tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post610001688105475892..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Robert Crampton, Great Wakering and fan mailBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-52056944440160407892008-11-02T17:57:00.000+00:002008-11-02T17:57:00.000+00:00I've never sent a fan letter, but I once called a ...I've never sent a fan letter, but I once called a Wall Street Journal reporter and left him a voice mail complimenting him on a story about the German Air Force training in Texas, in which he quoted a Sergeant Schultz of the German Air Force saying about some topic of interest, "I know nothing about it."Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902329503560660425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-20215858128277474442008-10-31T18:37:00.000+00:002008-10-31T18:37:00.000+00:00Thank goodness, I thought I'd broken Bryan's blog ...Thank goodness, I thought I'd broken Bryan's blog already.<BR/><BR/>Rest assured, if I do nothing else with my remaining fortnight here, I will strive with every fibre in my being to ensure Malty is properly recognised as a National Treasure.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10372893654585186732008-10-31T15:25:00.000+00:002008-10-31T15:25:00.000+00:00I reckon Malty already is a National Treasure. He ...I reckon Malty already is a National Treasure. He should be elevated to World Heritage Site status, at the very least...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-2548072167326705822008-10-31T15:23:00.000+00:002008-10-31T15:23:00.000+00:00As the inestimable Rod Liddle said "to Londoners, ...As the inestimable Rod Liddle said "to Londoners, anyone living outside of the Capitol is a Northerner"<BR/>My second language is Romulan Elberry, English my third. If the nation would care to bequeth Ava Gardiner (refurbished of course) that will do nicely, reculsant.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43077794246970852592008-10-31T14:20:00.000+00:002008-10-31T14:20:00.000+00:00"is it possible to nominate Malty as a National Tr..."is it possible to nominate Malty as a National Treasure?"<BR/><BR/>i'd second that, though i fear he would only pass muster with Nu Labour's goons if English was his second language. i suppose he could claim Geordie is his first language, to London folk that's perhaps as strange as Urdu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28703927187210133732008-10-31T12:01:00.000+00:002008-10-31T12:01:00.000+00:00Do the transhumans have a policy regarding "Great ...Do the transhumans have a policy regarding "Great Wakering"?<BR/><BR/>Maybe they will create new human waste management technologies? and of course the reading matter will be zapped into your brain at the speed of light, you might have to find other things to worry about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-22789567021321363222008-10-31T09:50:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:50:00.000+00:00Slightly off the point, I know, but is it possible...Slightly off the point, I know, but is it possible to nominate Malty as a National Treasure? <BR/><BR/>You know the thing: grateful nation gives him large house and estate and capital sum commensurate with that; he responds by continuing to proffer words of sound wisdom and mildly mocking humour?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-12855891451430207182008-10-31T09:44:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:44:00.000+00:00Dear Brit,I love your posts. I think your really r...Dear Brit,<BR/>I love your posts. I think your really really great. My mum says much better than the last incumbent and can she have a signed photo???<BR/>BW (no. 1 fan)<BR/><BR/>I remember Crampton's interview walking about with survivalist Ray Mears - it was quite funny but I wonder how they really got on. Mears is far too portly to be a proper survivalist, isn't he? Surely some mistake - like Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66710891147253659032008-10-31T09:08:00.000+00:002008-10-31T09:08:00.000+00:00An ex girlfriend used to bombard Dusty Springfield...An ex girlfriend used to bombard Dusty Springfield with fan mail, hence her becoming ex, I couldn't compete, nor could she, with Madelaine Bell (younger viewers just stick the names in the Hawaiian bus thingey).maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.com