Humble Pie.


from the ABC set Driving Over Tinfoil (prose)

No, that was Steve wasn't it? Before he burned the house down. No, this is about another kind of face, sort of. Not a small one. Chuck Woww will be intrigued to learn that ex-gravedigger Rod has been visiting a neighbour of mine.

A quarter K up the hill from me -as stone the crows fly- is a huge place the size of an army barracks. The owner of this beautiful villa is quite a nice guy: his wife used to take Spanish classes with my wife. She told me once, at a party at their Spanish teacher's house in the campo, that I was the only person she knew with longer hair than Rick.

Anyway, that's the cat out of the bag: the humble pie is the one I'm eating. The Quo man really does live in the area. He hasn't bought the Venta, though. Pity.

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chuck | August 26, 2009 - 13:31

Ah, happy days. Sunny Goodge Street. Finches. Bob Peck. Landed a good part in Jurassic Park. Alas no longer with us.