Phew! Just
as we were getting a bit worried that Wayne P (Plymouth Road to
Recovery cult group) might be going off the boil imagine our relief
when we discovered the latest offering from this budding
astronaut-to-be!
[Note:
we've been careful to take a screen shot of this one because his
insightful contributions (both audio and text – remember the
“Beano” readers comment? No! Well we do!) tend to appear then
disappear with frightening rapidity. But we really do think this
particular contribution should be preserved for all posterity].
So step
aside Bill! Move over Dr Bob! There's a new commentator in town!
Introducing Buzz Lightyear: "To infinity...... and beyond!"
Now
according to Buzz.... sorry …. Wayne.... “being rocketed into the
fourth dimension can sometimes FEEL different to orbiting the earth”
as he likens the experience to: “discovering the adventure of
life”. Well we've got to hand it to our intrepid explorer! We're
not quite sure how many times Wayne's been “rocketed” - or indeed
whether he's even returned - but for our part we've hardly ever
orbited the planet so we'd be hard pushed to make the comparison.
But we've checked with NASA concerning their flight crews' list
though they haven't got back to us on Wayne's hitherto unannounced
participation in the space programme ...... YET.
Notwithstanding,
Wayne waxes lyrical on the subject with allusions to “launch pads”,
“lift offs” and so forth. If he hasn't been sent into orbit he
seems to know an awful lot about the subject. Perhaps this is a case
of alien abduction? Anything's possible isn't it when you join up
with the Road to Recovery gang!
However it
transpires that perhaps being “rocketed” too far - and for all we
know too often - into the exosphere (Ooh! We can do technical as
well!) can be bad for your health. Indeed this would seem to be no
guarantee of long term sobriety. But Wayne's a chap who keeps his
feet (quite contradictorily!) firmly on the ground shunning the
ephemeral delights of zero gravity. Not for him the heady delectation
of strolling around the galaxy! No sireee! If he's going to be
doing any rocketing it's going to be much closer to Mother Earth!
Indeed it would seem he'd rather be in Mission Control providing the
“flight plan called “experience””.
Ah well!
Once a control freak always a control freak!
Over and
out! (to the strains of Space Oddity by David Bowie)
Major Tom
(A Friend of Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS Note
the barely legible disclaimer at the bottom of the screen shot:
“©
Road to Recovery Group 2012. This site is
NOT APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS. …....”
(our
emphasis)
