The Diary — Old Hoax or New or Not a Hoax at All?​

[John Wheat]

The Barretts wrote the diary.

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"Happy Hunting!"

Happy Peripherology.

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Thank you very much for the Aintree Iron. Second biggest hit?

Lily the Pink was the only pop song my Dad ever liked. He didn't thank me very very much for playing Little Red Rooster or Hey Joe at full blast.

I don't think Florie Maybrick would have liked the Scaffold very much.

I wonder if Roger McGough would be the equivalent of Fred Weatherly, Michael Maybrick's partner in rhyme, whose works featured in the Christmas Day 1884 edition of The Times, with none other than our dear old friend Richard Crashaw putting in an appearance in the adjacent column. [Thank you very much, Rob Clack, for sending me the particulars many moons ago.]

You really couldn't make it up - so it's fortunate that I didn't, as Clacky is my witness.

Love,

Caz
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So, Caz, if you were entertaining Paul McCartney’s brother, might you not want to sing for him for a hour like Mary did with her guest?

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I would sing my heart out but Mike McGear would slice my throat and rip it out.

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That's the joy of being a diary supporter, Markus. Don't actually check Barrett's story until it's too late, and then shout, "see, no proof!!"

I don't know what kind of sports you play in your neck of the woods but, where I am, the team that scores the most points, and has the most wins, wins, NOT the team that has the most ties. It's also NOT the one who has the most excuses as in a player being too drunk and injured and "the scorekeeper was out to lunch". And it's definitely NOT the team that keeps saying, "I need another video review; Check the tapes". And "Time ran out! It's not my fault!"

How much injury time do you need? No injury time in this game. Sorry.