Verisimilitude

I’m amazed when people take any notice of me but can be bitterly resentful when they don’t. Two sides of the same coin? To hear someone say “I agree with Dave” makes me actually quite suspicious. Are they taking the piss? Is this some subtle hoax or practical joke. Are they really saying ‘Me saying I agree with Dave is such a ridiculous concept or statement, but I’m keeping a straight face as if I mean it, thus adding to the piquancy of the subterfuge. We’re all surely in on the joke, but look at the expression on his face. He’s actually not sure..!’

To be honest, I very rarely feel that I know what I’m talking about and will sometimes borrow other people’s points-of-view merely to add verisimilitude to my own utterings. “Of course, no system is perfect” is a recent favourite since I heard it from a colleague expressing a view about the benefit system.

My views are very often impractical and off-the-wall. I become flustered when expressing them. Other people, I notice, don’t seem to be as worried that they’re talking shite. I immediately credit them with more knowledge of the world and it’s workings than they probably deserve.

I’m often burdened with the notion that any conversation embarked upon must always get to the nub of the issue. Conclusions must be reached.

I like to view all sides of a problem and find it hard to decide which approach could be right.

I’d join the Liberal Democrats if they weren't such cunts!

So I’m told…..