Comments on: Do Not Adjust Your Set

By: rarg

rarg — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:10:25 +0000

Heh, that’s nothing. I share my name with an Australian Motorcross Champion, a profoundly camp bloke who moderates on a Kate Bush forum (and, I suspect, is also a major contributor to a Tori Amos forum, so at least he has good taste), and a not-very-good footballer (left-footed) who plays for Rochdale Accidental or something.

And there I was, throughout my teenage years, convinced I had the uniquest of names.

By: susie

susie — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:08:14 +0000

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG! I’m so sorry for not getting back to you: I am telephonically challenged (there’s a note in my diary which says ‘phone rarg!!!!1!’ which dates from, er, last Wednesday) and generally craptastic.

Apologies for slight rubbishness of website at the mo: still fiddling, hence no big announcement to the universe – but yes, book is out in a few weeks, reckon you might be amused by it.

More importantly, you have exciting news of your own to impart I believe – will email you with address and await the postman. And promise to give you a call soonest as it has been absurdly long since we caught up!

Didn’t know about the female bodybuilder, just about some lesbian activist lady in NYC. Here was me thinking I had an interesting near-unique name…

By: rarg

rarg — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:50:15 +0000

So there I was, idly stalking old friends on Google and Myspace, when I typed your name in and discovered you have a webpage with your name on it. And it is you and not a female bodybuilder!*

I am in a sea of joy for you! So is Mrs Rarg! A collection of paper in a colourful binding for us to buy!

(I wish I’d discovered all this before I left you yet another episode in a short series of answerphone messages, because then I would have been bellowing with glee down the phone at you instead of begging you to call, which is undiginified)

Speak soon, dear scribbler.

*There is a female bodybuilder with your name. Did you know? Crazy!

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:14:00 +0000

Ech. I was being a bit insensitive. But I haven’t even got to read the LAST ONE YET!!!

I think the stick insect is the best thing in it.

By: Rocrastinator Extraordinaire

Rocrastinator Extraordinaire — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:26:00 +0000

@ J: sorry, if they hadn’t closed the bloody post office down the road, blah blah. Will try to get things in the post tomorrow. Apologies for not making sense: sometimes I forget that other people occasionally turn off their televisions. (And for being grumpy cow yesterday: was in flail mode re B&L, oh dear.) *hugs SP*

@ AngryKid: yay! Glad you approved. And yes, tell everyone you know. And people you don’t know. Carpetbomb the streets of Reading with unsubtle BUY THIS! messages if you like. (Actually, don’t do that, you might get arrested…)

And yeah, what exactly is it about that stick insect that is so very fascinating? Is he thinking ‘wow, this stick insect has more creidibility than me right now’ perhaps?