I\u2019ve used the term \u201cfeng shui\u201d a couple of times in the last week,<\/p>\n
when the word I really wanted was \u201cergonomics\u201d – as in \u201cthe problem with this operating theatre isn\u2019t the size, it\u2019s the feng shui…\u201d<\/p>\n
Is this a sign of my quirky sense of humour – it did after all provoke a small amount of surprised laughter – or more evidence of word finding difficulties associated with my incipient dementia?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll never tell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve used the term \u201cfeng shui\u201d a couple of times in the last week,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-1Eu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4600,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/feng-shui\/","url_meta":{"origin":6354,"position":0},"title":"Feng shui","author":"Interloper11","date":"April 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"My daughter working in her outdoor office. 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