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Only once have I attempted to drive a car. A friend and I were on a late-night drive. On a country road, he suggested that I drive (an old biscuit tin on wheels, now rusting in a scrapyard). Starting a car involves some negotiation between the ignition, clutch and accelerator. Any operation requiring three separate acts is daunting, but beginner’s luck took over and saw me through first time. Driving seemed easy.
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One thing we can definitely say about what they show on television at four in the morning is that, if you have any idea what it’s like, that reflects badly on you. There are few good reasons to choose to be up at 4am: a drinking session, a job involving night duty. Nothing else comes to mind, and neither of those two things should involve watching Teleshopping on ITV4. Twilight-hour TV is known only to feeble sleep-dodgers who have no reason to be awake in the morning.
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Playgrounds are for children and that’s undeniable. What’s also true, however, is that they’re fun. Climbing frames, slides and swings, when approached with the enthusiasm they deserve, are a form of accidental exercise; that is to say, not exercise for its own miserable sake, but a pursuit of pleasure that ends up in the exertion of physical energy, which releases endorphins, which makes you happy.
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Earlier today I was looking through photos of myself on Facebook. It’s a peculiar, but common, thing to do. It is partly motivated by vanity and self-interest. It’s our way of answering questions like, “How does my hair look when it’s been raining?” without having to test that practically.
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