Archive for May, 2025

What do the Duke and Duchess of Sussex do?

What does the Duke of Sussex do?
And the Duchess of Sussex too?
Sing a song?
Suck on a bong?
What do they do?
… for Sussex?

Here’s what the AI said when I asked…

Their contributions often involve raising awareness about social issues, supporting charitable organisations, and engaging with communities to address various challenges. Through advocacy and collaboration, they strive to create positive change and foster unity within Sussex and beyond.

WOW!
CRAP!

It’s not just the leader of Reform that tells lies
It’s not just the President of the United States that tells lies
It’s not just Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson that tells lies
It’s AI that tells lies
Wondrous whoppers
Do we need machines that lie to us?
This is Microsoft’s very own AI
It crept out of my own copy of “Word”

Thank you Bill Gates

The Duke and Duchess made one visit to Sussex, and now have ownership of a name that my neighbour’s cats unquestionably have more right to. Come on King Charles III. Please make my neighbour’s cats ‘The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’ instead. At least they live here, and amuse people and belong here. The existing Duke and Duchess came once on October 3rd2018 and they have never been seen since. There is, however, a brilliant episode of South Park dedicated to them – The Worldwide Privacy Tour – and that makes them almost silly enough to qualify as Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

What do you think?

Here are some of Hannah Turner’s lovely ceramic cats. They don’t come from Sussex, but they will do very nicely.

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Sunshine Prayer

It’s summer, time to laugh and dance and enjoy life. Here’s a prayer for the new Prayer Book. Hope you enjoy it.

May I have pals
That can cultivate the art of the giggle
Without being completely blotto
May the dog sing me a Mozart aria
And the cat laugh at my jokes

May the Lord of Laughter
Award me the world’s best toffee apple
And the teeth to go with it
May the Lady of Laughter
Transform my luke-warm wit
Into something blooming legendary

May the sun tan my toes
And the moon light my way to the playground
May I be adored by angels
Praised by the wise
And given a free pass to Glyndebourne
Not to mention the Amex

Please let the Tories go away
May Reform re-form on Alpha Centauri
May the Labour Party show compassion for once
May Brexit become a figment of my imagination

Let the sun shine on me
Without giving me skin cancer
Let the moon inspire me
To write better than wot Shakespeare did
May I love and be loved
By all those I love
And a few more besides
And may I enjoy being
And non-being as well
Now and forever
Thank you

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Prayer for the Fearful

There’s a lot of fear about; fear about the madness of politicians; fear about the wellbeing of the environment; fear for the future. Some reckon that fear is the opposite of love, and I am inclined to agree. This prayer is dedicated to those that are feeling the fear of the moment, and I feel for them.

Everywhere we go
There is a cause
A cause to worry
A cause for pain

But everywhere we go
There’s a powerful challenge… 
It comes from a little voice
That says
Maybe there’s no cause to worry
No reason for pain

The voice says 
Now’s the moment
To reach out
To the untouchable sky
And ask for calm

Very quietly it says
In this second
Remember the song of the sea
And ask for peace

Don’t be afraid
The world may seem noisy
Full of clattering antagonism
But it’s kind

Remember…
Kindness is everywhere
It’s in you and around you
Gently weaving compassion
Into your soul
Opening doors of understanding
Universal love for the world

When you experience
Love for the world
You can’t feel fear
There’s no place
Or space
For fear
Just love

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