Weird People.

Swampy Smith asked: "Are we evolving into a country populated by strange weird people. Should we be worried?"

I love all the oddball characters that make the world go around. None more so than the ones that believe in a flat earth. I have an aversion to flat things especially flat beer. The Zetetic Astronomy, were the fore runners of the Flat Earth Society. They held that the earth is a flattened disk centred at the North Pole and bounded along its southern edge by a wall of ice, with the sun, moon, planets and stars only a few hundred miles above the surface of the earth. 

Then there are the wonderful people who are self declared creationists. These are a whole group of seriously weird people who believe that evolution is a heresy. These two groups are in the same sort of league as Manchester city fans who believe they have a football team.

Bernice

We create all these special people quite early in life. Starting with the reading of stories about fairies and perpetuating the myth of father Christmas. Bah humbug! Progressing through various stages and ages until we get to Harry Potter and the denizens of Hogwarts school.  The ones that graduate this first round of tosh move on to video games and DVD's stuffed full of chainsaw massacres and the walking dead. Giving us a well balanced and rounded populace.

But then there are the cuddly weird. The ones who are seemingly dressed at oxfam. The lentil picking, tofu welding, tree huggers. Living in a teepee in a woodland glade are the self styled eco-warriors. Adorned with nose rings and lip studs under a self woven cap with flaps. We must not forget the stereotype weird, such as the Yorkshire man. Who comes complete with a flat cap and clogs and a penchant for steam engineering. Always accompanied by a half starved whippet called Joe as he waxes lyrical on the merit of mild and bitter.

Regards.

Uncle Mort