29 February - End of month review
Another quiet month with nothing new of any significance. It was however a month
that saw something which has been thankfully rare, reader criticism - anonymous
obviously. I recall only one previous incidence. However this one says I should stop
pouring forth “bile on a daily basis” as it is “gratuitous abuse and offence”.
It doesn't say to whom, Bexley council presumably. This critic seems to know quite a
lot about me so it would appear that he/she does actually read Bonkers daily. I don't
quite understand why people who find what is written here offensive bile keep
coming back for more. It’s the same with Olly’s Twitter account. Not a day goes
by that he doesn’t use the C word to satiate his followers’ lust for rude words.
After a while it stops being funny to all but a few. Is Sandra Bauer still
hooked on it and complaining? I would hope not.
Surely the same should be true of ‘offensive bile’? Those given the star treatment on this website
have responded in a variety of ways. Everything from reporting me to the police to knocking on
my door and asking nicely. I’m not convinced the site is a non-stop
diet of offensive bile, a lot of it just reports what’s going on, from a particular
point of view perhaps, but it aims to be accurate and Bexley council has
never had reason to put Bonkers on its ‘Setting
the record straight’ feature as it has a couple of local newspapers.
To console myself I looked at my record of emails and found that support
outweighed criticism by a rather neat 1,111:1. There were other interesting
emails this month, including two from ex and current Bexley council employees which may
eventually prove interesting. I also received a poetic response to Bonkers which was a
bit different to the usual fare. I’m no judge of poetry and ordinarily may not have
published it but it acts as a bit of a contrast to the bile and vitriol accusations so
I’ll share it with you. Do let me know if your bile-o-meter
is triggered too often.
It
would appear my 14th February picture of
the car with the personalised number plate
(a rather better effort than the one shown here) was understood by almost no one - which
was the general idea. It was supposed to be a visual pun on Olly’s posting of an anonymous house which
got him into so much trouble. The almost anonymous number plate picture was accompanied by a similar
comment to Olly’s. So far, touch wood, it hasn’t landed me in court.
The number reads, with a bit of imagination, Nick O’Hare - a Bexley councillor who
is reported to own the barber’s shop at 284 Broadway. Maybe you should call in and put
a bit of business his way. There are conflicting reports as to whether he is the demon
with the scissors himself but if he is, probably best not to mention this site at the
time. I think I am going to stick to bile and vitriol in future, I am not exactly
brilliantine at barber jokes.