Planning - a secret to be shared

Message of the day: Wine a little, it makes you feel better
Sainte Irénée
Yesterdays weather - very mixed and just too cold for June! Must try harder....

Before we retired and moved over here our very dear friends let us into a little known secret. At the risk of excommunication from the Brotherhood of Retired Persons, I am prepared to share this secret with you all.

It is the secret of Planning Fluid.

It is a little known fact that the 'little grey cells' (Poirot fans will recognise the term) work much better when the body has been liberally lubricated with said liquid. The liquid can be white, pink or red (pink and white are preferable for hot days) and should be consumed with abandon before any decision is taken. We prefer the French variety of fluids, although Italian will do at a pinch. The fluid is produced in all areas of France, our own area is well known for a particularly heavy one, known sometimes as the 'black planning fluid'. Over-use of this one can result in the consumer taking to their bed and no decision being reached for several days.

My favourite planning fluid at the moment comes from Alsace (for hot days) and Bergerac (for the red variety). For extremely important decisions and when a final decision is imminent, we like to take the king of all planning fluids which comes in a big green bottle, is very expensive and is effervescent (I don't know when it effer vasn't - sorry, old pantomime joke slipped in there).

As we are about to pay a huge cheque to swimming pool man today, I think the fizzy type is called for later on. I suspect tomorrow's blog will be written from behind dark glasses.