I actually had a night out on Friday. They are a brilliant idea. Here is how they work.
Instead of going home after work, you say, "Okay", when someone says, "Do you want to go for a pint?"
So you go to a pub and order drinks, and despite the fact that after about two minutes you have spent more money than you normally spend on food in a week, it is actually quite enjoyable. Then more people arrive and you decide to order food, which costs more than what you spend on drink in a week.
Then you drink some more and then you go home.
And the cat is annoyed, so you feed her. And then you go to bed. And you feel happy, because you have just done something enjoyable, and it didn't cost that much, really (although that is partly because someone else paid for everyone's dinner, as it appears that we are too old now for that, everyone chipping in, thing).
Anyway, you should try it sometime.
Today I was at a craft fair. I think craft fairs are ironically named. Because they are so unfair!
Here are a collection of people who have obviously invested a lot of time and effort into making fairly professional-standard things that look pretty nice, and obviously involve a bit of skill to make. They are also unique, in that you can't walk into any old shop and buy the same thing.
And in shuffle a load of brick-faced ingrates, who drink their free cup of tea and turn their nose up at everything despite the fact that it is practically for nothing. Then they go to the local shopping centre and buy a coffee for £3 and spend their money on mass produced garbage.
Meanwhile, I have heard there is a show now on TV that is a sort of art version of x factor.
I haven't seen it, but I understand it follows the same format. A bunch of people with no discernable aptitude for it come on and get slagged off by another bunch of people with no discernable aptitude for it.
I heard that one of the judges on this show is Tracey Emmin. A woman who smokes a lot of cigarettes, drinks a lot of vodka, wets her bed, and then presents it as art.
Sounds brilliant. When is it on again?
I just feel sorry for the poor crafters.
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