Fantasy Island

By deirdyweirdy on 7/20/2025

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I don’t think I complain nearly enough, considering the sheer volume of nonsense to be righteously irritated about. There’s the weather, naturally, and then there are other people, who never fail to find new ways to annoy me. There are politicians, a perennial source of vexation and then there’s the mattress that some dirty bollix, possibly in a failed attempt at glamping, dumped last night at the disused quarry round the corner. We’re in the middle of nowhere for gawd’s sake.

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In my exceedingly humble opinion, people who deposit their detritus on other people’s doorsteps should first be flogged and thereafter banished to an island. Such individuals clearly exhibit anti-social tendencies. They are enemies of civilisation, saboteurs of serenity, and have no business mingling with decent folk such as me, and you, of course, dear reader. 

I’d also exile those who spit in the street, jump queues, fail to control their children, and any man who dares to wear elasticated waistbands in public. There’s nothing so unbecoming. 

You may regard these misdemeanours as trivial,  but to my mind, they sit atop the slippery slope toward the downfall of society itself. 

Research suggests that a single broken window in an empty house, if left unrepaired, soon invites another. Likewise, one bag of rubbish dumped by the roadside quickly multiplies. It’s simply human nature; disorder begets disorder. We need to weed out the antisocial elements before the contagion spreads like a virus. Come to think of it, we may need several islands.

And for the record, I have serious doubts about the existence of viruses.

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Posted in response to galenkp's weekend experience prompt asking 'Give us three of your personal opinions and explain each'.

Comments (12)

lee1938's avatar @lee1938 7/20/2025
omra-sky's avatar @omra-sky 7/20/2025

You have earned my vote.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

And knowing that, I can die happy:)

beelzael's avatar @beelzael 7/21/2025

perennial source of vexation

Ha! Learned something! Nice one 🙃

Erich Kästner wrote a poem that you would love, I think I once translated it into English... Nope, couldn't find it. I asked Grok to do so quickly. It's called "Misanthropology". It's not as much fun to read as it is in German, as he is indeed a master of words, but I hope it's good enough. Especially the Note he put under the poem relates to your post.

Beautiful things, there are dozens of them. But none is as lovely as this: a vividly green meadow and a few meters of violet-blue stream.

And you pinch yourself. But it’s no dream. With the noble intention to purify yourself, you kneel among flowers, grass, and herbs. And the stream does a somersault.

So this, you think, is nature? You decide, in view of such beauty, to finally make peace with the world. And you’re glad you ventured into the green.

But you don’t stay so naive for long. Suddenly, people show up and shout. And once again, the world makes you want to vomit The grass bends over in disgust.

Just moments ago, the landscape was so still. The meadow’s carpet was so velvety. And now these damned people trample around like it’s sauerkraut.

And so, schooled by this experience, you come, once again, to the same conclusion: This humanity is nothing more than a skin disease on the face of the earth.

Note: Most people should be allowed to be coated with a substance that makes them invisible.

owasco's avatar @owasco 7/21/2025

It's quite funny in English too!

beelzael's avatar @beelzael 7/21/2025

Glad it translates some of the humor! He was a very special writer. He's most famous for children books, but his poems and novels for adults are incredible, too.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

That's brilliant that! My sentiments exactly.

scribblingramma's avatar @scribblingramma 7/21/2025

Let the deportation of litter bugs, street spitters, and elastic waistband wearers begin!

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/22/2025

Wednesday at noon. You can lead the charge. I'll follow up from the rear.

davideownzall's avatar @davideownzall 7/21/2025

Here we reached a peak level with garbage... For law when you are out with dog and he poops, you need to grab it in a small bag and put in a public bin or bring at home for your own bin otherwise you get a fine, well people do grab it, and then drop the small bag in other people gardens, walls and such...

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

Hahaha, baxtards! I'd exile them too.

sunlit7's avatar @sunlit7 7/21/2025

It's fifty bucks to discard a mattress here, the explanation given is they have to tear it down before tossing it into a landfill. For fifty bucks the thought has entered my mind to take it apart myself and offering up the steel coils for free on craigslist. They've gone to putting camera's on recycling pick up trucks to catch offenders trying to throw their trash away for free. It certainly isn't unheard of that they've gone after offenders who toss their trash off into the woods by searching throw it to find incriminating evidence of who they might be.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

Logic would suggest that the money wasted rummaging through rubbish would be better spent providing free dumps. But when did logic ever factor into policy?

galenkp's avatar @galenkp 7/21/2025

You need to up your complaining game, why not right? There's loads to complain about as you've so righteously pointed out. ✅

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

In a world of complainers, I prefer to be a Pollyanna!:)

galenkp's avatar @galenkp 7/21/2025

You're good at being you, don't ever stop.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

Aw shucks, thanks. Right back at ya!

galenkp's avatar @galenkp 7/22/2025

😉

owasco's avatar @owasco 7/21/2025

There may or may not be viruses, but I know that there are not as many deadly human-transmitted viruses as we are told there are. Much of what has been attributed to a tiny deadly demon floating in the air is much more likely to have been iatrogenic disease from a medical substance, especially vaccines. Or from geoengineering. Or poison in the food and water. It is so easy to terrify humans if they are told the culprit is invisible and distributed by humans. Great trick that has been used for centuries on end by our rulers to control us.

You have never, ever, spit in the street? I confess that if I have a very productive cough, I'll get that stuff out wherever and however I can. Of course I try not to leave it where someone will step in it, or even see it. Perhaps that doesn't qualify as in public. I'd hate to think you want to exile me.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

I reckon you can only catch a virus if you believe in them. I've never caught one yet!:) I agree with you though. We eat, drink, breath and wear poisons yet attribute our poor health to invisible microbes.

No I wouldn't exile you. I'd just give you a 30 year supply of handkerchiefs. I have one about my person at all times.

owasco's avatar @owasco 7/21/2025

I do try to keep a tissue in my pocket for unfortunate events, but now and then, about once every ten years or so, I am caught without.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

Ok, exile for you then!

agmoore's avatar @agmoore 7/21/2025

A perfect prompt for your sharp wit.

then there’s the mattress that some dirty bollix, possibly in a failed attempt at glamping, dumped last night at the disused quarry round the corner

😄

Thank you for that line.

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/21/2025

A perfect prompt for your sharp wit.

And thank you for that line.

krazzytrukker's avatar @krazzytrukker 7/27/2025

My Takeaway is You will have a pile of used mattresses just round the corner soon..?

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/27/2025

Maybe not a pile of mattresses but a t-shirt was added to the mattress last night. Slippery slope! 20250727_114922.jpg

krazzytrukker's avatar @krazzytrukker 7/27/2025

Are those "Skivies"???

Did someone actually leave their underwear behind.??

They look fine adopt and wear them proudly @deirdyweirdy

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/27/2025

Hahaha, no way! I always go commando:)

krazzytrukker's avatar @krazzytrukker 7/27/2025

😳

hdez781220's avatar @hdez781220 7/27/2025

It's never too late to read you and it's been a while since I haven't been able to.

Fucken electricity lack and politicians shame lack as well.

Damn!!!

Anyway, now I'm doing it and enyoing it as always.

Don't think we have enough islands to vanish the crowds. One of these days I'll make some shots to the mountains of Garbage we have in any corner of this lost city and country.

Flies, mosquitoes and viruses(if they exist) are partying big time everyday in this shity dirty forgotten and buried to perdition place. Mosquitoes above all, they come in the nights and threaten us in the ears, well, that's a assumption cause I don't understand their language, maybe they are singing...

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/27/2025

and it's been a while since I haven't been able to. Fucken electricity lack and politicians shame lack as well.

I don't believe this for a moment. You just plain old forgot all about me!

And listen, don't bother with the shots of the garbage, I already have a discarded mattress to contend with, plus, when I passed by today a t-shirt had been added. Holy sheets where will it all end?

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hdez781220's avatar @hdez781220 7/27/2025

There's no way I could ever forget about you my dear nightingale pianist lady, that's imposible for god's sake. I've had a lot of work, not much time and nuch less electricity. For some reason today we have a bit of that, that's strange. I made the shot anyway... that's in the corner of my house...what do you say? Huh? We are sinking in a sea of garbage. They(government) say we are out of petroleum for both, pick up garbage and produce electricity. Nuts!!!!

deirdyweirdy's avatar @deirdyweirdy 7/27/2025

Government is the root of all evil. If we didn't have to pay for them, we could all afford rubbish collection by lamborghini:)

hdez781220's avatar @hdez781220 7/27/2025

Most of inventions during the ages of mankind has been good for development and improvement of some things, many of them unnecessary though...now, governments, that's the worst invention of all. Look at your math...I would have at least a Lamborghini... :)