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Friday, November 23, 2007

Austrians


Dan Martin

Dan Martin, playwright, raconteur, Canadian, recently came to London. I promenaded with him and the Austrian in and around Brick Lane etc.







Instructional Diagram Utopia: episode VI


I imagine that if there wasn't a sign showing a person how to scoop up dog shit, parks in England would be filled with people standing in confused silence, knee deep in dog turds. No longer. This possibly over-optimistic diagram posits the possibility of squatting behind said dog and scooping said shit directly out of the relevant canine cavity. Only the English can make the mundane so banal. God bless them, their signs, and their dogs.
PS do you think the artist gave the stick-man a nose because he had a tiny bit of paint left? And how did he manage to make the dog look so happy?



Misc - Painswick, Cotswolds


Had a weekend up in Painswick in the Cotswolds recently. We were having breakfast on Sunday morning and this guy ambled in, asking if anyone had the colour supplement for the Times from the day before. The journal was located and it turned out there was an article about him - he is some kind of billionaire art dealer. Or something. He agreed to be photographed for this weblog. If I knew an article was being written about me in the Time colour supplement I would probably buy the newspaper on the day, maybe even several copies, but maybe that's just me.

Observant readers will note that he is wearing the same jacket, but a different shirt.