When Trickles go bad...

Ahoy my trickle-magnets!

Bit of a sombre trickle this week. You can have too much frivolity in the trickle and every trickler has their dark days so i'm bringing it to the table.

'Bad things come in three'. At least that's what they tell you. But what happens when more than three mishaps occur... is it like one of those episodes of Casualty where you know it's going to happen so it's just a matter of waiting? I hope not.

Is it these times of recession? Is it what happens every time a huge financial crash occurs? People just become instantly more depressed.

But not everyone is feeling the pinch apparently. Go on any high street and there's no shortage of queues and frisky shoppers swinging their reams of colourful bags, arms swaying through 180 degrees in a goose-stepping fashion. What is it about a good bout of shopping that makes you swing your arms? There's no greater pleasure.

Something happened this week that reminded me we have to carry on. Carry on despite what is being thrown at us and with our eyes firmly focussed on what's important.

Don't get in a Norris rut and complain about everything, just so you can have something to trickle about.

Don't let it become easy.

Don't leave just because it's become boring.

Every second is precious and some people's seconds are more limited. So we should never waste ours with rubbish.

We should endeavour to fill the rest of our seconds and the seconds of others with double the special-ness to honour the time lost.

So buck up Tricklers and put things in perspective...

What's tickled the trickle?

I'll tell you what's tickled the trickle... Only the mod-con that is television that's what!

For years I thought I was genuinely wasting my time watching telly. Perhaps revision in front of Nadia storming to victory in Big Brother wasn't the best idea, but I definitely think sometimes, just sometimes, it's an investment.

Top of my list and no tragedy in sight... Claire Richards: My Big Fat Wedding. What a legend she turned out to be eh? I was never a devotee of Steps but find me a person that didn't develop a soft spot for Claire in that programme.

Picture courtesy of BBC Three

But don't worry tricklefaces, my glasses aren't utterley clouded with the Body Shop's rose musk. Got to point out that whilst what Claire did was something like a phenomenon (thanks LL Cool J), there is a recession going if you hadn't noticed. Inspiring yes... but personal trainers and weight loss grand-costing camps aren't within everyone's chubby grasp.

Next on my top watches. Hi-fives all round at Waterloo Road. Adoption. Child Trafficking. Teacher love. Who can ask for more? And I tell you for why (nod to Bryn), Steph Haydock and Miss Mason always stand by people. Loyalty is a proper character asset.

As for The Apprentice... are we over it yet? I can't decide. I was excited about it's return but then I wonder if they're just a bunch of ego-loving gimps and then I can't decide if i'm bored again. All the seemingly nice guys: Maj, Paula and Rocky are out whilst eijits like Ben and Deborah stay. At least Geordie Phil has been ushered off in a taxi. Despite what Jim Bowen would say, "You CAN beat a bit of bully!"

Stick to your morals tricklers, whatever they may be, and it's sure to be "Great, Smashing, Super!"