Pants On Fire
Twice today I was accused of deliberate deceit. I wouldn鈥檛 mind, but the first person to point the finger was one of my own colleagues.
Our trails producer, Ken Lindsay, noticed that my last blog entry 鈥 about our new puppy Rascal - had attracted eight comments and he suggested that animal itself didn鈥檛 really exist and the whole shaggy dog story had been invented by me with the sole purpose of attracting blog interest.
I spluttered with indignation and almost coughed up a fur-ball to provide evidence of canine ownership. I mean, really!
Then, after a long train journey from Glasgow to Inverness, I got into a taxi and struck up a conversation with the driver about the 大象传媒 and about job-losses.
鈥淥f course, 鈥 said the driver, 鈥淭he Government will have to keep the 大象传媒 so that it can get its propaganda out. I mean you鈥檙e not telling me you鈥檙e allowed to tell the truth. 鈥
This time I was spluttering so much he had to switch on the windscreen de-mister. But no matter what I said to defend the reputation of the 大象传媒, this man wouldn鈥檛 be persuaded. He pointed to the inquest into the death of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed and said was not being reported on the 大象传媒 鈥 only on Sky 鈥 and that was 鈥渂ecause of MI5鈥.
I got home in time to watch the 大象传媒 Ten O鈥機lock news which included the latest from the inquest. I was still fuming with rage.
But it鈥檚 difficult to stay angry when a cute puppy starts licking your face.
