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This year, I did not forget g-soup day. I remembered and went looking for some gazpacho in the supermarket, but sadly they didn’t have any. They must have had a rush on and sold out. I was going to post a timely message of best wishes here, but the asparagine was down for some reason. Today is the 28th, but by the power of timestamp editing, I shall make it look like I was right on time, and no one will be any the wiser. Err. Yes.

To celebrate this year, I thought I’d link to the wikipedia article about our favourite soup to serve cold, which has pictures, a recipe, and reference to the origin of this great day. Enjoy!

I was also wondering how much longer I will go on remembering this day. It is an old tradition and I still have the first card I received, but other than habit I’m not sure why I do it. It’s a bit like saying “may the forth be with you”. You just don’t forget it. Anyway…

Happy Gazpacho Soup Day!

On Sunday I took Gir to the recording of a BBC Radio comedy called “Another Case of Milton Jones”. Here is some photographic evidence. Appologies: my phone really isn’t any good at taking pictures in the dark, but then I didn’t get it for the camera. I got it cos it looks nice. And I can call and text. I digress.

The second one from the left is Milton. I should really do the other actors justice and give them credit too, but I can’t be bothered to look up their names right now.

I heartily recommend radio recordings as a source of quality free entertainment. Not only did we have the comic of the script but we had the entertainment of cock-ups, plus Milton’s mini stand-up set (serving as audience warm-up) had many of our favourite gags. I want to go again, but it was the last in the series.

The shows “will be out next year”, which really narrows it down.

Search for “the answer to life the universe and everything”

Those geeks at Google are so great.

This is nice: http://www.google.co.uk/doodle4google/index.html The winner is on google.co.uk homepage today.

Wish I was young enough to enter.

Has everyone noticed that manufacturers of bathroom cosmetics have started putting a little logo on the label resembling an openning tub or pot, with either 12M, 24M, 36M inside? It has been troubling me for some time that I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. I tried googling, but was let down by not being able to figure out the best search terms.

I asked Gir, who said it was to do with how old your baby has to be in months before he can open it when you’re not looking, so you can store your shampoo out of reach of your 1-year-old, but leave him playing with your “24M” moisturiser safe in the knowledge that he can’t open it. This satisfied my curiosity for a while, but then I started looking at all the bottles and things in the bathroom (as you do), and comparing them for easy-open-ability, and wasn’t convinced.

When I began typing this article, it was going to be a plea for someone to tell me what it really meant, but up there, about 2 seconds after typing the word “googling”, I was inspired to try wikipedia. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. I entered “12M” and the first article up in the results was, would you believe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12M

Bingo! So now I know. Doubtless, dear readers, you all knew this already though, didn’t you?

Went to Harrods this afternoon. While there, I realised there are reasons I’ve never really looked round it much before, and they are a) everything is so expensive and b) it’s full of tourists. I resist the temtation to swear.

Imagine for a second the price tag on a beanie hat. A designer (D&G) one, so don’t expect cheapness. Would you think eighty quid?! I had to laugh. Eighty? Who buys stuff like that? The rich, and dumb tourists who haven’t got to grips with the exchange rate. They get their calculator out, and assume the decimal point is in the wrong place. “Eighty pounds?” they say. “No, surely it must mean eight, which is a bargain. Sold!”

I did enjoy looking round though. The furniture department was amazing (I didn’t dare look at any prices in there), even if if was like going round a museum, with its “do not touch” signs. Plus I think the sound and vision section is actually ideal for browsing dozens of makes and models… before you go to Argos and get the same for 75% of the price.

The four of us had lunch in the tapas bar in the basement. It was a good meal with booze — Harrods lager, incidentally, is not bad at all — plus dessert and coffees. It was also an expensive meal. Thanks A!

To sum up, it’s a fine place to go shopping, and if you’ve won the lottery, all the better — you can buy stuff too.