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There are also detached blocks on the system so much advocated by the highest authorities on insanity

…. To these detached blocks or buildings, the patients who show symptoms of improvement can be

removed, there to meet with those less afflicted than they have been accustomed to mingle with, and

thence when further improvement takes place to another block, where less insanity may be found than

in that which they left. [The Irish Builder 1869:135]

(read in: producing persons and developing institutions in rural Ireland. A Jamie Saris. (American Ethnologist Journal)

Mrsokana,

We are pleased to inform you that we find merit in your complaint registration # 2048. My name is Ryan and on behalf of the Department of Moaning I will be assessing your case.

To that end please supply me with the following information:

1. The location where the exchange took place.

2. The weather at the time.

3. The precise dialogue.

4. The colour of the pan that contained the duck risotto.

5. The exact language used in relation to the duck risotto and the request to join the acrobatics class.

6. The physical ability of those admiring the duck risotto.

I await your submission.

Ryan.

Episode 14 was always a bugger. Solid silver one. Today tho’ it was overthrown briefly by Episode 10. However as night fell Episode 10 ceased and desisted took off its boots and settled down.

And guess who awaits me in four episodes time. The Despot 14!

And on and on and on it goes encore. To page 148. Bewildering page 148. Hello encore for the sixth time in as many days? What’s wrong with you page 148 that you won’t behave. Have you no manners at all? Did your mother not ever tell you enough is enough? Have you no respect for the cornea? Only to be flooding your high class Palatino up at me yet again, at an ungodly hour when no good woman engaged in no good deed should even be awake.

I wouldn’t give a twitch of my ovary for you page 148 for all your cheek and insistence. I’ll just lift my eyes from you and ignore you til you get a bit of cop on.

Official compliant complaint register with the world.

Complaint #2048

Why does cookery impress more than gymnastics? If you’re at a party and you say hey you should come to gymnastics. People reply no thank you. If you cook something they’ll say how did you make that? I want to make that. I wish to register a complaint that it’s a disgrace to think that duck risotto usurps a front handspring.

Complaint registered: Jan 2nd 2010. 9.34pm.

Please allow 5-6 weeks for our office to process your complaint. We regret we cannot enter into individual discussions with complainants and will contact you if we require further information. Thank you for your interest in the dept of perpetual moaning.

I keep promising to post things post slumber and yet I never seem to pass post slumber to post things. Which must mean I am talking to you right now asleep. Technically.

And on and on and on it goes. The reading, the rereading, the rereading of the reading, the rereading of the rereading, the rereading of the reread rereading. Am I read? Am I read though? No, I’m still reading.

And on and on and on and on and on and on it goes.

#4 bonjour tea blend

Barry meets Ahmed

Cork meets London.

The bonjour blend:

1 x Barry’s teabag

1 tablespoon Ahmed of London’s Earl Grey. (obtained round Main and 40-49th)

Perfectly sufficient to offer the tongue a greeting. Not startling but certainly a comforting linger.