It's déjà vu all over again…

It seems to me I've seen you before… oh yeah, you were here yesterday, weren't you. Well, in that case, it's déjà vu all over again. Nice to see you, as always. Ramble on over here with that cup of coffee you're holding. Grab us a couple treats off the tray and plunk your keester down. You want the cream one or the chocolate one?

Deja vu is a French phrase meaning 'already seen,' referring to the distinct, puzzling, and mysterious feeling of having experienced a specific set of circumstances before. You might walk into a building in a foreign country you've never visited, for example, and sense that the setting is eerily and intimately familiar. Apparently there are a couple of common ‘flu-fighting' drugs around that, when taken together, increase the incidence of ‘déjà vu'.

If, like me, you believe we've been here before, then a lot can be explained by reincarnation. See, here in Thailand , most folks are Buddhists (my dyslexic digits wanted to spell that Bubbahists but that'd more like folks around Texas or Tennessee , wouldn't it?). Anyway, Buddhists believe we all have many lives. That being the case, it is just possible that we do receive the occasional fleeting glimpse from a past life or two. What do you think? Ever experienced déjà vu? Only when the bills come in at the end of the month, eh!

Been there… done that… and got the t-shirt! Déjà vu again tomorrow?

Bob

D'you know that reincarnation was actually part of early Christianity until the wife of Emperor Justinian decided she didn't like it so that became the end of it. Guess we know who the boss was in that family, eh! I think it was Justinian but could have been Constantine . Correct me if I have erred…

Comment from Doug in Bangkok:

Hi Bob,

Never seen as chip buttie done with a burger bun! They're usually on white bread cut in the traditional door step manner. However with the wide acceptance of everything American in the UK another proud tradition has probably bitten the dust. Cheers.

Bob's Reply:

Thought I saw Daisy's husband, what's ‘is name, with one on that Mrs. Bucket show but that's TV and I'm probably mistaken anyway. I bow to local knowledge.