Congratulations, Mr and Mrs Lloyd
I was honoured to be invited to celebrate the nuptials of Ian Lloyd and Manda Chan, and as I set out for Swindon with shaved chin and a tie round my neck, Nongyow cryptically said “every English guy should marry a South-East Asian girl”.
Now, Lloyd’s a nice-looking lad - and he scrubbed up well - but Manda looked absolutely stunning and he is indeed a lucky bugger. It was a good bash, too - lots of gorgeous bridesmaids, nice grub with some Asian dishes (wonton and satay; I’m not still on about Manda’s cousins) and good contingent of geeks: Chris McEvoy, Simon Willison, Tim Parkin, Drew McLellan and Rachel Andrew.
Congratulations to the Lloyds. May all your troubles be little ones (tee hee).
ps: To the Ibis Hotel in Swindon: it is criminal to try to charge £5 for a sachet of Nescafé, a bowl of tinned grapefruit segments and a croissant. And not having proper coffee at breakfast is barbarism.
pps: Word to Swindon council: your town has way too many dual carriageways and roundabouts. It even confused my new SatNav. If I were you, I’d do an insurance job: torch the place, collect the insurance money and build a new town. Bung me a few bob, and I’ll do it for you.
Very nice to see you in all your fleshy goodness.
I am very upset at your attack on the Roundabouts Of Swindon. Surely you are aware that “The Magic Roundabout” in Swindon is one of the most famous roundabouts in the world!
http://www.roundabout.net/DIBcounterflow.html
January 21st, 2006 at 4:25 pm
And another thing. Are you aware that the most expensive breakfast in the UK (£224) can be found in the Midlands!
http://simon.blogs.com/snorkel/2004/09/the_worlds_most.html
January 21st, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Although to be fair the “Magic Roundabout” was voted the worst roundabout in the UK.
http://www.easier.com/view/News/Motoring/article-33515.html
Whilst the “Spitfire Roundabout” in Birmingham is the second most favourite in the UK.
http://www.spitfire-sculpture.co.uk/
January 21st, 2006 at 4:42 pm