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If you say so, Patrick; if you say so You're nearer than you think in some ways, with people believing in what's on paper more than what they can see I can't remember if it was me or my friend, but one of us said as we drove round a corner, well that's wrong! meaning that whatever it was it could not be found on the map * an electronic map of scilly showed the ferry for an island coming in at the 100 year old disused life boat slip there wasn't enough water for most of the day i emailed them because it annoyed me and then i chased them and they said they couldnt do anything because they couldnt get anyone to confirm it no tide tables then? what? have you asked the duchy? they just extended the real quay what? * i wanted to check the name of an area recently, I just couldn't remember it - i was revising a landscape thing and had _named it_ on the page by a personal reference quite inappropriate to publication looked on google which showed me there is nothing there i.e. not a town, not a point of sale * i may have mentioned here the story (i didnt hear it directly) of the woman who went into an island P O and asked _where is the nearest M & S? Truro, says the owner No, says the inquirer, I'm asking seriously and so they get off and look around and say _there's nothing here_ * and so with their work if it isn't on a screen or the one piece of paper they are holding then it doesnt exist for them... no imagination, no interest oh lord smite thine enemies good afternoon L On Wed, September 7, 2011 15:54, Patrick McManus wrote: > 0 seems to be 0 Upton you do not exist! -I often thought that you were > computer generated-no-one could be that perfect except Kent who I cannot > mention Cheers P missing big L already > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Upton > Sent: 07 September 2011 14:14 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Zetas > > > I received a letter from my bank today re the Writers Forum account > > > From memory > > > Dear Mr Upton > > > From November your bank account will change. > > > Presently you receive 0% on your credit balance. This is the notional > amount of interest you would earn if interest were paid. > > From November you will receive 0% interest on your credit balance. > > > Do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss this matter. > > > Unquote > > > In Brave New World, the lowest grade of human operative was an Epsilon. > > > They've slipped in a change. Nowadays everything is run by Zetas at least > - I am inclined to say Omegas just to be sure > > > At my train station > > > Q Why have you locked the toilets? > > > A We're worried they'll be vandalised > > > Q But now we can't use them > > > A Yes but the manager was worried they'd be vandalised and then you > wouldn't be able to use them > > Q But now we can't use them anyway > > > A Yes, but they were worried they'd be vandalised > > > Q The sign says they're open. Why isn't there a sign saying they're > closed > > A He didn't tell us to write a sign > > > or I offer you the man who combines the electoral register > > quote from memory > > At present the following names are registered to vote at your address: 0 > > > If I do not hear from you by the date below, I shall remove these names > from the register > > L > > > ----- > UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton > 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover > Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 > wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- > Lawrence Upton > Dept of Music > Goldsmiths, University of London > > ----- UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton 42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4 wfuk.org.uk/blog ---- Lawrence Upton Dept of Music Goldsmiths, University of London