(I didn’t switch radio stations fast enough the other day, and a scrap of sports news* managed to reach me.)
When I was born, sometime in the late 60s*, I looked back and thought: “Surely, not much can happen, history-wise, in my lifetime. Everything has already happened.”
But then man landed on the Moon, Halley's Comet returned, a Pole became Pope, Communism collapsed and Sir Alex Ferguson retired.***
*human interest in sports news is a strong hint that we are meant for immortality; otherwise, who on earth would waste precious time to hear about yesterday’s football results??
**of the 20th, not 19th centrury.
***a while ago scientists managed to revive an Egyptian mummy. One of its firsts questions was: Does Sir Alex still manage Manchester United, as he did when my grandfather reigned?
