I got a place as substitute on the Main Office team in the annual work five-a-side football tournament. In the pub on friday night Dempsey and his mate Ian gave me football knowledge which I took away on a beer mat
In the event just the knowledge didn't make me a star, experience seems to count for a lot. I don't think I disgraced myself though, and I enjoyed it.
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This question has been troubling me for a while.
Everyone thinks they have principles, but if I was actually sat down with the suitcase full of money and a flame-grilled, 100% beef patty in a sesame bun, would my principles match up to my greed?
Some people say that the good deeds they could do with the money would outweigh the bad deed being done to the animal between the buns. To me it seems difficult to quantify some unspecified good deeds. If mcdonalds gave a million dollars to the WWF for every burger they sold would that make their business morally acceptable? I don't think so.
Perhaps this theory can be extended. If one million dollars donated to a worthy cause offsets a beef burger, how many dollars makes it okay to eat a human burger?
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back to the snack. So, I swallow the last morsel, dab the ketchup from my lips with a napkin and gleefully toss handfuls of bank notes into the air. I give it all to the WWF right? I don't keep any myself e.g. to cover my expenses. Or a solar powered rolls-royce to help the environment?
I can't help wondering about the shadowy figure in the background, pushing the money at me. Who would pay a million dollars to watch me eat a burger? Nobody nice would make an offer like.that. Would Ronald McD do it for the advertising?
"Our burgers are so tasty even Matt the Vegan can't resist them"
How is this for a headline: "Vegan eats burger for million bucks". Would be difficult to keep it quiet. People would be jealous because they didn't get $1000000 for eating a burger. They'd probably shout 'Sellout" at me when they saw me in the street. It doesn't matter to me what the world thinks, though it does bother me what my friends think of me. And if I could justify it to myself then I could justify it to other people. Maybe.
It is a stupid question because the situation won't arise. But the question of what makes people do the right thing or the wrong thing is a tasty one. And how the wrong thing can be justified is the cheese slice on top.
Yesterday was the day i finally needed new tyres, four of them. I went for Michelin Energy E3A. Not the connosieur's tyre i prefer but not the cheapest tyre on the market either. I worry about buying cheap tyres. Will the last thought in my mind as i skid off a cliff be "at least i saved forty quid on these tyres" According to Michelin this type will not only last longer, it will make my car use less petrol too. And both of these features are highly desirable at the moment. I'm on a decent wage but i can't seen to live within my means.
A two round knockout. They gave me my motorbike licence just after lunch today. A couple of minors which is a shame since i didn't get any last time. But no majors which is better than last time. Rode home by myself, and felt seriously free. Now for a bike
