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Venus

Even though, since the age of about three I was told every horror story there was about looking directly at the sun, they all sounded a bit far-fetched, so I thought it would be OK to get a really quick glance this morning to try and get a glimpse of Venus passing by. Ten minutes later, realising eveything I was looking at was still tinged blood-red I began to panic a bit and decided to watch it on TV instead. Inspired by a Blue-Peter type device (some card with a pin-hole in it, lining it up with the sun and then viewing it on a second piece of card) I ventured back to the garden. The first thing I should point out is that this pieceofshit contraption does not work. The chances of lining up a pin hole – a pin hole the size OF A PIN, with the sun is very hard – especially when you factor in the whole ‘don’t look at the sun or you’ll go blind’ scenario. Secondly, it is doubly annoying when after chucking the pieceofshit contraption in the rubbish bin you spill your box of afore-mentioned pins onto the carpet, where they stand up like hedgehog spikes, invisible to the human eye (but very noticible with a bare-soled foot).

At least it wasn’t a clouded over day like the total eclipse of ’99… it got a bit dark and murky, then 5 minutes later went back to being just murky. To mark the occassion we were allowed to leave the office and get a free ice-cream from an accosted (and brought-off no doubt) ice-cream van. What a day!

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