LotUS] Nice to meet you Luigi Gawedoman.

I'd just like to report a conversation that just happened right infront of my very eyes in my office:

Scene: Manager is talking to new resource who has arrived in Paris and who had his cellphone stolen on his first day here.

Manager: So what did you think of your "welcome" to Paris?
Employee: Yes, I went walking at the weekend.
Manager: No. I mean your "welcome" to Paris.
Employee: Oh! Thank you.
Manager: Nevermind.

[JLE] Well, yes, that's true. But my name is more or less entirely 'Asian' with an Arabic/Muslim first name and a Sinhalese surname.
[BtD] Not even close but it's a great idea for a pseudonym!

[Chalky] You know you were asking whether we had a make-up artist. Well, we still don't and only just over a week to go, so if you have any leads now's the time to mention them. :-)

I saw some Sinhalese writing a while back, it had a really lovely look, all circles and spirals. That observation isn't really relevant to anything, it's just LotUS's comment reminded me of it.

Yes it is very beautiful - learn about it here.

[Tuj, BtD & anyone else who's interested] We had a truly splendid time at the Theatre Royal Winchester last night. I won't spoil anything by talking about either the guest or the content - [the shows go out on the 17 & 24 Nov as the first two of the series] - but I'll be interested to hear how they edit at least 2 and a half hours of quality stuff into neat half hour slots. It's a small theatre - perfect for comedy. On several occasions the tears really were rolling down my cheeks. Humph was magnificent [doesn't he work hard?] and we even managed to 'mingle with the stars' after the recording.
[Tuj] re. your comments in AVMA - I managed to get tickets because penelope, back in the summer, on receipt of the BBC4 online newsletter [or suchlike], posted in MCiOS the 3 venues and dates for this series. I'm only half an hour's drive from Winchester so I rang the theatre - all tickets were sold within 2 hrs. We were lucky.

So unfair... My partner saw it live ten years ago, so my chances of going to see it are slim I feel. Back to the anagrams, would it help you to guess if I told you I'm not male?

You can get some quite rude anagrams from my real name.

Michael!?

[Angus Prune] Do you have a long surname?

Angus] Marie Fen-Patern?

Sorry Boolbar X-posted.

Got it. Boolbar is Native American - Michael Elk Bear Dawn.

[Chalky] Having seen it in Bournemouth (Pavilion Theatre, Mon 30th Oct, 2000, 7:30pm, as my treasured ticket tells me - and Sandi Toksvig laughter rings in my ears yet) not too long ago, my memory should have recalled you need to be pretty sharp to get'em. Never mind.

and so is no-one going to identify my earlier anagrammatical impersonation?

Projoy?

All anagrams of Timothy Saward - damned clever :-)

[Cdm] that is so clever

Projoy - could you email me? (crossposted from Orange, for which I apologise)

[CdM] And what's more, I puzzled over them for ages yesterday. I'm also completely rubbish at Countdown too. [Dunx] Email received and replied to.

[Ibid] So close!

...meet David Willink.

[MF] Correcto! - just the wrong order

CdM] That was brilliant.
Boolbar] Nice to meet you Blake Micheal Andrew.

...is my favourite anagram of my (full) real name.

Could I just repeat my request for the monthly music supplement that came in last Sundays Observer? *waves money*

[FG] Mick God-Adorer H. Warren? Sounds like a tele-evangelist. :o)

...would be longish. I wonder if I can come up with one.
[FG] Ow! Order keg, mr Arachnid!

[Boolbar] I think I can get a copy from a friend this evening. Where do I send it again?

[Chalky] Ooooh! That would be splendid! email above. expenses paid etc.

[Boolbar] Am wondering if I translated your email address correctly. If so, there should be one waiting for you.

[Chalky] Yes, you are nestling between the nice African chappy who wants to share his fortune with me and the breast enlargement emails.

I'm feeling kinda jealous of all the people with glib anagrams, like Fat German.

[Néa] The short form of your name yields "Lager liken manna"...whatever that means. I'm currently feeding your full name (assuming it really *is* what you put on your webpage :) into my anagram generator...which is unfortunately on a SparcClassic 50MHz box....