It was a fine day for a little picketing: weather, blue sky with 50% fluffy cloud, cold and windy but none of the predicted rain showers. The streets were filled with cheerful shopping crowds, "xxx days to christmas" must have been on people's minds though it wasn't displayed up on posters. Just four of us this time: Dave, Jens, John and Hartley. John was on the sound-system, Jens on helium balloons, Hartley on one corner as a fixed leafleter, me as a movable leafleter. WWe started late-ish just before 14:00 and ran the full two hours until just before 16:00.
There were between four and eight clams out; the man from the Loons Club was there briefly, but no sign of the little sneak or his side-kick "eight ball". They were distributing anti-drug leaflets (so I suppose if you were very dim you might be fooled into believing we were a pro-drug picket). Apparently cannabis can cause schizophrenia, which is strange because I thought this was an imaginary disease made up by psychiatrists.
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