Posts by David Haywood
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Thanks for all the handy advice, people!
Bob (or 'Thunderbird 2', as he prefers to be known these days) and I have been exploring hither and yon -- we're having a lovely time .
Swelteringly hot here at the moment. Another long night of writing/illustrating ahead of me; I feel as if heat stroke might take me any minute.
Hopefully St Peter provides cold beer for people who die in such circumstances .
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I'll give you a micro-discount on the new book...
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giovanni tiso wrote:
I found the MUNIs on the LA buses incredibly courteous, and I was probably the most inept customer they had encountered in quite a while.
Yes, admittedly I've had loads of super-nice bus drivers as well. In fact, this has been the only objectionable person that I've met in six weeks of California. But naturally, this encounter is the one that makes for retelling.
Geoff Lealand wrote:
I would recommend a trip to Oakland (maybe during the daytime), to visit Jack London's Tavern.
Oh, that sounds good -- will do...
And thank you both for your affirming words on the book. I think you may have averted today's crisis-of-confidence.
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Stewart explains all:
Name: stewart
Email: [withheld]Message:
You won't be surprised to hear that "muni" in Greek is a word for 'cunt'.Not sure of its true spelling (cyrillic alphabet, etc) but you can bank on that one. So maybe it wasn't the Latin they used for it, but the Greek, to portray their customer-service.
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Okay, so a bunch of people have emailed to say that they also want a discussion thread here. Fair enough!
So in the spirit of responding to our readers' wishes...
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Bit of an emotional read, that one. A nasty subject, but very nicely written... Thank you, Emma.
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Cheers for the kind words, people... [BLUSHES]
Another PAS book?
Yep, working at top speed on my next book (Bollard plays a big role). Out before Christmas, according to my cunning plan!
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Stewart wrote:
Has Lockwood done anything specific to trigger this, or is it just a flight of your own whimsy?
I guess it was just, you know, the strange timing of Lockwood's wedding and Jackson's death. I really didn't mean to make fun of anyone's marriage or leave-taking, but one can't help thinking that there surely must be some explanation for it all.
I don't know if he is as self-obsessed as this makes him sound
I actually know someone who used to work for Lockwood when he was a minister in the 4th Nat. Govt. I found inspiration in their evocative descriptions of his self-esteem...
Sacha wrote:
I am looking forward to a story featuring both Lockwood and Bollard...
Now that is an interesting concept.
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I'd have thought that any contribution that Lockwood might have made to the wonderful heritage of pop would have been something to do with Cliff Richard.
That does sound strangely plausible...
Short version, "blame it on the Smudger".
Would that be Dave 'Smudger' Smith (formerly of Norwich F.C.)? Or the character in Thomas the Tank Engine? Or, as I begin to suspect, yet another obscure Zambian reference?
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Very nice piece for a Friday afternoon.
Cheers, Andrew! We do our best to make those Friday afternoons pass as quickly as possible...
On a related note: a couple of bitter and twisted people have emailed to express scepticism about this interview -- but I can reassure everyone as to its veracity. We have a signed affidavit from Dr Smith, and furthermore, he says that if any errors of fact are discovered then he promises to resign from parliament.
So it's definitely all true.
The same thing happened to Manu Dibango.
Isn't it sad that when this sort of thing happens, everyone tries to jump on the bandwagon?