My lovely, lovely, lovely horse...
If the papers are to be believed, the under-18s of this country are unregenerated ASBO-winning delinquents. This has never worried me particularly. Eve told Adam that the kids were not all right and would soon be turning to murder, thus setting a pattern for all eternity. History does not contain a single era where teenagers have been held up as a shining example. However, of late I've become worried. I now have incontrovertible evidence that it's time we started to panic.
Look:
If that's not shocking evidence of moral degeneracy in today's youth, I don't know what is.
This picture was taken on a rainy residential street in Reading. In the last week, I've seen the same scene (only sunnier) in Greenwich and in North London. Conkers just lying about on the ground.
This did not happen in my day. We were down in the park, throwing sticks up into the horse chestnut trees to get the conkers down. In August.
Which yes, wasn't a great idea, because the conkers were all pale and squashy and, come Autumn, there were none left to ripen. The odd rogue which had managed to stay on the tree and fall naturally to the pavement would have been snatched up the instant it was spotted.
What is going on ? Are all the kids at home playing Wii Conkas® or something ? Where will it all end ?
Look:
If that's not shocking evidence of moral degeneracy in today's youth, I don't know what is.
This picture was taken on a rainy residential street in Reading. In the last week, I've seen the same scene (only sunnier) in Greenwich and in North London. Conkers just lying about on the ground.
This did not happen in my day. We were down in the park, throwing sticks up into the horse chestnut trees to get the conkers down. In August.
Which yes, wasn't a great idea, because the conkers were all pale and squashy and, come Autumn, there were none left to ripen. The odd rogue which had managed to stay on the tree and fall naturally to the pavement would have been snatched up the instant it was spotted.
What is going on ? Are all the kids at home playing Wii Conkas® or something ? Where will it all end ?