Rant number 241
There is an old saying we've all heard which is to say 'seeing is believing.'
I dispute a time when that ever could have been true. Our eyes play tricks on us. A sign can look like a man, a tree can look like a monster and apparently - a cat can appear to be a lion.
In the modern world, there is many things for us to be fooled by. The TV puts tiny people on a screen for us to see. A man can pull a rabbit from a hat, walk on water or even levitate.
Then theres photoshop, which can give anyone the body of a god, the face of an angel or the overinflated genitals of an elephant.
Maybe all of this mistrustful vision is what causes people to loose all sense of scale and common sense.
A couple in Essex called in to the police - to report a lion! A lion in Essex...
Now, don't get me wrong, there are more unlikely things than a lion in Essex:
For instance, the moon really could be made of cheese, jam could actually be the secret to eternal youth or David Cameron could open his mouth - and the truth could come out.
As likelihood goes however, a lion in Essex is pretty low on the list.
Which is why the story is pretty gobsmacking. It's not about the people calling it in really. It's about the hype that has followed! Twitter has been buzzing like a bee hive, the news has alive with it. The whole thing is completely and utterly nuts.
Particularly as it wasn't a lion. It was a bloody cat!
And hilariously, these people really think that they were right and are sticking to their guns!
Surely they just need to give it up and admit that they've been a bit silly.
Maybe it really was a lion, being chased by the lock ness monster and bigfoot.
Or maybe I am the pope?
Rant over.
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