02 December 2021 - Easily Tickled This week has had a few instances where I have ended up giggling to myself. The first was due to my brother responding to my doing a specific volunteering role. He said that my stranger danger campaign was why I got the new role. Then there was a gif from Alan Partridge. It is Alan in an old school gym with a rounders bat which is swung at a child dressed up as a kangaroo. A caption appears saying 'WHACK'. This kept me giggling for a whole day and almost at random. It is a gloriously silly gif and the context in which it was sent just helps. As part of leading a new team, I have had to put some accountability slides together. Part of this involved adding pictures of the team. All of my work photos are at least 5 years old and so lack my 4 year old beard. Instead of uploading a personal photo, I decided to scribble a beard on with Paint. It is wonderfully daft with the wrong shade of brown. That has made me giggle all day. It is such a stupid thing but still has this effect. The final thing which has made me giggle is being santa. I have been asked as a santa of last resort to help a friend out. He is a head teacher at a primary school and his regular has suffered a heart attack. As a result my friend went to the only fat man with a beard he knows. The thought of playing santa really does make me laugh. I have reached that age where people no longer ask for ID when I buy alcohol and instead ask me to be santa for their event. I have no grey or greying hair beyond the odd long and wirey hairs in my right eye brow. I have no idea how I will pull this off but my friend is providing the suit as well as some drinks. One good thing about covid is that I do not have to have children sitting on my knee. The idea of being asked keeps me laughing. It probably will until I am face to face with the children. Then the fear will set in. Why this has been a giggly week I do not know. However, it is a nice change and certainly amuses me greatly. Time to practise my ho ho ho!