Hey Mr Mercedes...

[Arch]

...I have no idea why you hooted and gesticulated as you passed me in Wetherby, (presumably I was just in your way), hence my 'palm-up shrug' signal universally recognised as meaning 'what?'. I didn't quite see your gesture in return clearly, but assumed it would deserve the 'loser' sign I gave you. Can I suggest that carrying a takeaway cup of coffee in one hand does not make for optimum car control, which is presumably why you had to dab the brakes to negociate the 3 degree bend in the road as we went over the bridge....

You all know that bit in Hitch Hikers, where it says that man always thought he was more intelligent than dolphins, because he'd invented the wheel and war and stuff while they just mucked about in the water, while the dolphins thought they were more intelligent, for exactly the same reason? It occured to me that he was the human (dashing off to see some vitally important powerpoint on sales no doubt) and I was the dolphin (planning my cafe stop and debating 'cake? or bacon butty?')

I chose cake, and damn good it was too.

 

[snakehips]

I chose cake, and damn good it was too.

Just for the record , what sort of cake was it ?

Not that there is any bad sort of cake , it's just that some cake is better than others.

Siamo tutti farabutti

 

[snakehips]

Mind you , some of these look a bit dodgy ................

http://www.repubblica.it/2006/05/gallerie/esteri/torte-brutte/1.html

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Hey Arch, I drove through Wetherby twice today. Mind you I don't have a Merc!

 

[mosschops2]

Hey Arch! Your HGTTG reference made me think he was probably one of those management consultants.... you remember when all the people on earth who don't "add value" were sent off to a different planet to everyone else (hair dressers, traffic wardens, management consultants etc)....
This party is marooned on prehistoric Earth and have formed committees to invent things to make life better. They are having a review of their work.
‘What about this wheel thingy?’ said the captain. ‘It sounds a terribly interesting project.’ ‘Ah’, said the marketing girl, ‘we have a bit of difficulty there.’ ‘Difficulty?’ exclaimed Ford, ‘what do you mean, difficulty? It is the single simplest machine in the entire universe.’ The marketing girl soured him with a look. ‘Alright, Mr Wise Guy’, she said, ‘If you’re so clever, you tell us what colour it should be!!’

Anyhow. probably one of those!!

 

[Arch]

Hey Arch! Your HGTTG reference made me think he was probably one of those management consultants.... you remember when all the people on earth who don't "add value" were sent off to a different planet to everyone else (hair dressers, traffic wardens, management consultants etc)....
This party is marooned on prehistoric Earth and have formed committees to invent things to make life better. They are having a review of their work.
‘What about this wheel thingy?’ said the captain. ‘It sounds a terribly interesting project.’ ‘Ah’, said the marketing girl, ‘we have a bit of difficulty there.’ ‘Difficulty?’ exclaimed Ford, ‘what do you mean, difficulty? It is the single simplest machine in the entire universe.’ The marketing girl soured him with a look. ‘Alright, Mr Wise Guy’, she said, ‘If you’re so clever, you tell us what colour it should be!!’

Anyhow. probably one of those!!

Spot on, an inhabitant of the Golgafrincham Ark B...

Nice to see you back/again BTW!

Snake, it was a treacle sponge. It was basically treacle held together by flour and egg....