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Reflections 4th January

Frog Soup

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Richard Merrick
Jan 04, 2026
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This is later than I intended. I had a perfectly good post prepared for today, but yesterday’s events made it feel like turning up at a fancy dress party, where the host has spiked the drinks, wearing a dinner suit, during Dry January. Wrong post, wrong place.

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