I Want The Truth To Be Said

What was I saying about the gift that keeps on giving? And indeed about GOB keeping quiet? Although I am running the risk of this blog becoming a Son Bosc golf/GOB benefit gig, the carry-on over the mooted course is just too absurd to ignore. GOB may be keeping mum (or mum-ish) where the "Nadal Decree" is concerned, but it has its mouth wide open when it comes to the Playa de Muro golf course that isn't. And this is just the point. GOB has taken umbrage at the fact that it has been promoted as though it were in existence and has issued a "denuncia", which I presume to mean a denuncia as in a complaint to plod that plod is therefore obliged to act on. This same report - from "The Diario" - uses the adjective "engañosa" to describe the publicity for the golf course that has emerged at the Fitur trade fair. This means deceitful. I guess in the UK we would talk of misrepresentation. As there is no golf course as such, GOB may have a point, though personally I applaud those who have produced the publicity for having such brass neck and giving us all a bit of a laugh. Apparently also in this publicity material, a parking area in the Albufera nature park is shown, which will come as a great surprise since no vehicles are allowed into it. Cracking stuff.


There was this thing on Five Live a couple of days ago about a pub landlord who has banned swearing. The chap sounded like a fairly dour Scotsman, who reckoned that swearing is actually illegal because it's a breach of the peace, though it might take a bit of persuading m'lud that the odd "bloody" or even an "f-word" was a breach of the peace when the language is so much a part of everyday communication. But be that as it may. What if, though, bars here - Brit bars, that is - were to do the same? Ban swearing. Most of them would be empty. Sorry, all of them would be empty.

As one who is not unknown to utter the occasional oath, the notion of trying to eliminate from a place of drink a degree of uncouthness would be as likely as GOB not being gobby about Son Bosc. But show some respect. Every other word a swear word. No, not me, but there are plenty whose vocabulary is that limited that every other word is. However, there are those who like it - swearing, that is; they like it that much that they even celebrate it, as in the Brit bar in Puerto Pollensa that used to have one night a week as a swearing night. What the f***'s the f****** point of that f****** b*******?


And just coming back to the disaster that was last Saturday's winds ... I included a photo from the Laberinto maze in Playa de Muro the other day. Yesterday, I went there. Disaster is apt. Jake, who is a pretty good mate of mine, told me that he was practically reduced to tears. I can understand. Anyone who knows the maze will know that there are loads of pines there. Most still are. But almost all have been affected. What a mess. And then cutting all the fallen branches of pine trees at this time of year brings another problem. The caterpillars. Very, very nasty.


Dropping like flies. John Martyn one day, Bill Frindall, the Test Match Special scorer, the next. Another shock.


QUIZ
Today's title - where's this from? Clue is with "truth".

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Index for January 2009

Alcúdia beach - 18 January 2009
Alcúdia in January - 27 January 2009
All-inclusives - 9 January 2009
Building licences - 7 January 2009, 11 January 2009, 30 January 2009
Cala San Vicente - 11 January 2009
Catalan - 17 January 2009, 18 January 2009
Charities - 6 January 2009
Clementines - 13 January 2009
Economic crisis - 13 January 2009, 19 January 2009, 23 January 2009
Fiestas - 14 January 2009, 15 January 2009, 18 January 2009, 20 January 2009, 21 January 2009
Fire runs - 14 January 2009
Franco - 10 January 2009
GOB - 16 January 2009, 30 January 2009, 31 January 2009
Golf - 16 January 2009, 24 January 2009, 29 January 2009, 31 January 2009
Heart attack - 3 January 2009
Hotel Formentor - 7 January 2009
Hotels - 7 January 2009, 30 January 2009
Language - 17 January 2009, 18 January 2009
Mallorca brand - 19 January 2009
Minigolf - 6 January 2009
Movistar - 29 January 2009
Nationalities - 23 January 2009
Palma airport - 22 January 2009
Pi de Ternelles - 15 January 2009
Playa de Muro - 6 January 2009, 16 January 2009, 24 January 2009
Pollentia museum - 24 January 2009
Processionary caterpillars - 23 January 2009
Rafael Nadal - 30 January 2009
Real Mallorca - 15 January 2009
Review of 2008 - 4 January 2009
Rubbish tips - 12 January 2009
Sa Pobla - 14 January 2009
Sant Antoni - 14 January 2009, 15 January 2009, 18 January 2009
Sant Sebastià - 20 January 2009, 21 January 2009
Season 2009 - 22 January 2009
Smoking - 28 January 2009
Snow - 10 January 2009
Son Bosc - 16 January 2009, 24 January 2009, 29 January 2009
State funding - 25 January 2009
Swearing - 31 January 2009
Telefonica - 29 January 2009
Tour operators - 8 January 2009
Tourism - 17 January 2009, 19 January 2009, 22 January 2009
Tourism promotion - 24 January 2009, 25 January 2009, 30 January 2009
Town halls - 28 January 2009
Wind - 25 January 2009, 26 January 2009
Year 2009 - 5 January 2009