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Midsummer and St Petertide are the favourite times for 'rushbearing', when rushes - or, in the eastern English Counties, new mown hay - are brought in procession to churches and ceremonially strewn there as a floor covering. In north-western England particularly, rushcarts with flower bedecked loads of plaited rushes were the focus of the procession, and 'the rushbearing' was the great day of the year.

"Good day to you, you merry men all,
come listen to our rhyme,
for we would have not forget
this is Midsummer time.
So bring your rushes, bring your garlands,
Roses, St John's Wort, Vervain too.
Now is the time for our rejoicing
Come along, Christians, Pagans, come along do."

Old rushbearing song.

My ruthlessly pro-lockdown Tory MP claims crime in the area has halved since 2010.

These people simply don’t live in the real world.

Out. Out. Out.

I was in the supermarket earlier and spent ages trying to get a fiver into the self service machine, even though it appeared straight, so had the idea of note straightening machines, maybe they already exist but imagine the fortune I would make if each store had one!

Later on I visited the library where someone had left shit on the door handle, so had the idea of an extra door handle with a sign under saying, ' For dorty cnuts who can't be arsed washing their hands'

Precious few, however, one thing I did feel slightly confident about during his previous tenure was that Trump (then) had zero interest in American Imperialism and was unlikely to provoke a war through expansionist desires. Also, Trump was so fuckin unpredictable and vindictive, other world leaders who might fancy a bit of expansion would think twice about provoking him if they encroached somewhere that he did consider his interests.
The problem here, and he's said so himself, is that he doesn't consider Russia's incursion into Ukraine as his business and he probably feels the same way about Taiwan.
Putting aside any "legitimate" grey areas in both those cases, in the medium term , Trump withdrawing the USA from the world stage will undoubtedly embolden Nationalistic leaders who fancy a bit of localised warmongering, making a domino effect war in Europe and Asia pretty likely.

Please note Bob. This is an analysis that is perfectly balanced, reasonable, predictable and based on the historical lessons of Realpolitik, knowledge of historical regional conflicts and transparent international Geopolitics. It doesn't require the slightest soupçon of Nutjobbery or Conspiracy.

Sea travel to foreign parts thought to be safe after Midsummer - but guard against sea-sickness and outlandish foods!

"He that would not vomit at all, let him some days before he take ship, and after at sea - diminish his accustomed meat and, especially, his drink. But I think they do ill who all together restrain vomiting, for no doubt the working of the sea is very healthful. Therefore I would advise him to use his accustomed diet till he have hath sailed a day or two into the Main and then, after eating, let him seal his stomach with marmalade."
Itinerary 1617

"Concerning the diet of the french - it is nothing so good or as plentiful as ours, they contenting themselves many times with mean viands. As for the poor peasant, he is fain oftentimes to make up his meal with a mushroom or his grenuilles. (in English - mere frogs)."
The Complete Gentleman 1634.