OVERHEARD IN HARRIS & HOOLE...
(An occasional feature)
29th November 2023
Myself and Mary Winterbourne got together this morning in Harris & Hoole. The following conversation could be overheard:
Mary Winterbourne: Well Gene, the big day is nigh.
Gene: Yes Mary, Granny Barkes Fell in Woolworth's comes out on Thursday 14th December. I've had the advance copies delivered to me yesterday. The printing looks great. Brilliant cover.
Mary Winterbourne: Wonderful achievement Gene. Wonderful for you and wonderful for Uxbridge. Will anything special happen in Uxbridge on the 14th December?
Gene: No, nothing special Mary. I had hoped for a book signing in Waterstones - but of course Waterstones in Uxbridge has closed. I will however celebrate with Marianne. We will have a meal in Nonna Rosa. Also the lads are having a get together in the Good Yarn on that evening. I am of course still banned from there but one of the lads will call over to Nonna Rosa to pick up the advance copies I have for each of them.
Mary Winterbourne: How about my advance copy Gene?
Gene: Don't worry Mary. You will receive your copy on 14th December.
NPD - 4
ReplyDeleteNPD - 3
ReplyDeleteGene, what on earth does NPD stand for?
ReplyDeleteGary Bandall
NDP stands for: Noxious Prick Detterling. And he is!
DeleteGENE
Well, if anyone would know about noxious pricks, it would be you, Gene: takes one to know one.
DeleteNor is it a coincidence that GV stands for gutless vermin.
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ReplyDeleteCOMING SOON - THE CHRISTMAS GVNPDE SWEEPSTAKE!
ReplyDeleteWhat will Tony of the Big Saloon go for?
Which way will Mary Winterbourne lean?
Will Gary Bandall, his eyes newly opened to Gene's nastiness, think it worth buying a ticket?
On the other hand, Sebastian D'Orsai can't resist a flutter...
Ducky Duckworth will, as ever, be torn between kissing Gene's arse and trying to retain his tattered self-esteem - so will he even buy a ticket?
It's a question rich in opportunity - can you afford to miss one of them?
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
And for what do the initials GVNPDE stand?
ReplyDeleteAs many as eleven regular readers of this blog [four of them psychiatrists collaborating on a paper about alcoholism, priapism, delusion and moronic stupidity] are a trifle agog to find out...
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