Bah, Humbug! It’s Valentine’s!

“Valentine’s what?” one of my teachers would have said to me centuries ago when I was in school, if I’d have dared write something as I did the header of today’s post.

“I’m waiting!” She would have glared over her thick-rimmed glasses, steam bellowing out of her nostrils individually. Bony fingers tapping the wooden desk impatiently as I squirmed before her, desperately trying to think of what the what could be that she expected.

Her unwavering gaze and glare would cause anyone to forget what they were thinking. Tightly scraped-back jet-black hair pulled her eyebrows into points, and seemed to force her nose forward somewhat as well.

Blank eyes staring back (mine at her) resulted in an exasperated gasp and a shrill “Oh, this is pointless!” before flicking me away to go and sit at my desk, red faced, in the corner.

It’s funny, the things you remember. I remember this teacher, although she is a composite of many. She wouldn’t have said “Valentine’s what?”, however, as I wouldn’t have written anything such as Valentine’s back then. She’d have probably been referring to apple’s what or some other apostrophe related dilemma.

But, she does tie in quite nicely with my theme for Hallo – I mean – Valentine’s this year: the word pointless. You may be aware (or not) that I’m not particularly keen on Valentine’s Day and all of it’s income generating love spreading.

I don’t mind the day itself… February 14th that is; that’s OK. It’s just the overall love-fest that comes with it. And, I’m not referring to lovers of the world, either… that love-fest can take place on any day of the year, it doesn’t need to be expensively enhanced exclusively on one day in particular. But, if people want to pay, who am I to stop them? Bah humbug!

So. Pointless is my theme. Pointless too are my thoughts, really. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter whether I like Valentine’s Day or not… it just gives me something to write about, when otherwise I could have had nothing to write about. And I write about that quite a lot too.

Already, I have listed two pointless things that I feel should be included in a Valentine’s Day pointless list. Valentine’s Day itself, and my thoughts on it. Now for a slight change of tune.

There are other, more serious issues that should be added to a pointless list, and not just for Valentine’s Day. One of my blogging friends from a country far far away from me, Jo Bryant, recently posted a video on her blog which contains a very important message that people should take heed of. The video is about the consequences of sending a text message whilst driving. Pointless messages that alter lives in a split second. Click here to visit Jo’s site and watch the video…

If you don’t agree with me and my Valentine’s thoughts, and enjoy Valentine’s Day, I hope you have a really good day and enjoy it! Don’t listen to any grumbling Scrooge about the cost of this and the pointlessness of that (apart from what message is contained within the video, that is) and just go and have fun! Enjoy your strawberries and champagne placed provocatively over your negligee; feeding pizza slices into each other’s ears as you listen to romantic music in dimmed lighting; or trying to burst the over-sized balloon to get at the teddy bear that’s stuffed inside it. Have fun! Happy Valentine’s! Sorry teacher’s…!

If you DO agree with me, then great minds do think alike! He he he! I’ve had fun writing my grumbling posts about Valentine’s… I do it every year! I love it! The grumbling, that is… not Valentine’s. But you know that now, don’t you?

Keep safe… and not just on Valentine’s Day.