Angus returns from two nights away. A trip like this would once have been scheduled over four days. Now it's compacted into two so that time away from the comforts of home are minimized. Another sign I've turned into my father. This necessitates some 'hairy' airline scheduling but the Zurich weather behaves and all works well.
An unscientific name tag count indicates that Noah and Kyle have become popular names amongst the younger generation of men in dark suits. In a speech a man says '' the wall is off the table " which for those who have English as a second or third language proves to be a difficult linguistic concept.
Back In London from Switzerland Angus has time to go to the butchers ..
..... the little chocolate shop ( Angus is told by 'The Font' that he's having a chocolate free January but this doesn't prevent him planning ahead ) ...
.... and onto the little mid-Eastern delicatessen for some baklava.
A new and rather stern monument to 'The Women of World War II' has appeared in the middle of Whitehall. Coats and hats carved in black marble. It somehow looks top heavy, the figures placed too high up.
Fire and Fury has made it into the bookstores. Angus buys a copy. In the hotel elevator a remarkably tall man, he must be at least 6'7", dressed in leggings, long shorts, day-glo lime running shoes and a Cincinnati Bengals jacket takes off his ear phones and says '' Whad'you make of that ?'. Angus replies he's not started it yet. The remarkably tall man continues '' Don't believe everything you read. The lefties who write Vanity Fair wouldn't know the truth if it hit 'em between the eyes ''. He then pauses waiting for a reply. Angus decides it's best not to look at this man or talk to him. One of the universes unbreakable rules is never talk in elevators. Now I know why. As he jogs away from the hotel lobby the tall man turns around and shouts out a gratuitous '' Don't believe everything you read ".
The joys of travelling.
26 comments:
Angus - we wonder what you do? Are you a spy?
What wonderful looking London shops. How nice to spend a few hours browsing their eclectic shelves.
Julie
Lying comfortably in my Caledonian Slèeper berth, currently rolling through the Midlands en route to Euston, I'll bear in mind to steer clear of very tall men in leggings and day-glo lime when I reach London. Good advice at all times, one suspects. Have yet to meet any Noahs or Kyles among the younger cohort of geoscientists and engineers. Cheers, Gail.
Hari OM
No wall? Hah! Pipe, smoke... a few mirrors...
That memorial doesn't quite work, does it? I want to draw a line around it, between the words and the shapes. In red. YAM xx
Perhaps if the carvings had been at the bottom to anchor it then the thing wouldn't have looked so top heavy ?
Angus is an International Man of Mystery.
For a moment I thought you'd gone to Davos.
Michael Wolff seems to have been loose with the details, but the bigger story he tells surprises nobody--it fits with everything else.
The Age of Incompetence.
Memories of my advertising agency days triggered by your pictures.
An unbalanced statue making the figures look as if they're being hung; very unfortunate.
I couldn't work out why the proportions made me feel uneasy but you've nailed it. The figures do look as though they're hanging on gibbets.
Maybe if Angus told us what he did, he'd have to kill us?
What a terrible monument. It's not a very fitting memorial to those women who served and the many who gave their lives. It has the air of being designed and executed by someone who doesn't really care.
The monument is dreadful, exactly like they are being hanged. What a wasted opportunity to honor these women.
You should have smacked that moron over the head with the book. Kidding, of course, but Trump supporters will not turn on this man until Fox News tells them to.
I'd thought of sending you the book, but I couldn't find a copy of it - A few weeks ago it was sold out in all the local bookstores in and outside the beltway, go figure!
And with or without chocolates, I know it's good to be safely home; I think that Davos is a bit frostier this morning.
😊. I was wondering the same thing
Sounds to me as though the wall is slowly working its way back on to the table. Schumer's worked himself into a corner. Davos must be abuzz this morning with the arrival of the Trump entourage.
Lucky you, January is almost over.
In this case, I think you should believe every single word you read!
I agree about the statue. However, wondering if it makes more sense when viewed from a distance. Allowing the women to be seen above their surroundings?
Seems that is a very busy table: Jerusalem is off the table, but the money the US gives to Pakistan every year is on the table. Oh well, "we'll see what happens."
Lovely photo of that London road at dusk.
Stephanie Jo, where in the world are you? I miss your comments!
I love this group!
Perhaps certain names send children into certain jobs. Most Phillips I know are accountants. I don't think I'd even talk to men in leggings and glowing shirts. That's when you pretend you don't speak the language.
...oh yes, that could be it...
Hari oM
Yes C's gal... it's a sure case of style over substance, one feels! Yxx
...I was thinking that too! Yxx
If only 10% of the book is true we're in big trouble - but then we already knew that :(
Oh, and good grief - I met a young woman the other day who just named her baby GIRL Noah!!
Oh, go ahead and believe what you read. The reality is much worse.
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