From: Peter Ceresole on
Somebody delivered a box to our house, addressed to the house opposite.
Nobody came for it, so I walked across and rang the bell. An African
lady came down, and said 'Oh, it's my new shoes!' And I said, meaning
it, 'You'll look great...'

She peered at me closely and said 'You have lovely eyes.' What more is
there to say? Clearly the Africans of Peckham are a people of taste and
judgement.
--
Peter
From: Pd on
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Somebody delivered a box to our house, addressed to the house opposite.
> Nobody came for it, so I walked across and rang the bell. An African
> lady came down, and said 'Oh, it's my new shoes!' And I said, meaning
> it, 'You'll look great...'
>
> She peered at me closely and said 'You have lovely eyes.' What more is
> there to say? Clearly the Africans of Peckham are a people of taste and
> judgement.

And obviously impeccable manners. I was so proud of myself that when I
first met you I didn't blurt out "Christ! That's a conk and a half!"

Oops. That's torn it.

--
Pd
From: Peter Ceresole on
Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:

> And obviously impeccable manners. I was so proud of myself that when I
> first met you I didn't blurt out "Christ! That's a conk and a half!"

But it's a geat conk. When I had an op on the inside of my nose to clear
it, the surgeon offered to straighten it as a collateral action. I asked
him not to, and he didn't.

> Oops. That's torn it.

Yup. Sworn enemies from now on. I shall fix you with my lovely eyes.
--
Peter
From: Pd on
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>
> > And obviously impeccable manners. I was so proud of myself that when I
> > first met you I didn't blurt out "Christ! That's a conk and a half!"
>
> But it's a geat conk.

Ah, yes. That's what I meant to say.

--
Pd
From: Martin S Taylor on
Pd wrote
> Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> And obviously impeccable manners. I was so proud of myself that when I
>>> first met you I didn't blurt out "Christ! That's a conk and a half!"
>>
>> But it's a geat conk.
>
> Ah, yes. That's what I meant to say.

Well, provided the word was indeed 'conk' then I suppose that's fine.

MST