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11/28/2001 Archived Entry: "Vignettes"

Two noteworthy moments that occurred in the past 24 hours:

Just as the gong was sounded at the start of Christmas formal hall dinner last night and the Master of the College started saying some nonsense in Latin, I see at least half a dozen people simultaneously reach for their mobile phones to check that they were silent.

Speeding down a sideroad which is strictly one-way (but no-one ever pays any attention to that), I spot a policeman and immediately hop off my bicycle. Ditto for every other cyclist who sees him and then flings themself bodily off their bicycle with no regard to their own personal safety.