ASTL Alan Smith To Leeds MO I am less sure. Martin ONeil? Seriously I liked the post. What are the solutions?
Sent from my iPhone D"r Michael Benjamin Community Psychiatry On 14 Jun 2011, at 12:17, "Robert Heath" <[email protected]> wrote: > Preamble: > > Omens.............I am a great believer in them, although they very rarely > turn out to have the significance i ascribe to them. (Older listers may > recall the blue and yellow parrots I used to occasionally see in Caracas > which I decided were clear signs that we were going to win the FA Cup. One > time when one of my omens did work out - unfortunately - was on the first day > of the Ashes series before last in Australia - the one we lost 5-0 - > ...........I was bunking off work to go home to watch the opening day's play, > and as I walked across the tennis courts, I happened to glance up and saw a > cloud that was the shape of Britain. Yes! I thought...........that's a good > omen. A couple of minutes later, I looked up at it again, and unbelievably, > it had changed shape, and was now the shape of Australia! And so it came to > pass that The Ashes passed from our possession to Australia's.) > > Anyway...........further background: when I am on a long drive across Europe, > I occasionally keep myself (mildly) entertained by making up sentences or > pithy phrases from the letters on German car number plates. (German plates > have a satisfyingly wide range of letters.) > > If anyone is still with me, we are nearly there. > > (Aside: has anyone else read Tristram Shandy? In case you couldn't tell, I am > reading it at the mo.) > > Yesterday, I saw two cars consecutively on the way to the airport in Munich > with the following plates: ASTL and MO. I took these to be a good omen for > us. Does anyone who has read this far want to have a go at suggesting what I > made up for these two? > > Exciting, innit? > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
