A while ago I started a thread called "They don't understand", and a discussion about buschcrafters vs non-bushcrafters broke out.
It turns out that I was wrong. It's me that doesn't understand. Anything. At all. take today for example...
Having some issues with chafing, I bought the smallest bottle of talc I could find, so I could put it in my everyday bag for when it was needed. Getting it out at lunchtime, I read on the label that it was "talc-free". Talc-free? How's that? It's a bottle of talc isn't it? Apparently not. It is "Hygiene powder".
Furthermore, the label says that my non-talc "restores self assurance". What? If your self esteem depends upon the application of some talc-free talc then you have more issues than chafing...
Bewildered, I wandered into the work staff room, to be confronted with gossip magazines going on about celebrities I've never heard of, referring to them by first names only (as if everyone knows who they are), and using unexplained acronyms. TOWIE anyone? No, actually I don't think I want to know.
So, I went into the office, straight into a conversation between two of the girls about the 'Extra Easy' eating plan on Slimming World. My wife does that, so what I don't know about it isn't worth knowing, but it transpired that
1. The two girls in my office didn't understand it (despite the Extra Easy bit), and
2. They couldn't remember what it was called either.
So, I'm off back to the woods, where the world makes sense. I don't understand people at all...
It turns out that I was wrong. It's me that doesn't understand. Anything. At all. take today for example...
Having some issues with chafing, I bought the smallest bottle of talc I could find, so I could put it in my everyday bag for when it was needed. Getting it out at lunchtime, I read on the label that it was "talc-free". Talc-free? How's that? It's a bottle of talc isn't it? Apparently not. It is "Hygiene powder".
Furthermore, the label says that my non-talc "restores self assurance". What? If your self esteem depends upon the application of some talc-free talc then you have more issues than chafing...
Bewildered, I wandered into the work staff room, to be confronted with gossip magazines going on about celebrities I've never heard of, referring to them by first names only (as if everyone knows who they are), and using unexplained acronyms. TOWIE anyone? No, actually I don't think I want to know.
So, I went into the office, straight into a conversation between two of the girls about the 'Extra Easy' eating plan on Slimming World. My wife does that, so what I don't know about it isn't worth knowing, but it transpired that
1. The two girls in my office didn't understand it (despite the Extra Easy bit), and
2. They couldn't remember what it was called either.
So, I'm off back to the woods, where the world makes sense. I don't understand people at all...