Donkeys
Well, we sent out a cheeky test email newsletter this morning. It hasn't arrived, as far as we can tell. In the light of that and yesterday's very late arrival, we have contacted our colleagues at the New Media Centre or something.
The thrust of the conversation was that the system was like a donkey yesterday. Now it's down. Something's happened. EastEnders' newsletter is perhaps to blame, but that, as Downing Street spokesmen are fond of saying is "pure speculation".
An email has arrived from Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent, who did such sterling work on the programme last night. He was at a loose end in France after his plane went a bit haywire. He was in Mulhouse rather than Baden-Baden. One listener suggested a lovely eaterie in the place he was stranded, and another listener suggested he should have gone to Kehl from Strasbourg, and (in terms) why the hell didn't a travel editor know that?
Simon says (a) the steak house recommendation in Mulhouse would have been even more useful with a name, and (b) I am indeed aware of Kehl station, but last time I was there (December) the utterly impenetrable and bewildering ticket-issuing machine defeated me and I had something of a run-in with the railway authorities - since when I have given it a wide berth.
Say what you like, but he knows travel.
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Morning Mr Muir, morning all,
It's raining here and rather dull. Still at least I'm #1, today ;o)
oh yes, and what a traveller, never seen his like before.
It begs the question did Simon Calder arrive on a donkey? If so it might explain why the emails haven't arrived.
鈥淪ay what you like鈥
Oh yes? Thanks - I will.
G: 鈥淭hat鈥檚 all pure dessication along there. He鈥檚 got about a 15% metabolism, with an overactive thyroid and a glandular affectation of about 3%.鈥
C: 鈥淭hat鈥檚 bad.鈥
G: 鈥淲ith a 1% mentality. He鈥檚 what we designate as the crummy moronic type. All in all, this is the most gruesome looking piece of blubber I鈥檝e ever peered at.鈥
Well Eddie,
In the light of this distressing news, are you posting the Newsletter as a blog or a comment in the blog, or are we being deprived totally ?
W: 鈥淭he doctor seems reluctant to discuss his medical experiences.
G: 鈥淲ell, medically, my experiences have been most unexciting. Except during the flu epidemic.鈥
W: 鈥淎h, and what happened?鈥
G: 鈥淚 got the flu.鈥
That's the problem with anything cheeky at the Beeb - It's probably been held up by the Moderator!
I sometimes wish I was a Donkey. Only sometimes of course.
So, is it a Yes, or a No..?
At a philosophical conference a man claims to have heard "A modern language logical positivist guru' pontificating about the ultimate search for some certainty".
He (the speaker) eventually concluded that he had never heard a double positive that was a negative.
A professor from Columbia University sat back and muttered in a stage whisper.
"Yeah, yeah."
Hey, the photos have isappeare from my screen (as well as the fourth letter). Is this symptomatic or shoul i reboot?
Give the a hand!
or at least let your mouse go to battle.
xx
ed
Piper (8) - LOL!