Matt Whistler is going round in circles

I was just wondering how society would function if a law was passed that everything had to be round. If cars were round, and houses, and all packaging, on what level would this impact on society? Would the saying ‘cut corners’ disappear around a bend in Roundsville? There are two round cafes in Brighton; the Rotunda and The Terraces. How do they compare spatially to that of the compartmentalised square? A visit to a rotating round restaurant whilst hula hooping in the middle could leave you feeling like you were just going round in circles. 

I once pushed a scooter around the inside of an art gallery in Liverpool for 24 hours with Radio 1 blasting out of a pierced oil drum in the centre, with beams of light blazing through the holes. On the wall was a huge 1950s National Geographic map purchased from an antique shop with a slightly intimidating Alsatian dog in the doorway, on Lark Lane. Cramp, boredom, and everyone disappearing to sleep in the middle of the night left me feeling like I had bitten off more than I was mentally prepared to chew, even the official Guinness World Records adjudicator was falling asleep slumped in the corner of the gallery. But these mind journeys are great experiences, even if shambolic. I am not trying to present a one sided argument for roundness, just simply suggesting that maybe everyone should work towards things that are round and tangible because it gives the entire planet something different to focus on. In the meantime, I am going to startle my friends by approaching the bar whilst slightly begrudgingly singing: “Round, round, get a round, I’ll get the round, woo-uh, wooo-uh!” I think that’s how you write a Beach Boys song, or maybe it’s “wooh, ooow, oooh, uw”? Maybe you can write it better, answers on a (round) post card to The Latest, reference: sillyphosical 694h..barbbarpf73@fg8f.