Just starting to think about all the stuff I’ll need when I go to India in a couple of weeks. Passport, tickets and Iona… the rest not so vital I suppose…
Cool Britannia
Financial Times: Do you want to start by paying tribute to Michael Jackson, Peter? Everyone else seems to be doing that.
Peter Mandelson: I’m not absolutely sure who Michael Jackson is.
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I assume you mention this not to show the immense ignorance of Lord Mandy (being in a group of one) but rather to voice your agreement with Peter that Michael Jackson was an irrelevance in your life who can be easily brushed aside?
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It was more a comment on New Labour. As Noel Gallagher said, for him the disillusionment was like finding out Father Christmas didn’t exist.
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possibly expressing amusement at the extraordinary media u turn that has taken place or how everyone suddenly feels the need to glorify someone, who was so recently vilified, just because he has died. personally, im looking forward to the Michael Jackson memorial plates soon to be featured in private eye. (don’t wash as the paint may flake off revealing Jade goody/Princess Di etc….)
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Oddly enough, the latest issue of Private Eye arrived today. On page 22, Gnome Souvenirs are indeed offering the “Michael Jackson Memorial Plate”. The usual warning is given against washing or exposing to strong light, but this time, not because the image of someone else might be found underneath, but because “there is a possibility that the singer’s face could turn black”.
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my packet just arrived! thanks Tan! we a…
my packet just arrived! thanks Tan! we are really enjoying the saucisson, so cheers very much for the resupply. 🙂 the statuette made it almost in one piece. there is a clean break at the neck wich should be easy to glue. i think Mayumi has some paints, but im still not sure what colour as yet. ill show it to her when she gets home tonight!
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pinkie
Happy Birthday! Our presents to you are in the post also!
happy birthday tan! prezzy is in the pos…
happy birthday tan! prezzy is in the post!
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I second that.
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maza Me, too.
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the lack of access to the internets at our new place is a bit disconcerting. a belated many happy returns from me. Hope the parcel arrives ok. (despite it being entirely in Han’s handwriting, i played a full and active part;-) – it’s just that her writing is better than mine…)
Midsummer
Another lovely, sunny, still day in Barnham. No photos of the happy hens or the abundant roses or the Philadelphia blossom as my camera is bust; so here’s one of a Paratha, such as we ate at the Monsoon Restaurant in Billlngshurst, as guests of the new residents of that town.
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hmmm… tasty
had a delightlful meal last night of bread, french cheese and sosi… saucisson! absolutely scrumptious. Mayumi is still in desbelief that it tastes so good in comparison to the bilge cheese we get here. she says thank you all so much for the nice gifts!
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Presumably they taste all the better for being rare commodities? I remember Mamie snaffling a small Brie triangle we had saved from the plane and using slivers of it to ‘arrange’ her mouth on several successive evenings.
ah, well perhaps you could try to strengthen your constitution by eating suitably dodgy food and drinking pond water for a few weeks beforehand;-)
hmm, well, that comment possibly betrays the fact that I have never been!
well… last time I was in Leh (which is where I’m going) even the apple juice gave me the rageing shites
Nice! Especially when a left hand is all you have for cleansing purposes;-)
Possibly the apples were picked with those same left hands …