Chris Thompson   Chris Thompson on the internet

I’m sitting here having a good lounge around, and despite feeling very tired, I can’t seem to summon up the energy to go up the stairs and into bed. Instead, I’ve been doing a bit of messing around on the internet. Browsing randomly, and watching You Tube, and generally lazing about. And in doing so, I’ve come across this: a story about a deer, which decided to wander into a hotel.

It begins, quite humorously, I think: “A video has been released of a deer wandering into a hotel lobby in China on Tuesday” – but then, just when you’re picturing a beautiful deer on an incredible mission, perhaps tentatively sipping its drink, or wandering around in a timid manner, it explains, very abruptly, that it was then shot.

I suppose it’s the quickest, easiest, and safest way to deal with such a situation. But I still found it quite funny how abruptly the theme of the piece changes. Perhaps I’m just tired enough to find humour in some strange things.

Regardless, I hope the adventurous deer is now safe and sound back in its favourite forest.