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….includes the Golden Hind in Maylebone Lane.
Not a Michelin star to be seen.
First opened in 1914, the first 3 generations of owners were Italian,
the 2 most recent Greek.
Dinner for 2 (F&C, mushy peas, BYO, no corkage: about £20.
Owner shakes your hand when you leave.
Choice
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It’s an established fact that George W. Bush and Tony Blair are a couple of bona fide ratbags.
Not only did they lie and cheat their way in the history books – they’ve been depriving me of a choice of beers for the last 3 years since the foiled attempt to smuggle liquid explosives onto aircraft in 2006.
Now, it’s not as if Germany isn’t a beer-drinking country, but you’d be astounded at the limited range of bottled beers from craft breweries available at normal retail outlets.
Guinness. Budovar. Pilsner Urquel. Hooligans/O’Dour/substitute Irish-sounding name.
Not so in England. Or America. The north-east bit, at least
The trick is getting them into (and out of) the suitcase in one piece.
Method 1:
Bottle, sock, shoe.
Good: Snug fit, shock-protected
Bad: Constrained by numbers of size 12(46) shoes
Method 2:
Bottle, t-shirt
Good: Availability of t-shirts
Bad: Lack of significant shock protection
Method 3:
Bottle,sock/t-shirt/corrugated cardboard fruit tray
This is the ultimate solution.
Takes 6 bottles lined side by side, snug fit, shock-protected, stable transportation
Success rate: 100%
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Come back and talk to me after the World Cup’s over…..
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The Private Eye editorial team was signing their 2009 Annual at Selfridges the other day, well supplied with sandwiches (some left over) and red wine (none left over…..)
The editor, Ian Hislop (2nd from right), is aprocryphically the most
sued man in Britain.
Which is what happens when you’re the only investigative journalistic
publication in the UK worth its salt.
I asked his neighbour to the left whether they were responsible for all that libelous trash.
“Yes” he said “I suppose we are”
“Good on you” I said “Keep up the good work”
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Question on immigration form:”Are you a natural-born resident of Singapore?”
Honesty invited the response: “No, I was delivered by caesarean section.”
*Act 5 Scene 8
Macduff:
Despair thy charm, And let the angel whom thou still hast served Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb Untimely ripp’d.
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Expectation
Need help? Our email service is the one to choose. Here’s why:
Reality
Thanks for contacting Vodafone customer care.
We’ve received your Email and will be contacting you within 5 days.
Update#1
A response is forthcoming which has nothing to do with my questions – one’s ignored, the other wrongly answered – but “I’m sure the above information is helpful…” says Sudhir.
I graciously decline to participate in a “short customer feedback questionnaire” to tell them how wonderful their service is.
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I don’t spend much on clothes these days.
I’ve still got all my business suits, button-down Oxford cotton shirts from Ralph Lauren and Cole Haan shoes, but I tend to wear shorts and t-shirts from April to September and then denims and sweaters for the rest of the year.
So clothes shops don’t see much of me,as a rule.
I do have one failing and that’s for cashmere sweaters.
I buy a new one each year and I have 2 fashion advisers at P&C, a fashion emporium.
(I call it a clothes shop.)
In Frankfurt, it’s Frau Hirn and in Mainz, it’s Frau Weiss.
“Hirn” in German means “brain”.
And “weiss” comes from “Wissen”, which is “knowledge.
Talk about all clued up…..
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From: Simon Edhouse
Date: Monday 16 November 2009 2.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Logo Design
Hello David,
I would like to catch up as I am working on a really exciting project at the moment and need a logo designed. Basically something representing peer to peer networking. I have to have something to show prospective clients this week so would you be able to pull something together in the next few days? I will also need a couple of pie charts done for a 1 page website. If deal goes ahead there will be some good money in it for you.
Simon
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 16 November 2009 3.52pm
To: Simon Edhouse
Subject: Re: Logo Design
Dear Simon,
Disregarding the fact that you have still not paid me for work I completed earlier this year despite several assertions that you would do so, I would be delighted to spend my free time creating logos and pie charts for you based on further vague promises of future possible payment. Please find attached pie chart as requested and let me know of any changes required.
Regards, David.
Continues at http://www.27bslash6.com
HT to Boing Boing
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