Trying to second-guess what people want to hear can lead one into a morass which grows ever deeper and murkier. Unfortunately, politicians and bureaucrats are doing this more and more and we are all the worse for it, including the politicians.
My human has left me out here, tied to a tree, while he is inside drinking coffee. I don’t like coffee – I tried some when he spilled it on the floor. Yuck! I do like tea when it’s cold, and milk and water.
Glass of red wine in hand, in a cosy café corner, I watch the rugged-up pedestrians scurry to their next distractions, where they can thaw out their ears and mop up their nasal exudations.
The interplanetary transit authority is lazy. For instance, it organises only two Venusian transits every 100 years or so. If you miss both, that’s it for the duration of the rest of your expected earthly existence this time around.