Taki Taki

Why we should study literature, not science

[Photo: Wim Wiskerke / Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 15 January 2022

Gstaad

Who was it who said good manners had gone the way of black and white TV? Actually it was yours truly after watching the slobs parading up and down Gstaad’s main street. That was last year, but the bad news is that this year slobovia has come to stay again. Mind you, Alexandra and I had planned to have 50 friends for a party to celebrate 50 years of my enslavement, but Mister Omicron arrived and put a damper on our plans. The tent on the lawn and the oompah band were cancelled, and the New Year’s Eve blast turned into a smallish affair. The good news is that there are still a few people who don’t adhere to the online culture of today, that of anger, incivility and non-stop use of the F-word.

For example, this week I received thank-you letters from two old Lawrenceville schoolboys who attended my Christmas party in the Bagel.

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