Newspapers...

[venta]

Well, today I branched out and bought a newspaper on the way to work. I don't remember the last time I bought a paper. Today's choice was the Daily Telegraph. It has the best crossword, the best cartoonist, and at least I know where its political bias is.

And you get to play The Telegraph Game. I forget who introduced me to this. The idea is that if you look at the first three pages, you will find a large picture of at least one of

• an attractive, preferably scantily clad, woman


• a solider


• a helicopter or tank

Only just squeaked in today, though, if you count Carole Caplin in a low-cut dress..

I'm still sick of hearing about Cherie Blair. Barring two small stories on the front page, it was page 5 before I got a story which wasn't directly related to 'The Foster Affair'..

Comments

Ah yes.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

GHARRIS, as an alternative spelling of GHARRIES, a gharry being an Egyptian horse drawn cab.

George's first (G)
and
second man in a boat (HARRIS)
for
transports (GHARRIS).

Fiendish.

Nope, still not with you.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Where does the boat come in ?

Re: Nope, still not with you.

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

Oh ye of little poncey arts-studentiness.

Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men In A Boat" were George, Harris and (er, I think) Montmorency.

To say nothing of the dog...

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Montmorency the dog? That would make the third man the narrator (Jerome, I suppose).

Re: To say nothing of the dog...

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

That's why I suddenly got cold feet... I thought Montmorency was probably the dog, but I couldn't remember the name of the third man.

Anyone who suggests "Harry Lime" gets a slapping.