Thread by @Maxmycat

So. Had a Bxt conversation today with English guy who runs a tea shop in Dordogne about Bxt. You lot interested?

I really did not think this through. Ok. So. Normally in Dordogne one does not mention the B word in polite circles because it looks like this.

I should warn you that if you're not a big fan of gifs then this might not be for you.

So I've become more subtle in my attempts at conversation to gage the 'mood'. He's a chatty guy but absolutely no mention of Brxt from him or his (very nice but a bit of a moany) wife. Early on I actually said something like - so what's the feeling today? Trying to be breezy.

My mentions (who the f**k made up that word?) are full of you guys & a deeply serious thread on the extension. It's disconcerting to say the least. I digress.

Genuinely forgotten where we were. Hang on.

Went completely over their heads. I ended up hearing something about pot plants, something about rain, a lot about a bloke who has moved to Brittany. You get the picture. Eventually, I thought, sod it what's the worse that can happen if I just come straight out with it.

My husband, a man of few words, is now visibly twitching. Something else about bacon. Twitch. We nod. He really is a nice man.

So what do you think about Brexit?

It's out there. The question.
Without missing a beat the tea shop guy says.
It'll be fine. We'll all be fine.
All smiley & breezy.
Twitch.
Before the EU...

I drove lorries and it was fine. We just needed a SUITCASE of paperwork. The caps are mine - 'cos you know, he's still breezy.

But what about just in time? What about fresh food? What about vital medicines?

It's like I've said a code word.

What can I say, I'm a fan.

There we are in the middle of a cosy (but very pink) tea shop in South West France & he says when I woke up that morning & realised which way the vote had gone I went into a kind of shock.

And my wife heard it on the TV from upstairs and she started to cry.

You see it had always been our dream to come here & open a little tea shop.

But when we heard the way the vote had gone I decided to cancel everything and go back to my old job as a tiler.

That afternoon I had a meeting with some big business guy. We knew each other quite well. I went in and I was so shaken up. I was white as a sheet.

I felt like all the colour had drained out of me & I kept thinking about my wife and her crying. I couldn't concentrate on anything at all. The business guy - nice bloke - asked me what was wrong & I told him.

And he listened and then he gave me some advice.

I don't think this thing (he meant Brexit) is going to go through.

But if it does & you've got dreams, you've got to do your best to live them.

It's not easy & this thing is going to make it harder for you but do everything you can to live your dreams.
That's what it's all about isn't it?