Klarinet Archive - Posting 000221.txt from 2000/08

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lacy`s London experiences
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:08:46 -0400

To whom do I address this mail to: Spikus Spiegelus, or J Shouryu Nohe?

Dear Sir,

My dear fellow, I contact you this evening, to inform your gracious person
of the said fact, relating to the ancient Oxfordshire Town of Bicester. You
will be no doubt be highly delighted to hear that it is still there, as far
as I have knowledge of the fact. So is the Wimpy Bar, as is The Little Chef,
Burger King, McDonalds`s, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. They are all in quite
close proximity to each other, all competing for custom using the most
extraordinarily bright illumination, both outside and inside their
establishments. A considerate public, during the later hours prior to
midnight, bring wealth into these "cafe houses", having not had the
opportunity to
dine in their home residences earlier that same evening. The disposal of the
unfinished food and containing
packaging, purchased inside and no longer desired, also creates more wealth
for the Urban District`s Refuse Department, which sends suitable "wagons"
onto the streets to gather up the highly coloured refuse, which, when the
evening has been quite stiflingly warm, gives to the air a quite pungent
aromatic blur of perfumed odour. It reminds me somewhat of the - - well
suffice to say that the Town of Bicester has indeed not been the only
fortunate town in England to have benefited from all this expansive
metamorphosis from family dining at home, to grabbing a quick bite to eat on
the street corner with ones cheery colleagues.

Is America transcending into these practices also, may I ask?

Your most cordially respectful and honoured servant,

Anthony Wakefield, A.R.C.M. A.L.C.M. Clarinet, Saxophone, Professor, Surrey
Youth Music & Performing Arts. Jazzzzzz Piiiano, Composer, Arranger.

----- Original Message -----
From: Spikus Spiegelus <jnohe@-----.edu>
Subject: Re: [kl] Lacy`s London experiences

> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Tony Wakefield wrote:
>
> > this dish. I`ll bet you a pound to an American burger that it is
probably
> > easier to find than what >I originally stated...
>
> Speaking of burgers...I used to live in England from '80 to '86, and I
> miss the place terribly.
>
> (Can you imagine how often I have to tell people how Bicester is properly
> pronounced??)
>
> Anyways, I was just curious...my favorite burger joint over there was a
> place with a name like, Wimbly's, or Wimpy's, or something like that.
> They did burgers and several ice cream desserts...once my father decided
> when we went for lunch to skip the healthy part of the meal, and we
> ordered everything on the dessert menu! It was like, seven different
> items, and to a five year old boy, this of course is a challenge that must
> be met....anyways, I was wondering if any of you British chaps could
> clarify what that place was called, and if it was a chain, or what?
>
> I miss taking the train from Bicester to London...
>
> J. Shouryu Nohe
> http://web.nmsu.edu/~jnohe
> Professor of SCSM102, New Mexico State Univ.
> "Never put passion before principle. Even when win, you lose."
> -Miyagi-san, KKpt.II
>
>
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