The Grandfathers Tale.

bad form and all that, but this role really requires someone with
passable French.

 

Do you have to do all that handshaking malarky every morning?

 

only with the visiting French, or when visiting France[1].

[1] hand shaking, air-kissing, going-for-coffees-and-chats etc. is all
that anyone in our Paris offices seem to do[2] until about 11 or 11:30.
[2] each person that arrives in the office goes round everyone else
already there, and shakes hands etc.

 

I worked in Paris for a while and all the handshaking got me down,
especially as I feel physically ill when confronted with a limp wet fish
style handshake and when you shake hands with everyone in the office you're
bound to come across a couple of them.

 

it really is exceptionally tedious, isn't it?

ugh - I know exactly what you mean. "Fortunately" my direct French
contacts are mostly macho bullshitters with overly tight-grasping
handshakes.

 

That so used to piss me of during my spell working there, well that
and the be in the office first thing - where first thing for me was
08.30 and for the frogs around 11.00.

 

Yes, FWIW you're #39. Wear it with pride. Use it responsibly. Think of
the children.

<returns to another dimension>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Wiglaf Noxgaga

I shall.

I shall.

<waves goodbye>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

<notes faint smell of sulphur in the air>

 

Now that's not very nice, is it. Still got the 'fucking' t-shirt?

 

Yep, and proudly wore it a few weeks back when doing a gig. It is a
prized possession.

 

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