in a rather sad day for Lady C-S and myself (How can Her Majesty’s birthday honours have come out without a gong for either of us?) I decided to look to the Turks for examples of resilience. It was all around us in the way they approach workplace health and safety!

 

The smoking you know about – it toughens their lungs

   

The footpaths teach how to roll with the fall

   They always attempt to conceal the drop into the pit

 Then make sure there is broken glass and cat urine at the bottom to teach self-administered first aid and recovery from infection

 The workers never put up signs when working on the street – this improves the reflexes of the both the drivers and the workers
 

  A pair of Adidas runners provide full ear and eye protection when using jackhammers

 Buses should always go through the middle of pedestrian squares if it is faster than using the outer road. The driver of the blue bus is a soft wimp.
 The head of a sheep is perfectly edible so long as it still has some teeth
 

  One way signs are bullshit. One way spikes are far more effective
 Finally, by leaving a range of side arms unattended on a counter top (the owner was outside having a smoke) you can teach people to both steal and shoot.