'if you don't ask you don't get'

'if you don't ask you don't get'  would be horsemouth's motto (perhaps together with the  experiential 'you don't know until you try' ) but sadly he would also have to admit that 'you can't always get what you want'  features heavily in his life. not that horsemouth is a buccaneering pirate adventurer you understand but he would like to be more so. horsemouth suspects that if you're having to ask things are not too clever already (not that that wouldn't stop him from asking you understand). 

horsemouth will soon be 50 - once he has celebrated this event he will begin lying about his age (or at least being economical with it), not everyone needs to know after all - horsemouth would like to afford people the opportunity of not being ageist - just because he's a hobbling balding greybeard there's no reason to aassume he's clapped out, past it and fit only for the knackers yard.

for some reason horsemouth is up and about early. yesterday horsemouth went to a demo while he didn't do any samba drumming he did sing loudly at various points (he was in fine fettle). the marketisation of education thus resisted thence to the pub for a sneaky couple of pints in the rain.

what would horsemouth do if there were no beachside donkey rides to organise his work for him? probably get better paid for less work by cutting out the middle man. but he would then face the terrible situation of having to find his own work. saturday there's a party. in a few weeks time horsemouth is off to catsit the house on the north circular - he should get away and travel more (he knows this) but so far this summer the weather has been good. today it is rainy and grey in the seaside towns but the sun is shining in hereford and brighton.

oh well - what wll horsemouth ask next?