No More Art Notepad

I have just this minute received this in an email from a good friend of mine:

I went to get m’lumch just now in the In-Shops (forgive me, it’s close by).

I asked at the chippy for a gravy chip with peas onions.

“We can’t do thon, thons a Chinese meal so’it’us.”

“can do ye a gravy chip wi peas or a gravy chip w’onions, but not both. It’s a Chinese meal so’it’us, we’re a chippy love”.

The bit that took me to the fair was the kindly and condescending tone in which she informed me that a gravy chip w/peas & onions was a Chinese dish; as if I was a little backward and had her utmost pity for my lack of wit.

Interesting that it takes the peas/onions combo to elevate this to Chinese cuisine, perhaps they react together to form Kung Po Sauce or something?

This, from a fortune cookie opened on Tuesday 1st January 2008, suggests big things. Whether these portents are a fiscal- or life-related remains to be seen but I have faith that it will be the former.

So yeah, anyone want to discuss the relative merits of a decent haircut and clean shoes? And what about New Year’s Resolutions? I made some.
But then I also made dinner last night which means it’s your turn.

Also, my printer smells of whisky and my desk is sticky and smells of gin & bitter lemon. Have I missed something? Is something brilliant happening?