Heard you on BBC Southern Counties Radio yesterday afternoon John, with that nice Bill Buckley ! Good to be able to put a voice to the face, which is the reverse of the norm (no, I don't mean your face, I mean .... Oh you know what I mean!).
Regards, Adam
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Those five questions at the end were a bit of a bastard, though. Would have been nice to be prepared for them.
HJ
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Is not "bastard" a bad word, Martyn?
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well we cant get HJ banned from the forum can we.
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Should have been "are", of course!
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Care to share them on a 'News' post if you've got time to type them? Am sure they would have been interesting for all here who didn't hear the interview
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After all, bastards ate the result of that other word!
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I'm afraid you've got the better of me now, Al -- ooops -- Tomo. I've completely lost your thread.
But I do deprecate the use of that word here by HJ as much as by anyone else -- though I'm certain he didn't mean it offensively! With that in mind I'm not going to censor it this time.
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Martyn,
Think Tomo means that 4 letter word that begins with the letter between e and g.
Used on the N wales Police Chief thread, I'm all for free speech but that post takes the biscuit.
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Okay, I should have listened to the show on another day and anticipated being asked five questions, but I don't have the time.
The questions I was totally upprepared for were: 1: What book are you reading? Answer: I'm, not reading any books. 2: What is the most embarassing record you have ever bought? Answer: (completely stumped because I don't buy records). 3: What is the most revolting meal you have ever eaten? Answer: (completely stumped because, of course, I would prefer to forget). 4: Describe yourself in three words? Answer (after a bit of stumbling) Ex car dealer. 5: What do you drive? Answer: Mondeo. This was greeted with some derision by Bill so I had to explain that I'm not into status, I simply need a quick, decent handling, economical car the cops don't notice.
Obviously if I'd been a professional BBC guest I would have rehearsed a string of witty anectdotes about embarassing records, worst meals and would have described in great detail the last Carl Hiaasen novel I read, which was 'Sick Puppy', but that was a lifeltime ago on the beach at Bali in August. Alternatively, I might have proceeded to sell 'Java Magic', my own novel, but that's another story.
HJ
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Just because I'd like to see what everybody else says...
1: What book are you reading?
Arms & the Women- Reginald Hill
2: What is the most embarassing record you have ever bought?
The Aristocats - Walt Disney
3: What is the most revolting meal you have ever eaten?
Camel, rare. Marrakech 1987
4: Describe yourself in three words?
Ooeer.
Expat. Lazy. Opinionated.
5: What do you drive?
Dodge Ram (when poss. otherwis Audi A6)
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