No quote from Errol this week, he has been far too busy keeping up his image.

THIS PAST WEEK in Passive Complicity

Santa’s Little Helper made his debut on Passive Complicity.  We trust you learn from his example.

And yes it was a week of introductions for we, at great cost, were able to bring you the first of many writings of the renown social commentator and spy Ms Elizabeth Peter.  She presented us with a wonderful description of the doings of her feline family, Mick, Mick, and Seamus and Passionate Mick.  We hope that the sale of film rights will defray some of the cost of bringing these important stories to you.

Friday saw the return of Tarquin O’Flaherty with the next instalment in the saga of Man as Machine.  He began by suggesting:
“Should you be seized with the desire to abandon urban hedonism in favour of the bucolic form, I would  commend to you William Cobbett’s ‘Cottage Economy’.

Saturday’s MDFF brought the second half of
“…and there’ll be NO dancing” .
Our dispatchee writes –
“Peter Garrett’s unique dancing style both intrigued and amused us.  When musician Peter Garrett became a politician, he no longer danced. He couldn’t because his bed was burning.”

Poetry Sunday saw Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est
This extraordinary poem of Chemical Weapon (poison gas) attack in the First World War has relevance in what is going on today in the Middle East.  (See the posts here and here for more on the use of chemical weapons)

And, dear reader, please feel free to add comments about this and any of our postings.

Regards
Cecil Poole