….. Trust me.
Anyhoo, you can look on the net for videos of what is happening with the volcano, and do you know that other things also happen within and around a volcano when in full spewing mode .. Nature has a way of showing us what it is capable of, lightning is one, yes you can visually see flashes of it in and around a volcano, awesome sight! All sorts of things will go on when a volcano is off on one.

So brings us back to why I am going on about this, because, holiday makers from the UK and Ireland have been stranded abroad, now in my books that’s not such a bad thing, especially if you are in a lovely hot place, where you can sit on the beach all day chilling, I could max out my cards no probs hehehe
BUT it seems some people are moaning that they need to get home, and go to work or what other things they are missing out on in the normal every day lives, and because no flights are allowed to land in the UK the prime minister and the powers that be came up with a solution, oh yes! Send in the navy!!! Good grief as one main newspaper said, its like D-day 70 years ago! Even flotillas of dinghy’s are helping people get back to the UK, I jest not here peeps!
People are flocking to all ports in France, Spain and other sunny places, in the hope of hitching a ride on a Navy ship, that is probably filled to the bows’ with all sorts of explosives!! hahaha

(1) Why would anyone PUT themselves IN harms way? (see ship & explosives)
(2)WHY more to the point would you not wait it out and fly back?
(3)WHY would our Prime Minister do this ludicrous thing, in ‘helping’ holiday makers get back?

More importantly .. WHY, would anyone in their right mind want to come back to a country that is clouded over with all this muck?? You cant tell me that it does not have some sort of affect on us people!

The theory to all the above why’s??

Answer to (1) & (2) Because no matter what the risk, in these circumstances we are drama queens, oh woe is me I have to get to work or I will get fired! I have to get back because the kids have to be back at school! (even breathing in ash), I have to get back because I can not afford to stay. I have to get back because my family are worrying about me! Really?

Or is it just because you want to tell your envious friends you hitched a ride on a Navy frigate filled from bow to stern with all sorts of explosive materials!

Com’on! Your family worry? Would it not be the other way round? Surely YOU being stranded in another country would make you worry about your family and friends stranded in the UK breathing in all the muck? No? you still want that ride a?

And then we have answer to (3) why would our prime minister at the tax payers cost send in the Navy to ‘rescue’ our holidays makers? Who I might add, still went abroad even though they knew that this volcano went up in the air on 20th March!! And the winds being unpredictable .. And sods law that its going to happen to us when the chips are down!

BECAUSE its coming up to the general election!! He will do anything to try and get as many votes he can for his wearying party .. That is up the swanny without a paddle! And STILL IS, even with the rescuing! LOL tsk why oh why does old Gordy think so little of us mere people with no brains??

What would I do? I said I would max out my card and stay out of this country .. But then again, I do not really want to be here in the first place .. So any excuse will do for me hahaha

Anyone willing to whisk me of to sunny climates? ….. On a posh cruise ship of course!! lol



Laters Tatty xx








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