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Giving a Bull Strawberries - Philip Whiteland
I just read this a few days ago and its a nice gentle easy read. You'll get a few chuckles and reminiscent smiles at it, and it goes well with a cup of tea and a biscuit.
Gosh, what a surprise! I'm absolutely delighted :-)
Congratulations Philip.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Congratulations Philip."Thanks GL. I'm pleased to be the authorial equivalent of a digestive biscuit ;-)
Jim wrote: "Congratulations Philip"Cheers Jim. Much appreciated. :-)
Yay, a Phil book!Love his stuff. Gentle and interesting humour.
Patti (baconater) wrote: "Yay, a Phil book!Love his stuff. Gentle and interesting humour."
Thank you, Patti. I'm just reading Becoming Johnny Vegas (which is not for the squeamish or easily affronted) and it occurs to me that he would absolutely despise me for my 'gentle and interesting' humour, which is a pity because we have quite a bit in common :-)
For those wondering about the cover, it features a 30 foot stainless steel shovel :-)
A clean shiny shovel doesn't really look realistic to me.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "A clean shiny shovel doesn't really look realistic to me."So, the fact that it's 30 feet high doesn't have an impact on the realism then?
They have big people in Burton, don't they!
Jim wrote: "Well it would wouldn't itI mean"
Goes without saying, doesn't it Jim?
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "They have big people in Burton, don't they!"The direction of growth tends to be outward, rather than upward, GL ;-)
Sorry, too stuffed with pizza and brownies to think up a witty answer.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Sorry, too stuffed with pizza and brownies to think up a witty answer."Tsk! You're not part-Burtonian are you?
Not unless my Granny was misbehaving with a man from Burton in late 1936.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Not unless my Granny was misbehaving with a man from Burton in late 1936."Well, my Grandad got around a bit
So its vaguely conceivable that we could be related? No, on second thoughts, I simply cannot imagine my granny misbehaving in any way.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "So its vaguely conceivable that we could be related? No, on second thoughts, I simply cannot imagine my granny misbehaving in any way."Not even conceiving vaguely?
She didn't do anything vaguely.
Anyway, back to this 30 foot shovel. What I've said in the book about it is "Burton upon Trent has a somewhat idiosyncratic view of what street art should be. A few years ago, the good burghers of the town suddenly arranged for this huge 30 foot stainless steel shovel to be erected in a prominent position. No-one seems to know why. As an expression of pointlessness, I rather thought it fitted the tone of the book perfectly."
It's been featured in the Derby Telegraph! Have a look at this review:http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Bygon...
I'll be in Derby next week. I expect to see parades through the streets and stuff.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "I'll be in Derby next week. I expect to see parades through the streets and stuff."It gets tiresome, GL, but that's the price of fame
I can just hear the world-weary sign...
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "I can just hear the world-weary sign..."I put one of those in, and it vanished! Clearly it was a sigh of the times ;-)
Its a 'twenty past seven on a friday evening and I'm at my computer ' kind of sigh?
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Its a 'twenty past seven on a friday evening and I'm at my computer ' kind of sigh?"Guess so ;-)
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "Its a 'twenty past seven on a friday evening and I'm at my computer ' kind of sigh?"But on the positive side I've just sent off both an article AND an invoice and I'm now going out for a walk :-)
But I'll probably check a few things when I get in
When you get in from the walk that you're not going out for? I'm confused...
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "When you get in from the walk that you're not going out for? I'm confused..."We know you're confused, GL. As a matter of fact, I'm not going out for a walk either. Nor am I attempting a downhill ski slalom. On that basis, I'm quite chipper!
If you do want to do a bit of downhill skiing there's a slope in Milton Keynes.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "When you get in from the walk that you're not going out for? I'm confused..."oops sorry, now going out for.
Only I'm not now going out because I'm back
Jim wrote: "Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "When you get in from the walk that you're not going out for? I'm confused..."oops sorry, now going out for.
Only I'm not now going out because I'm back"
Was it good for you too?
Oh someone give me a strawberry!
Thats what I like to see! And taste too :) :)
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "http://wildbulljerky.com.au/images/tu...He's not happy because I ate all the strawberries."
Looks like that one that flogs cough medicine!
I'd buy the whole shopfull!
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "I'd buy the whole shopfull!"I always thought Covonia was one of those countries that Russia keeps invading
It sounds like it. Or some obscure Eastern European country which has an exiled prince in a romance novel.
Gingerlily - Elephant Philosopher wrote: "It sounds like it. Or some obscure Eastern European country which has an exiled prince in a romance novel."How do you get exiled to a Romance novel? Because, if that's possible, I'd like to be considered.
You have to be a prince to be considered. Or a billionaire playboy with a deep hurt that only the right pneumatic blonde virgin sexpot can soothe.
Oh, well that rules me out. BTW, going off topic (as if this thread has ever been on topic) did you see that the Daily Mail has a pullout guide to hair loss today? Isn't that a wonderful contradictionin terms? :-)
You think it should have been an insert then?
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Giving a Bull Stawberries The 'nostalgedy' collection Book 4 (other topics)Becoming Johnny Vegas (other topics)
The fourth book in the ever popular 'nostalgedy' series of books. However, you don't need to start at Book 1 and work through to Book 4, or even start at Chapter 1 etc., you can dip in and out at will, and it will all make sense.
Yet another collection of tales from yesterday and today, designed to bring a smile to your lips (although I can't think of anywhere else you would want a smile) and a warm glow of recollection…wherever you fancy having a warm glow, I suppose.
Here you will find a whole bunch of 'nostalgedy' stories. For those of you new to the concept of 'nostlagedy', it's a word I've coined to describe nostalgic articles where the accent is on comedy. I thought about 'comalgia' but I decided it sounded like something you would need to rub with liniment.
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