Talking of Which, 29.01.26
Love Stories, Corner Shops and The Pyramid of Evil
I am on hiatus until April, but each month I will let a few penguins out into the garden…
How Bourgeois Are You?
Ever asked yourself how middle-class you are? If not, or if you’re not sure of the answer, take this simple test to find out. Give yourself a point for every yes, and then check your results below.
You are a specialist or technician.
You monitor your body with the obsessive focus of a pilot at his controls.
You distrust strong emotions, and rarely express them.
You don’t ‘hate’ anyone or anything.
You rarely swear and you don’t fart in front of your lover.
You own your own home, or your parents do.
You value diversity, tolerance and feel yourself to be a citizen of the world.
You are not superstitious. Astrology? Hahahaha!
You are an atheist, a spiritualist or you belong to an established religion.
You are a pacifist or vegan. You are very polite and never get into fights.
You are not particularly proud of your people or your tradition.
You like A24 films, prize-winning novels or modern classical music.
You are gay, lesbian, trans, gender-fluid, asexual or celibate.
You did well at school, or are well credentialed. You love quizzes.
You prefer Kennedy to LBJ, Kinnock to Thatcher, Zelensky to Putin.
You masked up and took your shots during the ‘pandemic’.
You look down on people with poor taste, poor diet and poor spelling.
You read or write almost exclusively about your self, or people like you.
You don’t like the concept ‘bourgeois’. It annoys you.
Basically, underneath your massive pride, you hate yourself.
Results…