Fat Saturdays: The only thing we learn from history...

A wise man once said, the only thing we ever learn from history, is that we never learn anything from history. Nope, we, the top of the food chain with our over developed ideas and rationalisations, never seem to learn. It's not that we are stupid, or at least I hope it is that we are not stupid, it is just that we think that this time things will turn out better. It is like the Jerry Seinfeld bee in Bee Movie who tries over and over to get out of the window by flying straight into the glass, repeating the phrase "maybe this time, maybe this time..."

Well, maybe this time a royal marriage will last. Maybe this time the groom will not leave his gorgeous bride for one who reeks of cigarette smoke, grinning like an over brushed pony while reciting Hail Marys with the Pope. I find it ironic however, that the British media today insisted on comparing the engagement of Katie Middleton and her Prince William to that of his parents. Have they not read their own articles of the past 20 years?? Why on earth would you purposefully poke fate in the eye? Kate might have more luck by breaking her compact mirror while walking underneath a ladder towards Will in her wedding gown the day before they get married! I mean give the poor girl a break! It is bad enough that she has to wear her dead mother-in-laws engagement ring. I am so glad I got to choose my own and was not presented with a ring that signifies such an unhappy, broken marriage. The poor, poor girl. Lets hope she has the stomach for the job, for I sense round 2 of the paparazzi tunnel chasing madness may be upon us. And please, can all the new owners of Harrods please keep their sons safely tucked away in Qatar. It's bad enough that fate has a sore eye, we do not want to dangle a carrot in front of it as well.