‘Cake or Death’ is a wonderful line and style-defining moment from an old Eddie Izzard stand-up comedy routine.
The beautiful simplicity of the humour of
the line is the underlying assumption that this is a non-question. No one in
their right mind would choose the latter if the former were the only
alternative. Even if you’re not, like me, convinced that cake is the answer to
all ills, surely you’d choose cake over death.
So why are we all (by ‘we all’ I mean the sentient
people, the decent folk and the ones who have been paying attention for the
last 4+ years) so very very nervous about the outcome of today’s US election?
Because we cannot bring ourselves to believe that,
in the showdown between the decent Joe Biden and the, literally deadly Trump,
the US electorate will choose Cake…
I’m too sick with worry to form a full blog post
this week – here’s an old cartoon from seemingly centuries ago when we thought
Trump’s worst idea was a wall across the Mexican border…
I know a Biden/Harris win leaves the UK more deeply in the shit because we have the Trumpian dregs of Boris Johnson and Brexit but – acknowledging the positive impact on the rest of the world I’d say ousting Trump definitely means Christmas is on so remember to check out my books – adventure books for real girl, kid’s books and adult novels – all here - e-book and paperback and available now on expanded distribution -