Meandering origins

River Thames and the Tower of London in the 1480s, British Library, Royal MS 16 F II, f. 73r

Referring to a recent situation, I said to my wife last night, ‘I think I might be in denial’. She promptly replied, ‘Better than being in the Thames’.

I’m not sure which is better, the Thames or the Nile, but the Thames has a linguistic upper-hand, or incongruity…