This is possibly the most uplifting piece of news I've heard all week.
Congratulations, old chap. If this isn't the textbook definition of "a step in the right direction" then I don't know what is. Perhaps when you're sober enough to type it up, I shall look forward to the exciting story of how you used the lunchtime rendez-vous to outwit your dastardly nemesis.

(I'm tempted to crack open a drink in celebration although it might confuse my housemates if I try to explain what the occasion is.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:43, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Go on, open up a flagon of 'Chateau Pondwater' for me.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:47, Reply)

Flagon?
We age our 2008 Vintage in nothing but the finest recycled 2L Fanta bottles in this Chateau, Monsieur!
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 19:49, Reply)

Sorry, Mr. Of Aramithea,
I did not intend to besmirch your doubtless impeccable bottling strategy.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:02, Reply)

It is not so much a strategy
as finding a material which is not instantly corroded by the fluid we pour into it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Sun 19 Sep 2010, 20:04, Reply)

I use a similar criteria to pick a girlfriend

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 0:13, Reply)