Gentle

Received a pleasant flurry of text messages from chum Green-fingers over in the Potteries - she's not a gardener or anything, she just didn't get to the anti-septic in time. Gentle summer text message reading...

1. Just spotted scratched graffito on bus: Mike loves Lisa and Amy. Found this to be touching.

2. Stoke summer: 3 little kids and a spotty dog running down the hill to the rec, dog turning his head to check they're all keeping up.

3. Overheard in the bakers: 'I'm goin' hospital Mon-dee with my knee'. May have blurted a nanosecond snigger. Received scornful look from cake guardian.

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I love the conservative dress code of polite Japanese society.