tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post5124281546310436000..comments2023-12-25T05:45:34.307+00:00Comments on Broken Biro: A mysterious packagebroken birohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-84599250280947981302013-05-01T07:45:43.563+01:002013-05-01T07:45:43.563+01:00Hello again.
Of course I'm still here. I'...Hello again.<br /><br />Of course I'm still here. I'm just composing my next message, but I thought I would make contact so you know I haven't disappeared.<br /><br />J Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-89807488872976061912013-05-01T04:59:49.180+01:002013-05-01T04:59:49.180+01:00P.p.s. yes, I'm still fretting a bitP.p.s. yes, I'm still fretting a bit<br />broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-75739827322633388682013-05-01T04:53:55.320+01:002013-05-01T04:53:55.320+01:00P.s. Thank you again for the gifts. P.s. Thank you again for the gifts. broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-38430791056314263802013-04-30T10:10:36.945+01:002013-04-30T10:10:36.945+01:00TRY to sneak it on to the trolley? How can you dou...TRY to sneak it on to the trolley? How can you doubt my powers of legerdemain and skullduggery. I believe I have a 100% success record so far - though to tell the truth I felt that I could have been spotted at the first attempt when one of your colleagues suddenly appeared from the private, 'staff only' part of the library. Fortunately, they couldn't have been really looking in my direction. You can read more about it in my next book, 'Confessions of a sneak gift dropper offer'. I was more careful the second time, but that's another story...<br /><br />See you at 6.00 inside The Telegraph. Shall we meet in the conservatory, if it is still there? <br /><br />J<br /><br />P.S. I'm glad you haven't peeked because I have just remembered something I forgot to say yesterday. I inadvertently left the price sticker on your mystery present. Please make every effort not to look. Did I mention I have a strictly no prices on presents policy? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-43202221541143478152013-04-30T07:24:38.880+01:002013-04-30T07:24:38.880+01:00I still haven't peeked... Might leave it til l...I still haven't peeked... Might leave it til later! Sorry if you felt you had to bring it yesterday because you thought I was 'discomforted'. Where you going to try and sneak it onto the trolley again? That's got to take some bottle! Really, don't worry about me - I'm not exactly a shrinking violet. Although I do like the subterfuge and last night was better for that with fewer and less observant colleagues than today - of course you can always come in and just borrow books!<br />Latersbroken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-15743469426798232372013-04-29T23:00:07.964+01:002013-04-29T23:00:07.964+01:00Night.
Sleep well.
JNight.<br /><br />Sleep well.<br /><br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-37162175716675801942013-04-29T22:40:09.650+01:002013-04-29T22:40:09.650+01:00Regarding no.5, I am quite open to suggestions. I ...Regarding no.5, I am quite open to suggestions. I haven't been to The Telegraph in ages and not been to Wetherspoons at all. Shall we try the one I assume we both know, The Telegraph?<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-43400986541442058442013-04-29T22:27:33.302+01:002013-04-29T22:27:33.302+01:001. No
2. I feel less uncomfortable now I know who...1. No<br /><br />2. I feel less uncomfortable now I know who you are.<br /><br />3. Good<br /><br />4. I was a bit bunny in the headlights - but then I did warn you!<br /><br />5. That's thoughtful, but it was my idea, and I wouldn't have suggested it if I didn't want to meet. Telegraph not written in stone, though, just nearest. Could try the new Wetherspoons on the prom? Or whatever you think...<br /><br />6. Good job I didn't peek before I got the Policy Guidelines.<br /><br /><br />broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-470095421372856422013-04-29T22:10:30.586+01:002013-04-29T22:10:30.586+01:00Hello again.
1. Please define 'completely'...Hello again.<br /><br />1. Please define 'completely'<br /><br />2. I WAS afraid that 'fret' was negative, and I am aware that up to now this whole experience has been at my instigation, and was concerned you may have felt uncomfortable.<br /><br />3. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I'm enjoying it too. <br /><br />4. A first real meeting can be awkward. I think we did really well.<br /><br />5. The only reason why I was unsure was because the idea of meeting today was to give you a peaceful, carefree day tomorrow. Are we still on for The Telegraph at 6.00?<br /><br />6. Good, I follow a strictly no peeking policy.<br /><br />J Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-21976367299963350802013-04-29T21:29:09.080+01:002013-04-29T21:29:09.080+01:00OK, a few replies to your previous comments above ...OK, a few replies to your previous comments above - but I'm putting them all here so you don't miss 'em:<br /><br />1. You're not going to 'spoil' my birthday unless you're planning to be <i>completely </i>reprehensible<br /><br />2. When I said 'fret' I just meant this is on my mind - and doubtless yours. Didn't mean it particularly negatively<br /><br />3. I'm actually really enjoying this - it adds a certain frisson to the day when you don't know if your secret admirer is going to turn up at any moment. So please don't worry about me being 'anxious'. I've done anxiety and this is a different thing.<br /><br />4. Two minutes isn't enough for a conversation, is it? But I think we both got shy - especially you! ;-) - somewhere between naval forces and social welfare. <br /><br />5. You seemed to be unsure about tomorrow? I would like to have a proper conversation but I'm aware it was my idea - is that outside your comfort zone?<br /><br />6. I haven't peeked.<br />broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-51483077363229130772013-04-29T20:42:57.356+01:002013-04-29T20:42:57.356+01:00I imagine you are either still on your way home or...I imagine you are either still on your way home or you have just arrived home and you're going to have your dinner. I don't want to upset you digestion, I've probably done enough of that in recent times, so I will just say that it was nice to really speak with you and I'm having a plaque made for that book shelf where we met. I'm going for a walk and I will write again later, probably about 10.00.<br /><br />Bye for now.<br /><br />J <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-59020002268585091262013-04-29T18:44:28.613+01:002013-04-29T18:44:28.613+01:00I will come in at about 7.15. I'll try to be t...I will come in at about 7.15. I'll try to be there for just two minutes, you need not say or do anything. I will find a way to leave your presents for you. I'm sorry if I have caused such discomfort.<br /><br />Speak to you again later?<br /><br />Oh, and no peeking until tomorrow!<br /><br />J<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-23930604236407558132013-04-29T13:57:45.390+01:002013-04-29T13:57:45.390+01:00Ohew - although I can see your comments as emails ...Ohew - although I can see your comments as emails on my phone this is the first chance I've had to reply! It's too hard to use the internet on the Blackberry, I can't respond on work computers and the system has been down most of the day on the public ones. I've snuck on my boss's one in the back office.<br /><br />I've got training upstairs until 5pm and will be on a break for half an hour some time between 5pm and 6.30pm but here til 8pm. <br /><br />It's just a bit trepidatious. I don't even know if that's a word. I also invented another word this week: be'cardiganned. <br /><br />send me more comments to brighten up my training if you like!! And come in if you want to - I thought you might anyway.<br /><br />ttfn<br />Cbroken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-55412968419808822722013-04-29T13:37:06.510+01:002013-04-29T13:37:06.510+01:00Okay, I'm assuming that you aren't there a...Okay, I'm assuming that you aren't there at the moment. So I'll revert back to visiting the library at 5.00 tomorrow.<br /><br />Please be assured there is nothing to fret about. I really don't bite, unless requested. I will be there for no more than two minutes. The last thing I want to do is spoil your birthday.<br /><br />Best wishes.<br /><br />J Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-4627703160880281352013-04-29T09:33:12.090+01:002013-04-29T09:33:12.090+01:00If my turning up is the cause of fretting, I don&#...If my turning up is the cause of fretting, I don't want you to have an anxious birthday waiting for me to arrive. I'll come in today and you can then have a peaceful day tomorrow. Let me know you have received this so I don't appear out of the blue today.<br /><br />J Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-19686064500793481322013-04-28T19:29:40.342+01:002013-04-28T19:29:40.342+01:00I don't watch much telly. I liked what I saw o...I don't watch much telly. I liked what I saw of Buffy and will catch up one day (a friend has all the series) but I don't know the others, sorry. But I do like speculative stuff!<br /><br />Some of the best ideas come strange bedfellows - or miss-hearing things e.g. one of my poems came from me miss-hearing 'Science Museum' as 'Silence Museum'.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-41374988291308133982013-04-28T18:59:24.510+01:002013-04-28T18:59:24.510+01:00Yes, it was POA, the first and probably best of th...Yes, it was POA, the first and probably best of the series in my opinion.<br /><br />Fashion and archeology, an unusual mix. Joss Weadon (Buffy, but I'm sure you knew that anyway) seems to specialise in strange bedfellows. Buffy was brilliant, Serenity was watchable, as was his Avengers film, but I haven't seen cabin in the woods. It appeared to be a bit derivative from Buffy. Have you seen it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-44413947999311873622013-04-28T18:47:16.914+01:002013-04-28T18:47:16.914+01:00'Silly answers to serious questions, a special...'Silly answers to serious questions, a specialty'broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-10096285526663194422013-04-28T18:46:31.523+01:002013-04-28T18:46:31.523+01:00'a talking chimpanzee doll' - is that some...'a talking chimpanzee doll' - is that some obscure classical reference or are you talking Planet of the Apes?<br /><br />Nevertheless, it's a story waiting to be written. The only other thing I ever wrote involving dinosaurs was about one who was brought back to life and became a fashion icon. It was called 'The Next Big Thing'. It still needs a little work.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-76230477043118530422013-04-28T18:37:03.158+01:002013-04-28T18:37:03.158+01:00It appears that you've been pretty much everyw...It appears that you've been pretty much everywhere. Have you been to the Natural History Museum in London? I think it is a T. Rex they have in one of their their main rooms. Archeologists found the largest dinosaur ever a few years back. It makes you wonder what else might be underground. I don't know enough about natural history, but an interesting story could centre around what is found at greater depths, beneath the dinosaurs, where there may be even larger monsters from earlier periods - or perhaps a talking chimpanzee doll.<br /><br />JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-40231247267107783752013-04-26T23:05:40.146+01:002013-04-26T23:05:40.146+01:00Of course, future historians won't be able to ...Of course, future historians won't be able to read this on account of the fact that we will have run out of energy in 2015. Or five past eleven in my case.<br /><br />This wine should perk me up.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-76611391199636669012013-04-26T14:31:06.545+01:002013-04-26T14:31:06.545+01:00I'm embarrassed that you've bought me stuf...I'm embarrassed that you've bought me stuff. You didn't have to do that. *blushes*broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-46033641660505648752013-04-26T14:26:02.957+01:002013-04-26T14:26:02.957+01:00p.s. I'm meeting my Missionary Uncle (who soun...p.s. I'm meeting my Missionary Uncle (who sounds even more than your Auntie from Adelaide) who is home from the Congo for tea* and then it's Roger McGough tonight. Will log in later.<br /><br />*He's not come from the Congo just for tea, you understand.broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-22633062496684148672013-04-26T14:22:41.258+01:002013-04-26T14:22:41.258+01:00I already had the visual yesterday, it was the nam...I already had the visual yesterday, it was the name I buggered up! I looked in the 100words book and stopped at the first John I came to, but it didn't <i>feel</i> like I'd got the right name. This morning I went back to it and when I got to the end and saw your name it came back to me!<br /><br />Don't worry, I'm not doing <i>any</i> more guessing now. Phew!broken birohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233920262119205474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8592591789385602191.post-52559880769305332532013-04-26T13:53:46.514+01:002013-04-26T13:53:46.514+01:00An aside here for those historians who have stumbl...An aside here for those historians who have stumbled across this page and didn't have the sensibility to stop reading at 'discombobulated'. This is 2013. Before the global crash of 2016. Ten pounds was a LOT OF MONEY in those days!!<br /><br />JMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com