tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post4072665025356663346..comments2023-07-17T08:19:24.624+01:00Comments on Delusions of Adequacy: Just a Great Big, Forty-Six Year-Old ChildArgenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-84140853127534852682009-04-05T19:55:00.000+01:002009-04-05T19:55:00.000+01:00Michael, you're absolutely right, I like to think ...Michael, you're absolutely right, I like to think of myself as a fully paid-up member of the species Homo Ludens.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-47241846364615808592009-04-03T15:11:00.000+01:002009-04-03T15:11:00.000+01:00That's a good thing: being a child in an adult's b...That's a good thing: being a child in an adult's body. (I sensed a tone of play in this piece).michael.offworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288740006736803513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-4913688451008950722009-04-02T22:47:00.000+01:002009-04-02T22:47:00.000+01:00@Pixies - I think we all have those "brain on auto...@Pixies - I think we all have those "brain on autopilot" moments, I know I do.<BR/><BR/>@Viewtiful_Justin - I always make a point not to p$ss off anyone who a) touches my food b) looks after my money or c) can screw up my whole day. I think we're all profiling and judging all the time, whether we're aware of it or not.<BR/><BR/>@English_Rider - We call it the nanny state here too. I wouldn't mind if they applied these things sensibly. So they don't want me to buy more than x amount of tablets? Fine, so don't let me! I think people still have to sign for "poisons" if they want them here in GB, but there's enough everyday stuff around that's toxic, so I doubt anyone would bother going to the chemists to get them.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-69931544388146360552009-04-01T02:25:00.000+01:002009-04-01T02:25:00.000+01:00Guess what guys, it could be worse!Here in the US ...Guess what guys, it could be worse!<BR/>Here in the US any meds that still contain the "active ingredients" that actually will stop a cough, or reduce sinus pressure, have to be requested at the pharmacy counter. We have to show our drivers license and have it and our signatures entered in a ledger. I don't understand why we are trying to prevent druggies from killing themselves, it will not only remove them from our environs but boost local economies through cold medication sales. A perfect world it is not. Nanny State is our technical term for it.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-90199454965992225632009-03-31T16:05:00.000+01:002009-03-31T16:05:00.000+01:00Yeah...it's ridiculous. Very. But...apparently s...Yeah...it's ridiculous. Very. But...apparently some cold medication can be used to make Meth...so I guess it's many medications that they knock on that list...and people who are buying shady amounts of over-the-counter drugs are supposed to somehow be deterred.<BR/><BR/>When I worked in a supermarket we only REALLY enforced those kinds of rules with people who were extrememly rude or REALLY shady-looking...and I'm sure that's profiling and judging, but we were tranied that way.....<BR/><BR/>I'm glad I'm out of that environment now...Viewtiful_Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987909785863469591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254559936115487829.post-10516590453333607722009-03-31T08:32:00.000+01:002009-03-31T08:32:00.000+01:00I get this sometimes when i buy bottles of wine - ...I get this sometimes when i buy bottles of wine - the person selling has to wait to get permission to sell the customer alcohol. As you say though - should we be stopping the 40 stone bloke buying nothing but pizza and lager and saying "i really think you should be buying veg?" - might work better than the scheme to pay people to lose weight.<BR/><BR/>My personal favourite recently was when i bought two cds from a supermarket: nothing else, just two cds. The chap serving me went into blank automaton mode and asked if i wanted help packing.<BR/><BR/>For two cds???<BR/><BR/>But of course he had to say it - because its part of the mind-washing technique when you startDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.com