The best of intentions

I borrowed a DVD off a friend maybe seven years ago and have forgotten to give it back maybe four times a day every single day since then. I’ve not really had the opportunity to give it back, to be honest, I just don’t see them as much as I used to. I could have posted it, say, but then who has time to go to the post office and stand in line? This DVD became such a source of shame to me that I ended up taking it to the charity shop just to get it out of the house. I’m not sure if my friend still even has a DVD player anymore, but if they ever ask for it back I’m going to have to pay a bit extra for next day delivery on Amazon.

Now this is a lovely standalone anecdote, and if you want to leave this blog post here I’d be more than delighted if you were to alight and move on with your day. I’m not saying the two things (the second thing being the thing I’m about to talk about) are linked at all, but I’m just that maybe the reason the British government hasn’t handed back all the Greek antiquities that we’ve looted and obnoxiously put on display in a British-badged museum isn’t because it doesn’t want to, it’s more like the government just hasn’t found the time needed. It probably wants to return all that old crap, if the Greek government can even use all those antiquities anymore, but it’s a lot of fuss to arrange packing and shipping. Between you and me, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Elgin marbles turned up in the Cancer Research in Marylebone.