The Sky Is Falling

Reader JL has recently suggested that we forget about the Millionth Monkey and all that other blather and, instead, go back to the land - this with the caveat that we watch out for falling airplanes.

Referring to Friday morning's crash of a Spanish Air Force Mirage up the road from us a short piece. Little does he know that about ten minutes after the incident occurred (and as yet unbeknownst to ourselves) we were taking a break from agricultural stuff at the truly fabulous Bar-Restaurante-Gasolinera 'Cruce de Chilluévar' - number 1 on the map - when we heard the roar of fighter jets overhead. Looking up, we noted the leader of the four signalling something or other to the rest with a wag his wingtips, and they all veered off to the left, presumably to check out the crash scene - number 2 on the map.

Thanks for your concern JL, but we've got that situation covered already.

Speaking of falling skies - we noted that the apocalypse crowd has lost an invaluable, if never actually willing, ally. Although never affiliated with that lot in any way, Willem Buiter's really hard-nosed analysis has been a constant source of invaluable legitimacy for the worst case scenario crowd for the last couple of years. Last Thursday's piece will have put an end to that intellectually uneven relationship.

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