I have been following the daily blogs of the comedian Richard Herring over the last two years and thought I might attempt to follow in his footsteps. Obviously I cant follow in his footsteps as far as longevity goes but I am confident that I can add something, however large or small to this blog on a daily basis; of course, knowing me, it'll start like that for a few weeks before it inevitably declines to every couple of days, then once a week, before eventually ending up as once a month. There, see, undermining myself already, stop this now Dave before it goes too far, and I don't write anything of merit in the process.
So, folks, here goes;
For the first time this year I ventured into, and bought, items from a charity shop. For anyone reading this that knows me, you'll know I have a love for buying CDs (from anywhere not just charity shops). The reason isn't that I cant afford them from major retailers, merely that I live in hope that I may find something new, exciting and original to add to my ever-growing collection; oh, and I get to give to charity, which is a fair exchange don't you think?
Did I find anything today? why yes, I did. I went into the British Heart Foundation shop, where I found an original release of the OMD album Junk Culture from 1984, and a copy of the Bomb The Bass album Unknown Territory from 1991. While I was at the counter, about to pay for the CDs, the volunteer asked me if I wished to sign a petition which they are hoping to put forward to the government, lobbying for them to make it compulsory for all schools in the United Kingdom to provide basic first aid training. I'll be honest I didn't enquire as to which age range the training would go to but I am presuming it would be in secondary (or comprehensive) schools. Coincidentally this comes at a time when the British Heart Foundation have begun to roll out new adverts for the 'No kissing, just hard CPR' campaign; a Representative for the campaign appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning, with the advert being played ahead of her interview; I'm sorry to say I didn't catch her name but what I did catch was a part of the new advert. And because I didn't catch the beginning I was under the impression it was a trailer for a new film starring the ex-footballer Vinnie Jones, only to be surprised by the fact that he was performing CPR on a man, who, at first looked as though he was going to be beaten up by Mr Jones;
I have to say, initially I found the idea of Vinnie Jones banging his clasped hands on this poor man's chest a bit disturbing, after all you'd normally associate him with inflicting pain on others not saving their lives. I guess even he is worth the benefit of the doubt, so I say arise Sir Vinnie of Jones!
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