I'm, alas, a salami

[todayiamadaisy]

Tonight I watched that Stephen Fry on language thing, the episode about swearing and other taboos. He interviewed a nurse, who said that if somebody died on the ward, staff will ring the porters and say, 'We have a gentleman to go to Rose Cottage,' thus not upsetting anyone overhearing this with mention of bodies and morgues. I looked at my mother with raised eyebrows. She understood the implied question.

'We would ring and say, "Bring the trolley up",' she said. Not quite as subtle, that.

I have been trying f.lux on my computer the last few days. The first couple of evenings, I found it a bit strange when the screen changed colour, but I've decided I like it. So there we go.