I’m afraid that Charon died this afternoon.
The Bollo had run out Rioja. Scotland failed to beat Ireland at Rugby. England lost the friendly cricket match against Australia yesterday, The Lord Chief Justice had to give a speech (because useless interfering politicians who know little about law, penology or the criminal justice system, have been interfering) complaining about the fact that judges have lost their discretion to sentence criminals and that we have far too many people serving indeterminate sentences, Jade Goody refused to answer Police questions and the Police could do nothing about it, Patrick Mercer MP was sacked by WebCameron for making unfortunate remarks, the cafe where he usually has breakfast ran out of eggs and, therefore, he could not have the breakfast he has had for 23 years without interruption, someone sent him James Joyce’s book, Finnegan’s Wake, and he tried to read it, Lord Jeffrey Archer is still a member of The House of Lords, TV companies have stopped running phone-in competitions so he has nothing to do now late at night, banks are being criticised for making stealth charges on customer accounts, the viagra pills he bought off the internet didn’t arrive, The Bollo has introduced a ‘no-smoking’ policy on Sundays so that people can bring their absurd children in for lunch and let them run around screaming, The Bollo seems to be encouraging people who talk about ‘hice prices’ in West London to come into one of his favourite pubs, he could not face looking at any more trainee blogs… It was all too much.
We regret his passing. It was quite a moving ceremony. ‘Hello’ magazine covered it. At 8.45 this evening he was ferried across the Styx, a silver coin in his mouth, by a member of the family.
Rest in peace, Charon….
No flowers. Charon was a nihilist. At a quiet dinner the other evening he told a group of us that he had many lives and death was but a temporary inconvenience – a bit like your internet service provider [ISP] ‘going down’ for a while, or losing signal on your mobile [Cellphone for non-UK residents] (yes… Charon had an ‘Orange’ phone and it did not always work in Chiswick – another ‘stress’ he had to bear). He told us that he believed he would defeat medical science and be blogging again within 24 hours. We now have an opportunity to see if he was right.
And… on that note… I wish you all… “Good Nietzsche.”
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PS… at least he asked us to use some punctation before he took the ferry….
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Obituaries
It was kind of Dan Hull from What About Clients? to write on his blog… Here
(It is quite clear that US Lawyers work on Saturdays. Charon would have approved of the obituary. The obituary is a model of clarity, brevity and commercial realism.)
Thank to John Bolch, Family Lore, for the very tasteful black rim to my pic on his Obituary marking my passing yesterday.
“Good Nietzsche.”?
Given subsequent posts, an example of the eternal return, surely?
Yes…. I just couldn’t hack it and had to come back !
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This is the wierdest thread I have EVER seen on a Blog.
Have you been Weasels Eat My Flesh by any chance?
Mr Pineapples… I have to agree…. it was, however, an experience…
Trust you are well…