These are the confessions - such as they are of a non-drinking, monogamous, heterosexual, omnivore.
The Ginger Mumbly is a humorous and humourous, satirical, column. People who like this will probably like reading books.
They'll be interested in second hand books.
I also write about cafes - both in Brighton, where I now live and in Cambridge, where I used to live.
I spend a lot of my time in Cafes and have very strong opinions about what makes a good one.
And sometimes I write about travel, I like Paris, Berlin, Athens.
It's a secular, militantly agnostic site, so there probably isn't much point sending ads for religious organisations.
They will probably like reading authors like Hunter S. Thompson, P J O' Rourke, Saki, Mark Twain, James Thurber, Charlie Booker, Damon Runyan.
They might like TV shows like "The Thick of It", "The Mighty Boosh", "The Wire", "Arrested Development".
The might like films like "A life Aquatic", or "The Big Lebowski"
I am a Doughnut
If this turns out to be a little shorter
than than the normal weekly magical
mystery tour of wit and wisdom, it's
probably because I've lost feeling in my
hands. I'm typing this into a piece of
wondrous technology which is about the
same size as a corn cob.
Here I am in Berlin, for reasons far, far
too boring to explain. Suffice to say
the most interesting thing at the
conference I've been supposed to be
attending for the last two days was the
shoe buffing machine in the Gents (no,
that's not quite true, there was the
intriguing question of why there was shoe
horn hanging next to the toilet in my
hotel room) anyway, sanitary installations in general were
more fascinating than the supposed
central attractions.
I've been here about about two days now
but I don't think I've been anywhere near this city's famous
decadent core, not that I've looked
that hard - what would I do with it if I
found it? I am improving though. At
least this time I've managed to escape
serious injury when attempting to open
the fizzy drinks from the mini-bar (it
really is so much easier when you use a
bottle-opener). I've also ventured out
each night in search of new experiences,
rather than sitting in my hotel room
transfixed by mucky television. According
to the guide books, the most happening
'scenes' are the gay scene, and techno
music scene. Well, this isn't the first
time I've strangely regretted the fact that I find men's arses so unappealing, but that just
leaves techno. I've spent the last couple
of days trying to work up the courage to
go to one of these cool clubs. Hasn't
happened. Normally it's my congenital
scruffiness that stops me getting in
these places, but that doesn't let me off the hook here. Berlin's clubs are relaxed about these things.
And anyway, now that I have the Gnome acting
as wardrobe consultant, I find myself the owner of a silvery grey
shirt which as techno as anything. Parading in front
of the mirror in it though, trying to
pluck up the courage to go to "Delicious
Doughnuts Research" (Techno clubs get no cooler) I
realised what the real problem is - I
don't have a techno body.
But Berlin, and Germany in general has a great many other
attractions and compensations. One of the most appealing for
me being that wherever you are in
Germany, you're never very far from a sausage and only ever a brief
stroll away from a decent glass of beer. And maybe my indulgence in these simple pleasures goes someway to explained
my unsuitablity for all night techno-bopping. When JFK visited Berlin and inadvertently proclaimed himself to be a doughnut
there were doubtless
a few sniggers, but in my case, maybe it wouldn't be quite so far off the mark.
These are the confessions - such as they are of a non-drinking, monogamous, heterosexual, omnivore.
The Ginger Mumbly is a humorous and humourous, satirical, column. People who like this will probably like reading books.
They'll be interested in second hand books.
I also write about cafes - both in Brighton, where I now live and in Cambridge, where I used to live.
I spend a lot of my time in Cafes and have very strong opinions about what makes a good one.
And sometimes I write about travel, I like Paris, Berlin, Athens.
It's a secular, militantly agnostic site, so there probably isn't much point sending ads for religious organisations.
They will probably like reading authors like Hunter S. Thompson, P J O' Rourke, Saki, Mark Twain, James Thurber, Charlie Booker, Damon Runyan.
They might like TV shows like "The Thick of It", "The Mighty Boosh", "The Wire", "Arrested Development".
The might like films like "A life Aquatic", or "The Big Lebowski"