The "Happening today" reminded me of a topic I meant to start.
If you knew that the events of a 24 hour period would be rewound, that you'd get to do the day over again, that no one but you would remember... What would you do?
It was the idea behind an episode of "Being Erica" and even with the confidence that nothing she did could have consequences, Erica baulked at just doing whatever she wanted.
And I think that would be true of me- despite having absolute freedom, I would still be trapped in fear. Maybe no one else would remember, but I would know if I had done anything bad and I would be affected by it.
And so would I steal, harm or otherwise break the law? I very much doubt it. It would be interesting to see how far I could go with such things but I think that the answer is that I wouldn't even get off the starting line.
I'd probably blow a lot of money on good food, a good hotel and a private car to take me sightseeing. I'd probably have the time to arrange for friends within short flights or train journeys from me to join me but it would probably hurt too much to have them forget the day afterwards so I'd rather spend it alone.
How pathetic am I?
I could also just stay home and watch lots of tv.
