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

I did actually start writing this sitting by myself in a cafe with a couple of slices of cheesecake and a pot of tea. (Well, they were small slices). By the time I finished it in the kitchen (eating sausages and drinking wine) I was feeling much better. So I think the moral of this tale is make sure you are not pre-menstrual at the time of the last date! The cheesecake, by the way, was excellent.


Carbohydrates Cure the Blues

You are not as independent as you thought, girl.
You thought that you could kiss and say goodbye;
But you are sitting in a café eating cheesecake,
And you're wondering why the music makes you cry?

You thought it was a harmless little fling, girl;
A way of passing time and having fun,
Never dreaming you'd be sitting in a café
Eating cheesecake with a pot of tea for one.

All you wanted was the nights out and the talk, girl,
And the evenings when you'd quiver at his touch;
But the cheesecake and the tea will never tell you
How the hell it is you miss him quite so much.

You knew you'd let it over-run its course, girl,
The evening he was kind and let you weep.
So now you're drinking tea, and eating cheesecake,
And you're wishing you'd not tumbled in so deep.

When you started it you knew that it would end, girl.
The last kiss was predicted by the first.
You thought that it would make you feel much better;
What a bugger that you're feeling so much worse.

But you know that it is time to look around, girl,
Even though you may be heart-sore for a while.
Now you've finished all the tea and all the cheesecake,
You'll find that thinking of the man still makes you smile.




27 July 2001

I am feeling much better now, thanks Coeley, (may I call you that?)

I have come to the conclusion it really *was* PMS, reaction and tiredness .

really *does* cure the !

I am going home to the UK now, and seeing all my friends and getting on with having fun again.

Thanks for visiting me.

a girl called Ben

Of course you may call me that! Much easier than spelling coelacanth.
Your poem reminded me of my own feelings recently, so the was for me too.
Keep smiling as you remember, and seeing your friends will be good too.

for Coeley. But better to have loved and lost? Or not in your case? That *would* be sad.

Can I offer you some cheesecake? and a lovely pot of ?

a singleton called Ben

In this particular instance I think it's more the starting something that you know will end, but quite unexpectedly still feeling when it does.

and - most welcome. Thank you.

"Hi Ben, sorry to hear you're blue my dear. Liked the poem and hope the UK cheers you up. I hear the weather is super at the mo. I'm off to the UK for 2 weeks on the 7th and then to home to Thailand on the 20th. Princess Toy is not pleased with the 2 weeks in the UK without her, but getting her a visa for the UK is just too hard."

Hey Sultandude!

Not so blue, now - don't forget I've been eating Cheesecake!

I may not manage to get to the UK as soon as I would like - bloody British Aeroflot doesn't have the tickets I used to buy any more.

Never mind!

Enjoy your time there

Ben

"That's a shame! I fly Air France these days as they have a great air miles scheme. I brought my 3rd oldest son (20) over to Thailand to visit me last month with them. He stayed with Princess Toy and myself and had a great time. Talk about leading your kids astray. It was actually a reward for doing so well in his second year at Umist. He's now working for Fujitsu-Seimens for his industrial year and seems to have settled in okay. I just love partying with my sons, they are always great company. Just dropped a line to a Norwegian girl who's online at the moment (Nickname Miranda) it is Norway where you are at the moment n'est pas?"

*Sultandude quaking in his bare feet at the thought of being moderated*

Ah that father-son thing!

I'm in Sweden, but only for another 18 hours......!

Booked with BA - strange how so often if you are getting nowhere with one rep, you can get what you want with another phonecall to a different rep.

***B

"Yah! I think I've been really fortunate that they have all turned out so well so far. I think the secret is to give them freedom, guidence, support, and advice as requested. You can't live other's lives for them and in truth there is only one person in your life and that is you. Glad to hear you're off to the UK. Enjoy! Princess Toy just rang to say how bored she was, just what I need to cheer me up."