Wednesday, July 21, 2010

ABC Wednesday

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

A is for Abracadabra A magical word special to me as an anklebiter after I was given a David Nixon set set for my seventh or eight birthday.

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Parrot, You Have a Problem

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

I had a phone call last night that began with: “Hello, is that Mr Parrot?” The connection was ropey and the accent was foreign, not so much Indian call-centre, more middle European, and I wondered long it would be before I was reassured that he wasn’t trying to sell anything, or that I’d won a competition I hadn’t even entered, or there were representatives in my area that week. But he didn’t.

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