h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Thank you for wishing me happy birthday.
Merry Xmas.

De rien! Did I get that right? Languages are not my strong point I'm afraid.

I see you are from Angoulême. That rang a bell straight away - I live in Bury which is twinned with Angoulême. I've never quite understood the point of twinning, but I'm delighted to have made the acquaintance of somebody from our twin town. Still, maybe that is the point.

Joyeux Noël.

Are we twin brothers then?
Yeah, I know about our towns being twinned. There is actually a street in Angoulême called "Boulevard de Bury".
There is also a bar called le Bury. Unfortunately despite its oversea name it has become the HQ of "Front National" punters and I don't use it.
Twinning towns can sometimes result in funny nice things such as temporary accomodation exchanges, music or art performances, etc. I remember seing a rock band from Bury many years ago. They were called the "Fictitious Names"... Original, isn't it?

Bonne année.

Twin brothers? - you haven't seen me! It's all a bit spooky though - my RL name is Mick.

We have an Angoulême Way in Bury, but no bars or pubs named after the town as far as I know (and I expect I would know - I'm quite good at pubs!)

I've not heard of any recent exchanges of anything in particular, but I read our local paper, the Bury Times - I shall keep an eye out!

Happy New Year!

Haven't seen me either!
Keep me posted if you hear anything about exchanges, I'll do likewise.