You Know Things Are Bad When.......

You know things are bad when there's been no one around for eleven hours

You know things are bad when we aren't exciting enough to draw a crowd.

You know things are bad when other people draw a crowd by doing things that you could never do in a million years

You know things are bad when four people pay attention, quietly.

You know things are bad when nobody listens to a word you say

You know things are bad when people do listen to you, then point at you and start laughing hysterically.

You know things are bad when the people listening don't hear.

You know things are bad when you know the election result before the polls even open (yes, this is me today)

You know things are bad when Crazy Old Ape speaks words of sad wisdom.

You know things are bad when 'sad wisdom' is all you have

You know things are bad when three men passed me without whistling.

You know things are bad when you cry and not smiling.

You know things are bad when lots of money is not enough.

You know things are bad when the virus from hell strikes just before an important event. sighs

(EDIT: Not me, someone else involved)

You know things are bad when water is thicker than the blood you shed.

You know things are bad when you pull out the stove and there is a knife literally stuck to the floor back there (yeah, did some overdue cleaning today).

You know things are bad when it was your favorite knife behind the stove.

You know things are bad when the motivation to write seems to have gone.

You know things are bad when the deer eat all your favorite plants.

You know things are bad on the subject of plant-eating when snails are more voracious than deer,

You know things are bad when even pans of beer set around the garden doesn't stop the snails. Must be because they are English.

You know things are bad when you think you can get rid of drunken snails

You know things are bad when you think that giving good beer to snails will get rid of them. They just come back for more! 🍺👌😀

You know things are bad when you breed drunken snails.

You know things are bad when birds eat the snails and then start singing drunken songs.

You know things are bad when you read the previous post and can't stop laughing.

You know things are bad when Elizabeth laughs when told of birds drunken songs--it should have been 'drunken tweets'

You know things are bad when it doesn't matter if birds sing or tweet. Drunks are drunks.

You know things are bad when birds really find their voice at 5.00a.m

You know things are bad when you spend twelve and a half hours in A&E (ER) and can't even get water to drink! 😡