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Newsletter 36 -

Very harsh but hilaire at the same time.

Typing 'Hilaire' as opposed to 'Hilarious' may well have already turned off some of you punters but I do need to give it my utmost at being a 21st century 'Street' dude. Utmost/Upmost? There's a goodie. Upcoming (which purists loathe - 'Forthcoming is the puppy) or 'Up-and-coming'? Another little banana skin which people shouldn't slip up on but it happens.

A la Ronnie Corbett in the chair, I digress.

Talking of which....a good chum (for now) reckons that Ernie Wise was funnier that Ronnie C? Oh, perleeze. He even did a survey with about 10 mates and came a big fat second though he vehemently denies it. I loved Ronnie despite his 'joke' golf clubs getting far too much airtime. (We won't talk about his shocking aberration 'Timothy'. Goodness me).

Anyway!

Last week, a headline in The Observer....

'The Isle of Wight's 'famous' Garlic Festival has been branded as a c**p day out in a book naming the UK's most woeful tourist destinations.'

....and guess who was at it last week? Aye, Linky and his nearest and dearest. The judgement is a tad OTT but very, very funny. Judgement or Judgment? Hmm...an excellent Steward's Inquiry. Inquiry or Enquiry? Hmm....oh, that'll do Salmon. It's basically an excuse for an autumn fayre with all the usual attractions (!) plus a fat 'Garlic' marquee tagged on at the end. It has been rated along with Cumbria's Pencil Museum (this is getting even funnier) as a place to avoid in a new travel guide 'C**p Days Out' by Gareth Rubin.

My family and I went to the annual horticultural show in the village recently where there were rosettes for all sorts of things. There were three entrants in the 'Best Homemade Coleslaw' category where the second and third were officially awarded 'Runners-up' rosettes. Quality. I've been in Dingly Dell for four years, having left 'The Smoke', and I'm nowhere near having made the adjustment when it comes to mindset. But, I am as happy as the proverbial local porcine chappie.

Update

My interview on Radio 2 with Tarby went swimmingly. We do like our Liza (pronounced 'Leeza' for good order). She really embraced the whole shooting-match and couldn't get enough of linking. A couple of my muckers reckoned she was flirting with me. Come come gents. Afterwards, I offered one of my Thinkalink T-shirts to her which she replied in a heartbeat.....'A round neck with this bod? No chance!'.

Good girl.

Talking of T-shirts....I mentioned that the best three linkers over the ensuing 14 days will win a signed book and a T-shirt (round neck okay for you?). The winners are Linda Chrich, Steve Mallett and Garry Coverdale. Congratulations to you, you bunch of complete linkers.

One bit of news for Sir Linkalot, off the back of that interview, is that I got a call from a prison who wants to get me in to give a presentation which is massively exciting. There are thousands of offenders who suffer from dyslexia and linking is putting a huge dent in people's spelling issues.

Your chance to get involved

The site is a meeting-place for linkers & learners alike. So if you have a link for the most outlandish fact, then ping it over to Linky - as long as it's not a stinky - and let's see if your creation gets a standing ovation. (sorry, all over the place today). As it's an evolving site, you can request anything to be linked, absolutely anything. Linking knows no bounds.

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 recently 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 Paul Newman (!) for getting the 4 answers correct thereby netting some tax free lolly to the tune of £100.

The answers were

1. 57. 2 Nine 3. Odometer 4. Mexico

Here is the next one Competition

Email the answers to Answers and you will be entered into the draw for 100 squiddly diddlies.

.....and finally

Do let me know if you'd prefer not to be 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 historical dates for no good reason other than that it's a joy....

1833 - Slavery Abolition Act (William IV) driven by William Wilberforce.....

B4 (Bill 4) the act 1 chain looked like this...8. Afterwards, it looked like this...33. (King William will be 4ceful when push comes to shove)

1815 - Battle of Waterloo....

A Waterloo 'fix' at quarter past six. (18.15)

1775 - American War of Independence began....

I'm 17 and three quarters (75%)....independence is around the corner.

1707 - Acts of Union signed by Queen Anne uniting England and Scotland creating 'Great Britain'....

The crowd are agog (letters 1 7 0 7 in the alphabet) when watching the annual England v Scotland Rugby Union match.

1620 - Pilgrim Fathers landed in America on the Mayflower....

The dads went ashore at twenty past four (16.20)

The next one is a longie but you should pick up some nice bits and bobs about the Maid of Orleans:

1431 - Joan of Arc (age 19) was burnt at the stake by Henry VI in the Hundred Years' War (1350/1450 - roughly)...

In a line-up of numbers 1 to 100, draw an arc covering the scoreline that's nearest to each other, 15 - 30. The numbers the arc would land on are 14 and 31. The numbers 13.50 & 14.50 are on either side of 14 which is how many days there are in 'Wimbledon Fortnight, SW19'. From above, you can see the letter H on a tennis court. It takes 6 games to win a set.

Phew! That last link has knackered me.

New balls please.

Cheeripip!

Regards

Sir Linkalot

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