When Hell Freezes Over ...

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Hell has frozen over. At least, that is the meme currently propagating the internet.

I, for one, believe it to be true. There have been too many instances of similarly well-known phrases becoming manifest. Only today, I saw three pigs flying overhead. The New York stock market confirmed that a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. Quantum physicists have discovered that a stitch in Time saves nine – and it saves Schroedinger's cat as well!

Some phrases even have reversed themselves. Now, many hands do anything but make light work, and broths are greatly enhanced by many cooks.

I have no idea why this is happening, but I cannot help be overtaken by a sense of foreboding. One phrase insists on poking its head out of the corners of my mind. That phrase (dare I write it) is: “The end is nigh”.

I don't want to think about that phrase, really I don't, but there it is now, out there for all to see. The world is coming to end. It's good night from him, and it's good night from me. The fat lady has sung. Raise your glasses, kiddies, and kiss your arse goodbye. If you've been nice, all aboard the Heaven Express. If you've been naughty, then hell is your next stop.

Except hell is frozen over at the moment, so if you don't mind waiting ...