Korean Kurry anyone?

That nice lady decorator cadged a lift back from the airport on Friday with renowned Irish cigar stealer John O Sullivan and voluptuous wife Jude. That was the good news. The bad news is that they were invited into the pav for a beer in the afternoon sunshine, but teenage sons and fridges full of beer are apparently mutually incompatible, thus when I opened the door of the beer fridge it was empty. Never mind, I thought, I have some chablis in the wine fridge, but similarly, what I had not taken into account is that having chablis in the fridge is incompatible with having a teenage daughter. Once again, empty. But for my store of red wine, which thankfully neither of them are partial to, my reputation as a host would have been damaged forever.

But the worst news was that I had to open some very agreeable St Emillion Grand Cru 2004 to thank my friends for their taxi services. Why is that bad news I hear you ask? the answer is because one bottle is never enough when the O Sullivan’s are in attendance, indeed consumption of biblical proportions (morning Reverend Jeff) is to be expected. Suffice to say that the bottle recycling area will need some attention and my Grand Cru stock now lies in tatters.

I receive some comments on Facebook relating to Banjo and Korea from persian Josef, relating to a dog’s life in Korea (short!). Although my Korean is a bit rusty, (I should not have left him out in the rain) I believe these comments included a suggestion as to how best to cook a canine, and the conversation on Facebook continued in a Korean dialect in which we were both less than fluent. Translating from, and to, Korean threw up some interesting interpretations; when I translated the Korean for “I would like my dog well done” it seems that literally the translation came out as “Banjo should be thoroughly curried in hot oil and garnished with larks tongues with egg noodles and a sunflower”. As if aware of the forces massing against him, my picture today shows him trying to soften his image a little.

A cynical attempt by Banjo to curry (sic) favour by wearing the salad garnish

Friday night to an excellent buffet dinner in Opio, courtesy of the 3 Sturges, masterfully catered partly by Bridie Roberts, where I discovered that there was to be a wild boar cull in the Valmasque yesterday, with the forest where we customarily walk, closed for much of the day. I dreamed that Banjo, the colossal cocker, having missed out on his normal walk, might take himself off into the forest to play with the hunters, but sadly this did not come to pass.

Today I was to have played golf with the Landlubbers, at Opio Valbonne but with the chance of a shower mooted and lunch beckoning, I found that the nice lady decorator had already arranged an earlier engagement and cried off.

The invitation to lunch at Lou Fassum on Monday with master of the split infinitive, Bill Colegrave, and the wingco and respective spouses, was accepted with alacrity by that nice lady decorator. I, on the other hand, as you would expect, was slightly less enthusiastic until I could find a business reason to attend, and then I had it, Bill Colegrave is a new Currencies Direct client. Bingo! (good news as opposed to Banjo which is bad news)

Chris France

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