Arms Like Pin Cushions

THERE is a famous line in The Blood Donor in which Tony Hancock, boasting of his generosity to charities holding flag days in the street, says words to the effect of: "The lapels on my suits are always the first thing to go."

I feel I could say something similar about my arms after yesterday having a flu shot.

Here is my recent record of vaccinations:

2022

9/11 third annual flu

18/10 second covid booster

15/2 pneumococcal

2021

18/11 first covid booster

26/10 second annual flu

16/5 second covid shot

28/2 first covid shot

2020

14/12 first annual flu

I caught covid early in 2020 and survived apparently unscathed, and so was very much in two minds over whether I should have covid vaccinations.

But I knew countries would make it very difficult to travel without being vaccinated, so I went ahead and have since traveled as freely as just about anyone.