Size really does matter.

Small is small is small, unless it is too big, in which case it needs to be made smaller still. And yet, strangely, it is still 'sold' to those without the means to question as being large enough.

Small might be particularly pertinent to the those residing in some sort of invertebrate dimension. But, inevitably, within our's, it is really only as pertinent as we allow it to become in order to perceive that which we had hoped to comprehend.



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I have noticed much of late that might be judged differently from another perspective and have greatly pondered the effect that this might have upon the ways in which we could be regarded by another species, if at all. I have wondered, for example, why it might be that certain factions within our ‘society’ choose to pretend that their legs are only half their actual length, when such a sacrifice of dignity might cause them to waddle about with underwear exposed. Are they not aware that such perceptions are peculiarly semi-human and that, as such, more attuned 'outsiders' might harbour entirely different perceptions

I have noticed also the minuteness of the so called ‘incentives’, proffered to ordinary people. One example might be the ‘Investors in People’ 'award' that seems to require absolutely no qualifying criteria other than the simple request that the workplace might wish to display such a cheaply reproduced cut of card upon its reception wall, where it may well languish until the building simply crumbles into the dust along with its already half-forgotten workforce.

Somewhat ironically it might then finally be permitted to fulfil some sort of function, perhaps as damp food for any number of detritivores that could end up inhabiting the derelict sight. ‘Investors in People’, suitably ‘large’ when considered from the perspective of the employer, or conceivably the feasting detritivore, yet not so much far smaller as absolutely insignificant when received by the employees. The vagaries of perception may, at times, prove more than a puzzle to the best of us.



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The speeding fine, to sight yet another example, could be perceived as huge or minute, highly dependent upon the relative income of the offender. To one it might equate to ‘this week’s food upon the table,’ to another ‘an insignificant aberration that might pass unquestioned upon an expenses form.’ I suppose that almost any fine might be perceived in such a way. I wonder why ‘nobody’ has ever thought to question this inequality.

The CBI- The Confederation of British Industry- that body of ‘great and wise’ men by whom we are all regarded as ‘deeply loved and cherished children’, despite their ‘unparalleled intellect’, have recently ‘tripped up’ over seemingly the simplest of mathematical conundrums. Once again that issue over ‘smallness' has raised its head. I feel almost too embarrassed to have to point it out to them, knowing full well that, once I have done so, they will believe that they have failed in their responsibilities towards their 'fellow' citizens; such is their care ethic!



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From their 'elevated' perspectives they have sought to enter the national debate regarding the economy. Usually, of course, they are more than 'happy' to leave this to others, loathe to rock the boat as it were. They have employed their pocket calculators to the full and made a few minor suggestions regarding student debt. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe they have suggested an increase in tuition fees, but have sought to 'offset' this against a reduction in student loans, no doubt concerned as to the impact of such transactions upon their own ‘small’ (that word again) remunerations.

I suspect that what the old ‘loves’ have done is to view the student debt from the perspective of their 'own kind'- paid off before even incurred- and altogether overlooked the impact of this same ‘small sum’ upon the lives of many ordinary people. I suspect that we’ll all be able to laugh about this, as one big ‘happy, united family,’ in a few weeks time.



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Of course, they are 'right,' the sums we are talking about really are so very, very small when perceived from the perspective of a multi-millionaire who might readily fiddle his or her taxes to a ‘small’ degree. Sorry, I did mean to say, ‘embellish.'

Please note that ‘small’ in this context really is not small, regardless of where it is being viewed from.