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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Robert Heath
Sent: 14 June 2011 10:17
To: Rick Duniec; [email protected]
Subject: [LU] Bored (longish.)

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?
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