On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:35:42AM +0200, Martijn Melenhorst (Prive) wrote:
Anyway, I saw this episode of Suddenly Suzan (sorry) and this 'Star-Wars fan' dude appeared in it, and somehow the thought appeared in my head that all you guys visiting Bill solely for seeing him are actually quite the same :) Don't get me wrong! I would've gone if I were in the neighbourhood, so I'm just as sad.
At this point I'd like to say I've been going to the clerkenwell literary festival for years. My attendance has nothing to do with bill being there. Nothing at all. (did that sound even the slightest bit convincing? ;)
But really, what will he think? All kind of 'arty-farty' and/or 'lectured' people sitting at wooden stools in the hall, then Bill enters them room. He gets his papers ready, clears his throat... Then, suddenly three or four d00dz at the front start chanting 'Mu Mu' softly in the background. Bill is, to say the least, interrupted in his 'flow of things' by this, frowns, looks around, locates these d00dz.... and thinks: "
"Oh bollocks, fan-freaks again. Gimpo, get the shotgun" -- "Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?" - Jules Feiffer