Tesco delivery van went up the hill and has just gone down again. "Someone's had their loaf" I remarked. Huge niche bonus points to anyone who knows where I cribbed that remark from.
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Jack Rosenthal. If not, shoulda been.
aug 28, 2025, 2:32 pm • 0 0 • view
No. Not close.
aug 28, 2025, 2:44 pm • 1 0 • view
I can imagine Brian Glover saying it.
aug 28, 2025, 2:55 pm • 3 0 • view
Oh, so can I now! He gets the opening line in my massive cricket piece I've been writing all summer. 10,000 words. Going up on my website in a week or two.
aug 28, 2025, 2:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Arkwright or Granville?
aug 28, 2025, 2:54 pm • 0 0 • view
Nah, if you know you know I guess. I'll leave it up another hour or two and then give the answer. Massive Clue. In the same doc, when asked if he had any regrets over a life time, he said "yes, I haven't had enough sex."
aug 28, 2025, 2:57 pm • 2 0 • view
John Betjeman?
aug 28, 2025, 3:04 pm • 1 0 • view
Did it take the massive clue? It happens about 5 mins earlier in the same doc. I think of it often. It has such a lovely casual air about it, something my Grandad might have said as an aside. Old people essentially communicate in meaningful asides.
aug 28, 2025, 3:22 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes, the massive clue gave it away, I've seen the doc and that's a memorable moment. I remember my paternal grandmother used a glorious throwaway remark on occasion; you could divulge news of a great achievement, she'd frown and say "I'm very happy for you" in the most uninterested tone.
aug 28, 2025, 3:31 pm • 3 0 • view
My Dad's reaction to my entire music career on hearing our John Peel session when it went out. "If you can get away with it boy."
aug 28, 2025, 3:38 pm • 3 0 • view
Ah yeah. It’s when he’s being pushed around in his wheelchair isn’t it?
aug 28, 2025, 3:39 pm • 2 0 • view
Sitting in the garden at that point but yes, that's the one.
aug 28, 2025, 3:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh.
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John Betjeman doc?
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