Restraint of Tongue & Pen.

Good afternoon. WE trust that all's well with you? WE are and WE are very happy to report that the fridge and the freezer are now full of Ellie's GOATY milk. Ellie looked very well and her stall was busy which is a good thing as it is only her third time at this market and she is getting repeat customers, We are repeat customers and WE are very happy to be such people.

That last phrase 'happy to be such people' brings ME to the title of this post...

Restraint of Tongue and Pen.

Recently SHE sent a text to several friends letting them know about a novel which was published last Sunday on the web, SHE thinks everyone who writes books should be supported.

SHE only sent the text to people whom SHE thought were 'friends' so SHE was somewhat astonished and certainly astounded to receive back the following text.. "Will it be as bad as the Blog that you sent to me?".

HER response to this rather 'strange' text was "oooooh, that's a little sharp from you, no, it won't be but don't worry as you won't get any more (posts of the blog) and in fact, it is SO sharp, I am now deleting it and forgetting that you sent it".

But, when SHE thought about it, SHE realised that it had made HER a little sad that someone whom SHE thought was a friend would not realise that MY Blog, OUR Blog, because it is SHE that types it onto Ms iPad, is only a bit of fun.. SHE doesn't have a lot of fun in HER life, no, it is not for public consumption but SHE is a bit blue (note the lower case letters) at the moment.

And this text was from a woman who has two small toy rabbits that she and her tyre-kicker husband both talk to and travel with.... toy rabbits, yes TOYS, Dear Readers, not real folk with blood in veins like YOU, ME and HER.

I believe that some people simply do not think before they put their hand or mouth into gear.

That is why I ask all of YOU the following question. What do you think goes through people's minds when they say or write mean and snippy things? Does it make them feel happy and toasty-warm 'inside' that they have, perhaps, made someone feel maybe a little 'blue' or worse, SAD? Have they ever seen themselves when they do such things, people are often rude about Parrots to HER. NO, I am not going to tell you what SHE thinks about those people, MY beak is sealed... but I can assure YOU, it ain't polite.

However, what amuses ME is that their faces go all mean and snippy and it doesn't make them look at all attractive OR pretty and the more they say or write mean and snippy things, the more it shows on their face.

So MY moral is "don't say or write mean and snippy things unless you want to end up looking mean and snippy", Constance would have said "bitter and twisted" and she would have been right.

MY 'Parrot Tales' are not, WE know, GREAT Literature. But Dear Reader, WE know that the world is not always the happiest of places. And in OUR minds Great Literature or not (mostly not), Blogs such as OURS, La Vie en Rose and Ellie's Daily Records of her Goaty Folk make people laugh and smile.

Watch the Gossip's face when they recount some little bit of tittle-tat, it won't be a happy one, they may be smiling but it isn't a 'happy' smile, it is a "I know something about ... that you don't" smile but better still, instead of listening to what they are about to tell you, say "No, I don't want to hear or listen to ANY gossip about so-and-so" and change the subject.

I, for one, would far rather MY HER laughed and smiled and typed MY 'BAD' Blog than wrote and SENT snippy text messages... for what I find interesting is that SHE doesn't have many lines on HER face and SHE certainly is not reduced to using filler.

Miaow... yes, I can speak CAT.

GeeGee Parrot.
January 29th, 2012.