Veni Vidi Vado - I came, I saw, I ran away

[wedley]

I was having tea with the Dalai Lama the other day, and he gave me some pointed advice. "Quoting from the Simpsons is a lot like eating an orange," he said with a furrowed brow

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[happypea]

P.S. Why William Blake? I've seen a little bit of his art but don't really know ought about him...

[wedley]

The line "Not surprisingly, it was a voodoo doll of William Blake" was supposed to be a joke in that carving a voodoo doll of William Blake is not a common occurrence. It's just meant to be vaguely absurd, like "I was wondering where my mother was. Not surprisingly, she was on the roof eating a penguin

[pooksterpup]

Let's just be honest. Originally, it was going to be a voodoo doll of me, wasn't it? Not surprisingly.

[jenicski]

Who is Franz Kakfa?

Ah William Blake...brings back those good old English Lit year 12 memories hey Wes?

Oh by the way happy birthday for TODAY! you must feel oh so grown up now.

[wedley]

Franz Kafka was an incredibly surreal writer back in The Day. That's why I was afraid people might have read something into the reference, because his stuff is so surreal and multi-layered. I'd hate for people to think my stuff was like that. You know... good

[jenicski]

The dates on this thing must be for some other time zone I spose, cos I sent the sms before I posted that message...

It's funny how someone can be "the Greatest" at something, yet I've never heard of them. There should be some mandatory education unit at school for such things. It makes me feel like I'm missing ouut somehow.

By the way, great party last night. I hope you're very hungover.

Love Jen

[wedley]

No hangover.

Though I didn't get to bed until 8am, so I may well have just slept through it.