It says something about current preoccupations that I saw a tweet starting “My mum is a postwoman......”

[BertrandRussell]

..,and I thought “Oh fuck - what now!!!! before reading on to discover it was about a delivering a card from the Queen to a woman on her 100th birthday!

Trying to think what a postwoman might be........

A bit like a pre-man perhaps? 😀

A couple of weeks ago I read a headline with the word 'transparent' - it boggled my mind for a few seconds, until the penny dropped.

I do this kind of thing ALL the time about lots of things.
2 weeks ago I was astounded to hear on the news that "many parts of the UK have been overcome by lizards"
The really stupid part is that I was looking out of the window at the snow as I heard it...

A couple of weeks ago I read a headline with the word 'transparent' - it boggled my mind for a few seconds, until the penny dropped.

So glad it's not just me!