Possibilities

One of the ideas that offshoots from quantum theory is that every possible outcome to a situation occurs somewhere, in infinite alternate realities alongside our own.

In one of these I did turn to the guy standing inches away from me in a crowded Norwich Park-and-Ride bus, grab him by the collar and shout "stop coughing on me, and stop making that schhnnnnnnuck noise every few seconds and blow your f*cking nose like a grown-up!"

In that universe I possibly don't have a headache and a tell-tale tickle in the back of my throat.

Still, I survived. Apart from Man With Cold the journey into Norwich was remarkably stress-free, and Jane and I made a sizeable dents in the Christmas shopping list. Yay!