Seal of Approval
For believers in omens, this is surely a good one. I was sitting moodily in the canteen thinking to myself that I hadn't seen the Canary Wharf seal in MONTHS when up rushed one of my colleagues (they know I am a seal fan) brandishing a mobile phone to show me a video he took on 31st December, outside Henry Addington's bar mid-afternoon (well it WAS New Year's Eve), showing the seal swimming around merrily on the surface and EATING A DUCK. There were plenty of witnesses, most of whom can be heard moaning on the sound track about the fact that they can't get their cameras to work and then moaning even more when the seal finally disappears just as they start to film.
It is a very good movie but unfortunately as we are both over a certain age we could not work out how to get the video off his camera so that I could post it here. (Maybe next week, when he's had time to ask his grandson for advice). But it's got to be a good sign, or at least a sign of something, right ? Does it mean that the recession is even affecting seals and they are going back to their natural food sources, huntin and fishin as in days of yore ? On the other hand, has anybody ever heard of a seal eating a duck before ? Is this not in fact a fat cat among seals ? Has he eaten all the available fish ? Anyway, at least the seal hasn't deserted us, which has to be a good thing. I'm sure the ancient Romans would know what to make of it.
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