Excuse Me
If you were watching TV news the other day you could not have missed the meeting between Angela and Donald. Two of the world’s most powerful leaders on stage at the same time . . . excuse me - my cell just rang.
Sorry – had to take that. My brother’s cat just had kittens and he wanted to know how many I wanted. He thought two or three would be really nice for us. Anyway, there was Angela Merkel trying to present an image of a world leader, and doing a good job, when The Donald . . . excuse me – my Twitter notification beeped. Actually I guess it tweeted. I thought the Tweeter-in-Chief might have something new but it was Fred on the golf course down south saying he just made a birdie.
Anyway, back to my story: The two leaders were about to discuss NATO funding when The Donald went into a rant about wiretapping. Well, he said wiretapping could mean many things and . . . excuse me – Facebook chime. Sorry about that but it was a message, complete with a photo, explaining how to knit the argyle pattern on socks ( I think it was meant for my wife but I have been thinking about taking up knitting so maybe Google tracked my inquiry about yarn – who knows?)
Oh yes, about Angela and Donald. Why the Prez thought Angela would be the least bit interested in his wiretapping, I cannot fathom. The man . . . excuse me again . . . news feed alert. Ah, the lawyer for the Ancaster hacker says they will fight extradition to the US. His client knows nothing about the three Russian cyber hackers and certainly nothing about Trump Tower. Boy those news feed alerts surely keep one informed.
As I was saying about Angela: What would have been the reaction if she had said, in response to Donald’s America First rant, “Da, Germany First! Ve vill take . . .” I can see now why Justin was uneasy and choosing his words oh so carefully when he met the Commander-in-Chief. I thought he was precisely enunciating so The Donald could understand the long words but I guess he was just being diplomatic about trade and . . . excuse me again – Twitter chirp – I had better read it. Ah, something from our MPP about hydro rates – I’ll check it out later.
Pardon me – I had to answer our landline phone upstairs. It was some telemarketer who wanted me to take the SU V in for its 84,000 km service. I wonder how they know how many kilometres I have on the dial. Does my vehicle talk to them or do they track my cellphone location through GPS and know where I have been? Anyway, back to my column. Just a minute.
Facebook from Sis: She likes to take a picture of her restaurant dinners – something she picked up from her Facebook friends. I told her I was busy working on a column so she said to use her dinner photo if I wanted an example. Sheesh.
You may have seen the look on Merkel’s face when Don harangued her about not spending 4% of GNP on the military for NATO. (If not, just Google it). My God, doesn’t the man read history? Does he not know what happened the last time Germany built up its military at the rate Donald wants? It’s bad enough that his buddy Putin is bumping up his budget too. Furthermore . . . excuse again – Instagram notice. Sorry, it was just Fred on the golf course sending a picture of a roseate spoonbill on hole #15. We keep telling him to put his phone away and hit the ball but I have to admit that was a good shot of the bird.
Oh darn – there’s an email alert chime. I had better look at it. Ah, good thing I looked because they just changed the meeting time for next Tuesday’s board meeting. Getting back to Angela and Don. I thought she was going to let fly at him about the refugee thing but she kept her composure. However, did you see her shake her head ‘no’ to her security detail? I wonder if they . . . excuse me – cell call – from my wife. Okay, back again. She wanted to know if I would like lamb chops to barbeque tonight or tilapia to cook inside on the stove. Lamb sounded good to me. It’s still chilly but I can wear a jacket to grill.
Where were we? Whoops, another news feed alert. Well that’s timely. CBC News says a recent study by some psychologists says that we (I guess they mean everybody) may be addicted to cellphone and tablet devices. Apparently using the communication devices and video games creates a sense of belonging and if we do not get a communication alert we can go into a psychotic state that has the same effect on a person as caffeine withdrawal or even Alcoholism or drugs. Really?
Excuse me – this call I have to take: it’s from Mother Nature, if you know what I mean.
