I can't remember who it was - some guy who'd done foreign correspondent work, so if it wasn't John Simpson or Michael Buerk then it was someone of that ilk. Anyway, they said that after they'd escaped with their lives from some situation where they'd genuinely believed they were going to die, they would be full of the joys of life, appreciating what really mattered, not wasting time on meaningless stuff etc... for about a week. Then they'd revert to normal :)
Anyway, if you actually had a genuine worry that you might not be making it to next week - say, for instance, that you were going in to have an essential but potentially fatal operation - would you really spend lots of money on food and, er, stuff? In reality most people would pop into work to say hi to their colleagues and make sure there weren't any glaring loose ends, make sure they'd spoken to their family and then spend the evening at home (or down t'pub).
PS is a "gormet" meal served by gormless waiters? ;)
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I remember reading an interview with some journo
Date: September 28th, 2004 05:14 am (UTC)From:Anyway, if you actually had a genuine worry that you might not be making it to next week - say, for instance, that you were going in to have an essential but potentially fatal operation - would you really spend lots of money on food and, er, stuff? In reality most people would pop into work to say hi to their colleagues and make sure there weren't any glaring loose ends, make sure they'd spoken to their family and then spend the evening at home (or down t'pub).
PS is a "gormet" meal served by gormless waiters? ;)