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Valery P and Fearless Fred send these lovely postcards..

Comments

1. At 12:45 PM on 19 Jul 2007, The New Blog Prince aka Marc wrote:

   Am I allowed to enter this competition as a ´óÏó´«Ã½ employee? The postcard from FF certainly looks like it's (LOCATION DELETED BY ´óÏó´«Ã½ COMPLIANCE UNIT) where I spent an enjoyable few days recently.

2. At 01:14 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Aperitif wrote:

   Yey! Well done Val and Fearless! As it happens I just sent off two pointless postcards to a friend this morning (pointless becasue I am not even on holiday!) Must think of a pleasantly silly one for Eric and co.

3. At 01:14 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

   Nice try Marc. But we all know the Compliance Unit was itself deleted last week by the Compliance Compliance Unit. And even their fate hangs in the balance.

   To infinity and beyond! as one of my all-time heroes likes to say.

   I wouldn;t trust that first postcard. Something distinctly fishy about it. I reckon it cod be a fake.

4. At 01:16 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Stewart M wrote:

   Mr Muir has, in the past, offered prizes in our pointless blog competitions. Has anyone ever recieved their prizes?

   But unfortunately I suspect rules will prevent The new Blog Prince aka Marc from entering.

   But just change your name ;-) Its apparently always worked in the past with other quiz's.

   Must find a post card to send.

5. At 01:40 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Rachel G wrote:

   Eddie, I think you need to give your scanner a dust. I dunno about truth and decency at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ but cleaning standards are obviously on the slide...

6. At 01:46 PM on 19 Jul 2007, The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

   Jason (3):

   Actually, the Compliance Compliance Unit was outsourced a fortnight ago as "CompliAunt plc".

   All compliance complaints should now be redirected via their parent holding company registered in Tuvalu.

7. At 02:01 PM on 19 Jul 2007, RJD wrote:

   Jason (3) "it cod be a fake" - perhaps, but more likely a hake.

8. At 02:19 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

   RJD (7): I feel a right prawn now. Rather shellfish of you to keep carping on at me like this. Well, now I've fallen off my perch and am feeling tench I shall depart - I haddock realised the time.

9. At 02:21 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Val P wrote:

   Well now - my gast is so flabbered that..
   
   a) this arrived in the same century as the others I sent home
   b) you haven't lost it (yet)
   c) you resurrected the Pointless Blog Postcard Thingy just in time to use it!

   Cheers Eddie! Join me on the Beach later for some Limoncello? I'm not usually a fan of the liqueur, but the lemonyness of this one veers the taste away from sickliness. Now I'm not sure that sounds like too much of a selling point? but it is really delicious with an espresso on the side.
   It was well worth the effort I had to make to nestle it and the enormous container of e.v.c.p.olive oil from the oleifeico behind the hotel, in amongst the dirty washing in my suitcase. I discovered after I'd bought them that I couldn't take liquids home in my hand luggage. Still by the time I'd decanted all my shoes into the latter it all just about evened out.

   Although, on a slightly more serious note, I think I could probably have transported a small baby elephant through the extremely disinterested security gate at Milan Bergamo airport. Kind of makes a nonsense of all the extra precautions in the UK......

10. At 02:21 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Humph wrote:

    The one bottom right of ValP's - a Limone Sole, I believe.

    H.

11. At 02:22 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Electric Dragon wrote:

    In actual fact neither Fred nor Valery exist and they are solely the creations of Blog Prince Marc who is having to write all of Eric's postings while simulaneously cut-and-pasting sixteen dodgy press releases into the Science section of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ News website, making up seven emails to Watchdog and pretending to be a competition winner on Saturday Kitchen.

    Meanwhile all other TV channels are as clean as the driven snow. And if you believe that, I have this bridge I want to sell you...

12. At 02:30 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Gillian wrote:

    A hake, RJD? Doesn't it say ''Lemon Sole'' in Italian? A nice plaice, anyway!

13. At 03:24 PM on 19 Jul 2007, RJD wrote:

    Oh! just Brill, make a simple comment and all the puns start. I thought you were Floundering towards the end though Jason, but we’ll Skate over that. Humph & Gillian – you’ve both Dab-hands at this aren’t you?

14. At 03:47 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

    Great Postcards. I am already sending my postcards.

15. At 03:49 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Val P wrote:

    Oh dear, oh dear, now how did I know my pc would give you the operchancity to cast out all those old puns...

16. At 04:11 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Kippenbod wrote:

    Perhaps the time has come to clam up with the fishy puns and enjoy that glass of limoncello.

17. At 04:12 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Carl wrote:

    Dear Mr Mair (or are you just pretending?)

    Have the ´óÏó´«Ã½ considered the copyright implications of scanning all of these postcards. I am sure the images are the copyright of someone? But then these days the ´óÏó´«Ã½ just couldn't care less!! ONLY JOKING! I will send you one from Bavaria next week, actually I'll be in Switzerland but you'll never know the difference.
    Admit it.. your interactive experience.. is it real? Are the contributors who they really say they are? Are you really who you say you are? Is there really anyone at PM? Does Peter Rippon really exist? Are you not the same people as do the Today programme? I've noticed that Carolyn is the only one who owns up to being the same person on both programmes. Come on Mr Naughtie.. or should I call you Mr Mair? You ´óÏó´«Ã½!! Really trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

18. At 04:17 PM on 19 Jul 2007, RJD wrote:

    Val P - "how did I know my pc would give you the operchancity to cast out all those old puns"

    Well you had past experience to Goby. Humph and Gillian were just Whiting for a chance to join in and as for Jason well, 'Eel do anything for a lark. (Now I may have said lark but that doesn't mean you should start with the bird puns!)

19. At 04:34 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

    RJD (17): I'm feeling a great tit. ´óÏó´«Ã½ sound effects, anyone?

20. At 04:42 PM on 19 Jul 2007, b carbury wrote:

    Please tell me the Sony Awards were real.

21. At 04:52 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Val P wrote:

    Cheers Kippenbod - my plaice or yours?

22. At 04:57 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Gillian wrote:

    Jason(19) You're feeling a great tit? Well I'm cock-a-hoop!
    RJD(18) You keep pigeon 'em and we''ll bat them away!

23. At 05:16 PM on 19 Jul 2007, The New Blog Prince aka Marc wrote:

    B Carbury @ 20

    Yes, the Sony awards were real.

    The one we won for Best Interactive programme is still proudly in the Editor's possession :-)

24. At 06:37 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

    Re Gillian (22) and we''ll bat them away

    Are we on to flying mammels now? Do you welcome them or do Horseshoe them away? It is good to see RJD again. I do not think that I have welcomed Humpback. Swimming mammels, anyone?

    H.

25. At 07:15 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

    I already sent my postcard. The only thing I want is to make sure they arrived. Thanks.

26. At 10:41 PM on 19 Jul 2007, wrote:

    I won't be sending a postcard as I'm not going away.

    I will however be taking pictures for this years advent calendar. I'm already planning for it.

    Roberto we always look forward to your contributions so I can't wait for your postcard.

    Mary

    PS what does CPUR mean?

27. At 10:59 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Aperitif wrote:

    You're all barmy. I like it.

28. At 11:47 PM on 19 Jul 2007, Frances O wrote:

    Val, forgive me if this's been mentioned before - v long day, ain't gonna scroll through every post today, lazy so-and-so, but apart from that (Lord Copper):

    Limone - makes me think of grilled fish with lemon, or even lemon sole, oh, hungry now, and it's too late at night for snacks.

29. At 09:26 AM on 20 Jul 2007, Molly wrote:

    Eddie or Marc

    Where do we send them ?

    Mollyxx

30. At 11:30 AM on 20 Jul 2007, Molly wrote:

    I know- silly me!
    Thanks anyway.

    Mollyxx

31. At 06:48 PM on 20 Jul 2007, Val P wrote:

    Frances O - well sole was one of the few fish we didn't eat there, but I'm having some tonight instead :o)

    As well as visiting the Olive Oil "factory"/museum, Kippenbod and I had a trip through the Lemon Museum, or Castle of Lemons as they prefer to call it! Then we visited a real castle in Malcesine, where there were 2 weddings going on - ve-ery romantic setting. One of the weddings was English, with all English guests, still at least they were assured of fabulous July weather!