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Newsletter 34 -

Oi, Mickey G! A word in your shell-like, son...

Well slap my thigh and call me Judy. A fortnight ago, of a Saturday morning, I was asked by a Berkshire headmaster (Alastair G*****), who is on the local council, to come up and canvass for the Tories in the local elections in the vain hope of meeting my Holy Grail, Michael Gove. (Did you know that 'Fortnight' is short for 'Fourteen night'? To quote another famous Michael - not a lot of people know that). The head, Ali G - which is how I address him, even though he is in his late 50s - lives in Mickey G's constituency and, sure enough, I met up with the man himself....for over an hour over a pub lunch in a delightful beer garden. Can you believe it??????????? He loved the whole shooting-match, asking for a copy of both my books and my testimonials. He said he'd be in touch which he was, within a week. He wants me to come in and present to his senior officials at the Department of Education............hello! To say that I'm all over the place is absolutely nowhere near. Come on Govey Wovey, roll this bad boy out nationally. The only downside to this most fortuitous of mornings was that I probably cost Ali G his place on the local council by knocking on doors in my Sir Linkalot regalia and my Shrek-like looks, asking them to vote for the Tories. Saying that, Bagshot in Surrey aint exactly Scargill territory. So it probably made naff all difference. My plan was always to hunt down our Glasweigan Cabinet minister but I didn't see it coming this quickly.

A quick 'celeb' spot......I was at a school recently presenting to some 6 and 7 year olds. Quite often, some parents are in attendance so they can use these tips and tricks at home which works very well. Anyway, I asked the children who can spell 'Flood' and a girl put her hand up and rattled it off in a heartbeat. I said 'Gosh, that was quick' and asked her if her mother was one of the ten or so listening in at the back and she said 'No, but my dad is.' So I looked up and did an understandable double-take as it was Macca, Sir Paul McCartney, himself! Later on, I asked the parents if they could spell diarrhoea which he had a stab at and wasn't up to the task. I should have said 'Listen McCartney. You stick to your music and I'll do the educational bit....got it!' But I nambied out. Still, we do so love a bit of 'Celeb' action once in a while. He loved the whole thing and joined in as much as he could. The joy.

Why don't pencil sharpeners work anymore and can people please, for the love of God, stop overusing the painful expression 'Here's a thing'!

Linky, oot and aboot.

Tomorrow at 11am I am doing a book-signing in a fabby book shop in Hove called 'The Book Nook' (www.booknookuk.com). Last week, it was short-listed (1 of 4) for The Bookseller Industry Awards category – Children’s Independent Bookseller of the Year. This is a huge achievement for a shop that is only two years old. If you happen to be in the vicinity, I'll be giving a 45 minute presentation to about 20 or 30 local children (8 to 15 year olds) who will be challenged to come out with links with signed books and t-shirts for the best efforts. BBC South East are planning on coming down. So, if you want to see Sir Linkalot at his bonkers best, infecting Sussex's children with the incurable linking lurgy, then come on down! The price is always right. 83 year old Bruce has just signed another contract with the Beeb for 'Strictly'. Not only does he play a good game, he plays a long one too.

Your chance to get involved

The site is a meeting-place for linkers & learners alike. So if you have a link for a fact regardless of how 'What in heaven's name?' , then chuck it over in Sir Linkalot's direction and let's see what magic he and his chivalrous chums can conjure up. Also, you can request anything to be linked, absolutely anything. We can link the unlinkable.

Feedback

I would love to get your thoughts and observations on the site, good or bad. This has been a passion of mine since 1995 and it's finally come to fruition which is hugely exciting. However, it's all new territory for me. I would also appreciate your thoughts on the two books if you have parted with some lolly and bought one/both of them - any feedback is good feedback! So any guidance or tips on what does and doesn't work will be warmly received - please let me know by sending an email to Feedback

Competition

Congratulations to Ella Crawshaw for getting the 4 answers correct thereby increasing the contents of her coffers by 100 sovereigns.

The answers were....

1. Charm 2. Daydream 3. Misdemeanour 4. Quasi

Here is the next competition....

May Competition

Email the answers to Competition answers and you will be entered into the draw for £100

......and finally

Do let me know if you'd prefer not to contacted in this way and I'll take you off my newsletter circulation list. If that is the case, please accept my apologies.

Let's finish off with some links for Sam Cam's hubby's Cabinet....

Education/Michael Gove....The School Governor

Defence/Liam Fox......A Fox burrows under De fence to catch the chickens.

Transport/Philip Hammond......Hammond tomato is a typical filling for a British Rail sandwich

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (aka DEFRA)/Caroline Spelman.....'Why shorten it to DEFRA?...'Coz 'Environment' is too difficult to spell, man.'

Business, Innovation & Skills/Vince Cable....A cable laid on the ocean bed was an innovation which helped world business. Good skills!

Northern Ireland/Owen Paterson.......Is Pat a son's name for an Irishman?...Oh, yes.

Foreign/William Hague.....When talking to foreigners, don't be vague Hague.

Justice/Kenneth Clarke...'Truth, justice and the American way' (Clark Kent)

Of course, these links fall apart when they all get done for claiming they've only got 3 points on their respective licences.

June already? Isn't the Summer just the mutt's danglers?

I keep hearing people say that Summer starts on the Summer Solstice i.e June 21st but that is Mid-Summer's Day. It also implies that Summer ends on Sept 21st? They're soooooo wrong.

Either way, we do love a Steward's.

Cheeripip!

Regards

Sir Linkalot

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